Category Archives: Obstacles and Roadblocks

It’s All a Part of Your Journey

Okay listen up. No matter where you are in life right now and what you’re doing you’re supposed to be here. Your journey is the ride you take through life. And that ride can be smooth sailing with scenery right out of heaven or it can be so rocky and bumpy that you can lose [...]

Who Decides What Kind of Day You Are Going to Have?

Do you let other people decide what kind of day you’re going to have? What I mean by that is do you allow other people’s attitude or actions steal away your happiness? For instance when you’re in traffic and someone cuts you off does it tick you off? Does an unfair boss ruin your day? [...]

When Bad Things Happen

When “bad things” happen how do you react? First of all I guess we would have to determine what your definition of “bad things” would be. Typically a bad thing is anything that upsets you or rocks your world in some negative way. The more formal word would be “adversity,” which is defined as any [...]

Are You Addicted To Worrying?

Most people think of addiction as the need for and abuse of some form of substance such as drugs or alcohol. As we all know addictions can run the gamut from gambling, eating, pornography, shopping, playing video games, working, exercise and more. But the most insidious addiction of all is being addicted to the habit [...]

The Snowball Effect

The snowball effect. You know the concept. The snowball starts small and gains mass and speed as it rolls downhill out of control. It’s the same with your mind chatter. Particularly if they’re thoughts of worry, fear or whatever you feel bad about. If left unattended, before you know it your thoughts can be spiraling [...]

Are You Stuck With No Way Out?

What is it that is holding you back from being happy? What do you feel is the road block in your life that “if only” that particular thing was different then you could be happy? Have you ever consider that the real reason you remain stuck in this imagined hell isn’t because of the outside [...]

A New Beginning

Every day is a new beginning especially when things don’t work out the way you hoped they would. My best friend’s sister has been out of work for 7 months like many other people in this country who have lost their jobs. The other day she was so excited because she was offered a job [...]

What’s Holding You Back?

I just taught a 5 week workshop on Live on Purpose and what seemed to come up most often are the roadblocks that keep people stuck and hold them back from living a better life. I know that sounds cliche but living a better life eludes many people. As a matter of fact not only [...]

When Is Enough, Enough?

When thinking about when is enough, enough- you can apply the question to many areas of your life. Being that I talk to a lot of people dealing with many different “issues,” it typically comes down to the fact that whatever it is they’re dealing with they’ve had enough of it and they want it [...]

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