How Does Anger Hold You Back?

I have experience in getting incredibly frustrated and angry when things do not turn out the way that I had planned or expected. For example, an issue arose with my most recent travel plans. While flying to Arizona recently, the airline that I was traveling on threw...
How To Defeat Shame (Video)

How To Defeat Shame (Video)

Shame is one of those completely useless emotions. Shame is the emotion that I feel impacts me negatively the most. I still deal with times and moments of shame, and it feels completely useless after the fact. It does nothing for us except keep us down, keep us...
The Making of a Spiritual Warrior

The Making of a Spiritual Warrior

There is not one person in this world that has not gone through some sort of upset, trauma, or loss. As the Buddhists say, the human realm has an abundance of suffering. Some people suffer more than others, but there is suffering on this earth. That is a fact of life....
Become Free from Your Expectations

Become Free from Your Expectations

There are times in our lives where we expect something to play out in our favor or expect certain things to happen. These expectations can sometimes dictate our moods and our reactions to the way that some things turn out. When we have high expectations, we want...