Monthly Archives: April 2009

Happiness Is Always A Choice

So let's rock this up a notch. We've already dis­cussed that we are not our thoughts or emo­tions. We've checked out not ver­bal­is­ing neg­a­tive thoughts. What's the next log­i­cal thing to do? Take it back a step, of course. If we're not our thoughts or emo­tions, well, who con­trols them? We do! We're the damn boss, & …

April 29, 2009 – 01:39 | By Si | Posted in healing, self-improvement | View Comments

Stop Whining, Start Winning

How often do you com­plain? No, I don't mean half hour long solil­o­quies at the barista because your cof­fee is cold, I mean just every­day com­plaints. Any­time you ver­bally express a neg­a­tive thought, that's a com­plaint. Why do we do this? Habit, typ­i­cally. Some­times bore­dom, But deeper than that — often­times it's a social thing …

April 17, 2009 – 06:21 | By Si | Posted in life, self-improvement | View Comments

Meditation for HeadBangers

Med­i­ta­tion typ­i­cally brings to mind images of sit­ting in full lotus on a moun­tain top some­where, head in the clouds, a slight lev­i­ta­tion vis­i­ble. Ever meet any­one that's done that? pic by pureen­ergy No, me either. For­tu­nately, if you step back & look at med­i­ta­tion as a con­cept, it's really just aim­ing to do two things: …

April 4, 2009 – 05:27 | By Si | Posted in health, life | View Comments