God Says Yes to Me (by Kaylin Haught)

God Says Yes To Me  I asked God if it was okay to be melodramaticand she said yesI asked her if it was okay to be shortand she said it sure isI asked her if I could wear nail polishor not wear nail polishand she said honeyshe calls me that sometimesshe said you can do

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How big is Your Universe?

Let’s say you want a convertible. What you really want is to get more sun and somewhere along the way you decided a great way to get more sun would be to drive a convertible. As soon as you made that link, your mind starting tuning into all things convertible and now all you know

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On Practice

They say it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert at something. With 10,000 hours of practice, your brain is rewired. Change takes hold. What once felt foreign and unnatural is now familiar and natural.10,000 hours is kind of a lot. That’s 8 hours a day, 7 days a week, for about 3

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Keep Your Dreams Clean

“Your goals minus your doubts equal your reality” – Ralph MarstonExactly. In graduate school I studied the way information is mentally represented. How concepts are stored and processed and retrieved. I’m actually going to put that knowledge to use here because the way you mentally represent your dreams and your doubts is important.It says a

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Everything you ever Needed

One of my favorite topics is Need. I love it when people tell me they need something they don’t have.Or when they argue that their needs haven’t been met. How could either of those possibly be true? If you truly needed something that you weren’t getting–and you’re still alive–then you didn’t really need it. Right?Given

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Why Things get Worse Before They get Better

When you’re embarking on growth or change, there’s a massive force holding you back. I’m not talking about the ruts in your brain that encourage you to go along with old habits, although those are forces, too. Our brain becomes programmed in certain ways and it takes some momentum to push through those ruts in

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10 Tips for Dealing with Difficult Family Members

You’re sitting around the Christmas tree, or the Menorah, or the fruitcake and bottle of scotch, with your family. Everyone’s in a great mood, grateful for this time together. The glimmer of holiday lights reflects off the blanket of white, fluffy snow.  Alternating scents of pine and apple pie waft thorough the house. Your family

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What to do When Positive Affirmations Feel Negative

I love positive affirmations. But only when I’m feeling good and want to feel even better. When you feel good, affirmations feel like a healthy stretch into what could be possible. Things like “I love and accept myself” or “Good things are coming my way” feel kind of…true. Or potentially true, at least.And when your

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Self-Esteem isn’t all it’s Cracked up to Be

Holding yourself in high esteem seems really important, doesn’t it? For good reason, I admit. It’s nice to think positive thoughts about yourself and that’s exactly what self-esteem is: making favorable evaluative judgments about good ole’ you.Self-esteem is about the thoughts and beliefs you have about yourself. And as you know, thoughts and beliefs are

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