Author Archives: Lisa Ivaldi

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About Lisa Ivaldi

Lisa is a seeker who loves sharing information that will have a positive impact. InsightClarityGrowth.com is a personal growth blog that uses personal stories and experts' theories to share ideas and perspectives. Sometimes looking at things slightly differently can make a huge difference.

Negativity Bias

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min readDo you ever wonder why we focus on the negative?  You can be having a great day, the best day ever, then one negative thing happens.  Do we think about the 497 things that went right that day, or … Continue reading →

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Wait a Moment

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Lisa Ivaldi

4 min readPatience is not my strong suit.  When something needs doing, I like to act right away and get things moving.  Not doing makes me feel like I am not getting anywhere.  In fact, I have these words posted on my … Continue reading →

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Skin Deep

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Lisa Ivaldi

2 min readI remember reading once that just because you buy a product from a health food store doesn’t necessarily mean it is healthy.  I didn’t really believe it.  It goes against everything I’ve always believed to be true.  You see I … Continue reading →

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Barriers

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Lisa Ivaldi

4 min readI’ve heard the example of the elephant and the wooden stake used several times to describe how we limit ourselves by our thoughts.  A baby elephant has his foot tied with a rope to a wooden stake.  When the … Continue reading →

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Compassion

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min readLately I’ve been reading a book by Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk.  This particular book, Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames, is very simply written but offers some great insight into anger. Hanh explains that “When someone says … Continue reading →

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Accentuate the Positive

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Lisa Ivaldi

2 min readThis month’s post title may remind you of the 1944 Johnny Mercer song of the same name.  The song gives us some good advice:  You got to accentuate the positive – Eliminate the negative … You got to spread … Continue reading →

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Why Didn’t I Think of That?

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min readSometimes we don’t see things as clearly as we might.  Perhaps we are too close to the situation to see it clearly – too immersed in it to see our way out.  Often times things have a way of … Continue reading →

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Setting Your Intentions

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min readThe word “intent” has frequently been popping up for me lately in conversations and books.  I’m currently re-reading a book that I read several years ago,  Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting: The Astonishing Power of Feelings by Lynn Grabhorn.  Ms. Grabhorn talks … Continue reading →

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No Thank You, I Don’t Want To

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Lisa Ivaldi

2 min readI recently agreed to do something that I really didn’t want to do.  I agreed to do it because I thought it was my duty and I couldn’t think of a good reason to say no – other … Continue reading →

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Stories

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min readMy husband and I have recently been learning more about mindfulness and I’d like to share one of the concepts with you.  Now, I am by no means an expert, but I find this very interesting. The concept regards the everyday stories we … Continue reading →

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