Tag: change your life
How to Prevent the Advice of Others From Seeping Under Your Skin
Seems like just about everyone has some form of advice to offer. From where to shop, to the best podcast, to which restaurant serves the healthiest food. With all the outside opinions constantly being thrown in the air, it’s not always easy to dissect the diamonds from the dirt. So how do we handle all the well-meaning incoming missiles?
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How to Keep the Fire in Your Soul From Scorching Your Spirit
Fire. It’s one of the four elements of life, along with earth, air, and water. And, for the most part, we take for granted that these gifts will always exist in form, function, and perpetuity. Yet, it’s hard work building a fire from scratch …
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“Real Life” is On Sale for $1.99 During the Month of June!
Real Life – We breathe, We sleep, We eat – And in-between … We Live! Every day is a new opportunity to live a real life – a fresh beginning waiting to be explored. It’s another chance to find happiness, contentment, and purpose in our lives. In this collection of thirty-five uplifting and entertaining stories, you’ll find truth, humor, and inspiration, and perhaps a few bits of wisdom to help guide you to a more fulfilling and meaningful life.
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6 Signs You’re About To Be Mentally Sabotaged
Sometimes I think that I forget events, places, names, and activities on purpose. I call it “Intentional Waste Disposal.” I finally realized there’s a good reason — and a self-installed method to administer the process. It kicks in whenever a circumstance, situation, or opinion being expressed by another isn’t relevant or positive — and it brings no purpose, fulfillment, or joy to my life.
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Hidden Signs Your Relationship May Need a Tune-Up
Last week the battery in our car died. There were a few warning signs — sluggish, slower-than-normal starts when turning the key. Still, the battery’s failure was unexpected. The reason it came as a surprise? The car is less than 2-years-old. My husband explained the vehicle is equipped with tons of electronics and, in his opinion, one of the components had probably gone bad. Apparently, this rogue relay had continued to draw on the battery, even after the car had been turned off.
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How To End a Toxic Relationship With Email
A large chunk of my day is spent in senseless distraction — hours of time plodding through an endless stream of email brimming with meaningless rhetoric from unwanted visitors. Admittedly, I’ve become a slave to the click of my mouse — the too-easy access impossible to ignore. And with my concentration diverted to the familiar Outlook screen, my attention is drawn to a living nightmare of newly-arrived messages. It’s overwhelming.
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The 3-Ring Circus of Life
My life is up in the air. Honestly, on most days it feels like I’m juggling a dozen plates while dancing backward on roller skates.
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Create a Positive Mindset and Embrace the Cultural Shifts in Your Life
Our evolving culture demands transformation, and at a much quicker pace than in the past. Most of the time, when faced with adjustments in our lives, the results turn out okay — even good or great. And occasionally, the hurdles placed in our path seem more like a test with open-ended, rhetorical questions, often leaving us with a sense of confusion or lack of direction.
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Why Following the Leader Will Get You Nowhere
If you usually find yourself compelled to question the advice or opinions of others, you may actually be a person with a mind of your own. Somewhat of a rarity these days. It means you recognize your own intuition is the better guide …
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The Lessons of Youth Become the Foundation of Our Lives
As youngsters, many of us thought we were geniuses. Living in our small contained worlds, we had little to compare ourselves to. And while our individuality was still in the formative stages, our open and unbridled perspective often led us to experiment a bit — usually by fearlessly trying new things.
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Discover Your Personal Truth – Book 2 in the “Real Life” Series
In this second book in the Real Life series, you’ll discover the reasons behind your self-doubt and lack of confidence. You’ll read real life stories with examples and suggestions of how to overcome fear and negativity and, hopefully, you’ll find a few answers to help guide you in the search for your personal truth.
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What’s the point of doing all the hard stuff?
Do you find yourself doing all the easy things first, hoping the hard stuff will go away?
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Pathway To Personal Growth
Jill Reid is the author of “Real Life” and “Discover Your Personal Truth.” Her books and articles provide tips, strategies, and life lessons for achieving personal success, creating better relationships, and living longer and stronger through positive lifestyle choices.
Real Life
Every day is a new opportunity to live a real life – a fresh beginning waiting to be explored. It’s another chance to find happiness, contentment, and purpose in our lives.
Available from Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
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Discover Your Personal Truth
What is it about facing the truth that scares us? In this second book in the Real Life series, you’ll discover the reasons behind your self-doubt and lack of confidence, including real life stories with examples and suggestions of how to overcome fear and negativity in the search for your personal truth.
Available from Amazon
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