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Your Beliefs Determine Your Behavior and Results – 100th Episode Special!

100 episodesToday I talk about how your beliefs determine your behavior, and how far we’re willing to go when we believe in something. I also answer an email about someone who can’t find work and is worried about falling back into depression. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Behavior, Beliefs, Finances, Human Potential, Passion Tagged With: beliefs, depression, gay marriage, opinions, passion, patience, tolerance

More Motivation and Less Anxiety by Building a Healthy Ego

ego eckhart tolle empower othersThere are many spiritual teachers and personal growth gurus telling us to let go of our egos. However I’d like to offer an alternative: Build it up!

I don’t disagree that letting go of the ego is a fantastic state to aspire to, but I wanted to know what would happen if I nurtured my ego in a healthy way that best served me and others around me.

In this article (and podcast episode), I visit the ego and share how to build and evolve it so that it releases your fears, insecurities and anxieties.

Who knows? Maybe you just need to inflate your ego a bit to create the peace and ease you want in your life.
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Filed Under: anxiety, Behavior, Compassion, Desires, Ego, Motivation, Negative Emotions, Passion, Podcast Episode, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, Spirituality Tagged With: drive, eckhart tolle, ego, fear, insecurity, passion

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