The Better Life Awareness Blog
Tips, practices, and teachings for living a happier, more awakened life.
Learn to handle painful emotions and destructive beliefs in a mindful, healthy way.
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Hey there Better Lifers!
Judging from your responses,
last week’s email stirred up some emotions and fears for many of you...
So let’s deal with that.
“I want more money because if I have enough money I’ll have freedom,...
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Hey there Better Lifers!
Stressssssssssss.
You might have recently suddenly felt it.
Or you might have been feeling it for a while now.
More and more people are feeling it recently -
even though we seem to be past the peak of...
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Loved ones
How can coaching help? How do I help?
I've been asked this question a lot.
And I get it: "Coaching" is a very vague term.
There are different types of coaching (for example, executive, life, and business coaching) each...
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Hey there Better Lifers!
Unlike many others,
I’m not a “you can manifest reality” kind of guy.
Oh, no.
Don’t even get me started about that.
But there is one thing you DO create all...
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Hey there Better Lifers!
The most important elections of your life happen inside your head.
Every. Single. Moment.
I’m not saying that the elections for president/prime minister are not important. But the more important question, perhaps ...
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Hey there Better Lifers!
The most important day in the Jewish tradition is both beautiful and terrible.
It is also a great example of why I chose a spiritual path over a religious path -
and why I can never relate to any religious narrative...
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Hey there Better Lifers!
Every now and then, I feel like my heart is bleeding.
It’s usually because I get in touch with the deeper layers of my core wounds and the existential pain - the pain that comes with being alive.
Some days are like...
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Hey there Better Lifers!
560 fires. At the same time.
California is burning.
Over 1,000,000 acres have already burned in 1 week.
How big is that?
It’s like of the grand canyon burning on fire.
It’s like the entire island of Maui,...
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Hey there Better Lifers!
Pain and suffering are a serious issue.
But sometimes the best way to learn - and to remember - how to deal with it all,
is through a joke.
As the Course in Miracles says -
part of the problem is that we are...
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Hey there Better Lifers!
Life is full of challenging times.
That, in and of itself, is out of our control.
It’s an inevitable part of living; it’s part of the deal.
What we can control is how we react, how we...
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Hey there Better Lifers!
We all want a happier, better life.
Yet we often find that Buddha had a point (to say the least) when he said that life is full of suffering .
He did, however, also say why we suffer - as do other traditions.
But not too many...
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Hey there Better Lifers!
Following our FREE MEDITATION TRAINING on how to meditate (click here to join),
we received great reviews and some questions from people who wanted to deepen their practice and understanding of how to meditate.
Join us for...
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Loved ones
While everyone is aware of the many problems the corona crisis is causing, it’s essential to pay attention to the gifts of the corona crisis as well.
One gift is that scary, stressful times such as these bring out the...
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A dear friend of mine confessed to me this week that she is having a very hard time.
It was really both beautiful and heartbreaking to hear her.
Human life can be so hard, you know?
It’s important to know and acknowledge this,
because you...
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Loved ones
Ram Dass, one of my favorite teachers, shared this story once:
There was a monk who lived in the monastery up on the hill.
The local girl down in the village got pregnant by the fisherman.
She didn’t want to...