Self-Awareness for Everyone

Life is a unique challenge for everyone How we all live is a choice. We can make it as often or seldom as we desire. In my experience, I’ve come to recognize 3 ways to live. There are variations, and each of these will be shifted around – but they’re inescapable. ·        Let life live you ·        Curl up in a ball and await death. ·        Take the wheel, drive life, and go for a ride The three...

We are all of 3 minds All of us are made up of subconscious, conscious, and ego. But what are they? Our subconscious minds are akin to a computer hard drive. They are where our operating systems, data storage, and programs are saved The Subconscious is your OS Our operating systems are our values and beliefs. They’re the foundation on which we run. And like computer operating systems, sometimes we...

Everyone seeks to choose their own life path I’ve been working on sharing the power of conscious reality creation and mindfulness with the world. To do this, I’ve made numerous life choices for the path I intend to walk, the blogs I write, and even the journeys of my fictional characters in the sci-fi and fantasy I create. All of this comes down to Pathwalking – my life philosophy for how to choos...

You won’t fail if you don’t share what you create Sharing your work can be terrifying. It can feel like you’re putting yourself out there to be judged. Despite all that I do – I still fear that I’ll fail. And that’s deterred me multiple times along the way from acting to grow my life and expand my art how I desire to. Yet it’s impossible to succeed if you don’t do the thing and share the thing. Th...

Positive or negative – what you believe is true Even if you don’t buy into the Law of Attraction – like gravity, thermodynamics, and other elements of nature – it still exists and does its work whether you are conscious of it or not. This is why what you believe is true. At least, from your unique, one-of-a-kind perspective. Every single person on earth has their own perception of reality. Ergo, w...

Nobody likes to suffer Suffering – mentally, emotionally, physically, or spiritually – is unpleasant. The pain that comes with suffering – tangible or not – is unpleasant, distressing, uncomfortable, and just plain awful. But do you know what’s worse than suffering? Often – the fear over how and what it’ll be. Frequently, we don’t recognize suffering as our fear. It gets cloaked in another, more r...

Taking control of how we feel is a choice All kinds of things happen in our lives that make us feel one way or another. Not all feelings are the product of outside influences and happenings. But enough are that we need to consider how they affect us. The impact is just as variable as they themselves are. Sometimes that emotion lasts and lingers – good or bad. Whatever the case may be, how long we...

How does an abundance mindset work? In the simplest terms – this is a choice. Simply put, an abundance mindset is one of potential, possibility, positivity, options, and the like. An abundance mindset looks at the world with wonder and creativity because you see abundance in all that’s available to us. It’s a particularly challenging choice when up against the overwhelming messages of lack, scarci...

The arts bring out the best of what our world can be In all the craziness of the last few years – it feels hard to see the beauty of our world. But the arts are one of the best ways to see it – for everyone. TV, movies, books, paintings, and other creations help us to feel better connected. The arts remind us that our world is shared The Earth is a relatively small planet. At least in the grand, c...

Fear and uncertainty are the norm in a fear-based society Fear takes many forms. Often, it’s disguised as uncertainty, trepidation, self-doubt, general doubt, brain weasels, and the like. Fear isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It has served the human race well in protecting us from harm. But the things we needed fear to protect us from have changed. A lot. Recognize and acknowledge We all live in the...

Nobody goes through life without both good and bad Accepting that is empowering. I’ve made and will make more stupid, foolish, and selfish choices in my life. No matter what and how much I study, or the effort to do good I put out – I’ll screw it up along the way. This is not my truth. This is true for everybody. That’s because every single person on the planet makes mistakes, does stupid, foolish...

Your birthday is your personal new year You always have a choice when it comes to your personal New Year Approach with sadness and sorrow or approach with excitement for both what has been and what has come before Make new choices and decisions Mostly I see three approaches to birthdays: ·        Joy ·        Dread ·        Utter nonchalance These are, respectively, positive, negative, and neutral...

