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    19 Timeless Life Lessons 90 Years of Wisdom Taught Me

    “I have seen and touched and danced and sang and climbed and loved and meditated on a lifetime spent living honestly. Should it all end tonight, I can positively say there would be no regrets. I feel fortunate to have walked 90 years in my shoes. I am truly lucky. I really have lived 1,000 times...
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    52 Mindful Morning Quotes that Will Bring You Daily Peace and Clarity

    When you first awake, be mindful and take a second to think about what a privilege it is to be alive and relatively healthy. Breathe onto the bathroom mirror just to see how amazing your breath looks. The moment you start acting like life is a blessing, I assure you it will start to feel like...
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    10 Good Reasons to Let Go in Life Sooner Rather than Later

    Holding on is hard. Holding on contributes to stress, unhappiness, relationship issues, and so much more. Yet, as human beings, we cling desperately to almost everything… We don’t like change, so we hold on tight to the past. We want life to be the way we think it “should” be. We get attached...
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    9 Essential Rules for Turning Endings into New Beginnings in Life

    When you can no longer think of a reason to continue, you must think of a reason to start over. There’s a big difference between giving up and starting over in the right direction. And there are three little words that can release you from your past and guide you forward to a positive new...
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    4 Effective Ways to Start Letting Go in Life Sooner Rather than Later

    Over the past 15 years, as Angel and I have gradually worked with hundreds of our course students, coaching clients, and live event attendees, we’ve come to understand that the root cause of most human stress is simply our stubborn propensity to hold on to things. In a nutshell, we hold on tight...
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    10 Daily Habits that Often Drain 99 Percent of Our Joy in Life

    You ultimately become what you repeatedly do. If your daily habits aren’t helping you, they’re hurting you. Here are some fairly common and widespread examples of the latter that will drain all your joy if you let them: 1. Focusing on how life “should” be every step of the way. Try to use...
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    20 Essential Truths We Should Be Sharing with Today’s Youth (and Each Other)

    Our children grow up so fast. Before we know it they’re out there somewhere in the real world, and we’re left hoping that we’ve done enough to prepare them for everything they’ll encounter. Marc and I talk to course students and coaching clients on a daily basis — mothers and fathers alike — who...
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    10 Self-Limiting Beliefs 90 Percent of Us Struggle With Every Day

    I received a thank you email recently from a longtime reader and coaching client named Kevin (I’m writing about him today with permission). He said the work Marc and I do helped him and his wife maintain healthy mindsets as they struggled and grew through one of the most difficult periods of...
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    5 Habits that Kept My 90-Year-Old Grandma Happy All Her Life

    Twenty years ago, I was lucky enough to witness the humble, elegant, peaceful passing of my 89-year-old grandfather. As I sat quietly in his hospice room alongside my grandma and other family members, his nurse smiled softly and said, “I can see he lived well. People his age often pass just the...
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    3 Habits that Often Drain 90 Percent of Our Potential in Life

    As you age you will learn to value your time, genuine relationships, meaningful work, and peace of mind, much more. Little else will matter. Deep down you know that already, right? Yet on most days, just like the majority of us, you get distracted by so many others things. You give your time...
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    Day of the Dead in Puerto Vallarta (Tips & Festivities)

    Day of the Dead in Puerto Vallarta offers rich traditions, lively parades, and meaningful holiday events. Towering Calavera Catrinas and golden marigolds transform this beachfront city into a vibrant tribute to the dearly departed. As an American fascinated by Mexico’s rich cultural heritage, I...
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    8 Things You Will Ultimately Regret Not Letting Go of Sooner in Life

    It’s always necessary to accept when some part of your life has reached its inevitable end. Closing the door, completing the chapter, turning the page, etc. It doesn’t matter what you title it; what matters is that you find the strength to leave in the past those former parts of your life that...
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    10 “Notes to Self” for Those Times When You’re Taking Things Personally

    Let’s start off here with a simple question: Why do we always take things personally? There are admittedly quite a few valid reasons to consider. But the one Marc and I have found to be most common through 15 years of working with our coaching clients and live event attendees is the tendency...
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    6 Effective Things Optimists Often Do Differently

    If the grass looks greener on the other side… Stop staring. Stop comparing. Stop complaining. And START watering the grass you’re standing on… Truly, the most powerful weapon against stress on the average day is our ability to choose one thought or response over another. I was reminded of...
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    30 Quotes and Thinking Prompts for Letting Go of What Weighs You Down

    Each prompt below contains a quote and question to think about. I have personally used each of these prompts several times in the past to nudge myself into self-reflection, and I continue to revisit them regularly. They bring awareness to the subconscious attachments and assumptions we all have...
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