Self-Awareness goes beyond the self Why we are – and all else – depends on circumstances both in and out of our control. All elements of who, what, where, how, and why we are occurred through various combinations of choices made and not made, extenuating circumstances, and/or random happenstance. No matter how it happened – it is changeable. That might feel like it will require the force of moving...

What are we doing and why are infrequently asked questions Do you ever stop and ask, “What am I doing?” When you get the answer, does it sometimes raise the additional question of “Why am I doing it?” How does this happen? There are, of course, many reasons. But we frequently don’t question them. How do we reclaim this? Asking questions of ourselves One of the keys to mindfulness and the related c...

Self-awareness creates mindfulness of habits I recently read Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick by Wendy Wood. Though sometimes overly clinical – it gave some useful information about habits. But this led me to this realization - Habits are the result of mindfulness that becomes rote and routine To change anything at all, or to develop a new skillset, we nee...

Mental health is our state of mind Everyone on the planet deals with matters of health, wellness, and wellbeing. Along those lines, everyone has four primary areas of health to consider – mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual. Mental health is where our overall wellness and wellbeing live. They are products of mental health. Nobody accepts that matters of mental health are just as normal and...

Why are logic and reason so challenging? I’ll be honest – I just don’t get it. Take COVID-19. Logic and reason, alongside science, suggested ways to slow or even stop the spread. Most are super easy acts of kindness, compassion, and caring. ·        Maintain a social distance of 6 feet apart. ·        Wear masks in public. ·        If you are feeling unwell, isolate yourself. It is not an impositi...

We can only control change of anything via ourselves first First and foremost – let’s recognize, acknowledge, and accept that change is the only constant in the Universe. Given the opportunity, I would love to change the way the United States handles taxes, health care, education, the separation of church and state, and various other elements. The reality is that the only way I can do that in any...

Why do you desire the things you desire? When you were a child, you believed you could do anything. Hell, you may even have believed that you could fly. You were open and eager and ready to explore and experience all the amazingness that life could offer you. If your why involves what you are doing with your life, then keep at it and rock on! If, however, your why has nothing to do with where your...

Why does the world need more positivity? Being virtually gut-punched constantly takes a toll on everyone. And that is why positive intention matters more now than ever. Positivity empowers. It is an open door, a window to the world, an option that feels good, right, and true. Choosing positivity, on the other hand, empowers because it’s the equivalent of persevering and keeping on. I can do it. Ev...

There is nothing selfish about self-care We’re told that we should not put ourselves first. Instead, we should put our children, loved ones, family, friends, bosses, coworkers, country, religion, God, and everyone and everything else that you can think of first. Pick the institution, organization, or individual – they’ll all tell you that you shouldn’t put yourself ahead of anyone or anything else...

Everyone has the same 3 states of mind ·        Unconsciousness is that which you do purely automatically. Overall breathing, swallowing, digesting, and similar things your mind and central nervous system do unaided. ·        Subconsciousness is where your habits, beliefs, values, and overall sense of self exist. It is subconscious because you CAN access it — but largely don’t. Subconscious is pas...

You Do Not Suffer Depression Alone Recognizing this can help you turn to people when it strikes and find better ways to cope with and combat it. Call it what you will, depression is something far more people cope with than you might realize. This is a very real mental and emotional health problem that should neither be ignored, nor swept under the rug. Yet there are still many, many people who do...

You are not the only one feeling frequently distraught and uncertain The starting point for dealing with feeling frequently distraught, uncertain, and otherwise negative is self-care. Who is in your head? You. And you’re it. There is nobody else in there. Thus, if you don’t take the time and make the effort to care for your self – who will? Because you are the only one in your heart, head, and sou...

Getting healthy is physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual There are things that you and I can do on our own to work on getting healthy on all levels. Allow me to further illustrate this below. Physical health Eat healthy food. Move, get exercise regularly. Get yourself plenty of sleep. Put yourself in the sun from time to time. Take showers and baths to be clean. Physical health is anything yo...