Tag Archives: Clarity

Resistance

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min read Last year I read a book called Resisting Happiness1.  I found the title intriguing.  Why would anyone resist happiness?  Doesn’t everyone want to be happy?  Well yes, but apparently resistance stands between us and happiness and the … Continue reading →

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Changing Habits

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Lisa Ivaldi

4 min read In The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, Charles Duhigg describes a habit as “a formula our brain automatically follows: When I see CUE, I will do ROUTINE in order … Continue reading →

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Focus on What You Want

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min read Back in July 2011 I wrote a blog post about Setting Your Intentions.  The general idea was to focus on what you do want and not on what you don’t want.  Sounds simple enough, but it is … Continue reading →

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Illusion

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min read I recently read an email from my sister-in-law where she mentioned her “baby food processor”.  When I jokingly wrote back that I wasn’t even going to ask why my babyless sister-in-law had a baby food processor, I found … Continue reading →

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Preconceptions

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min read Preconceptions … we all have them, about everything – that guy looks mean, she looks smart, that course will be hard, that jacket will be expensive.  We form a judgement “in advance of adequate knowledge or experience” – the … Continue reading →

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Me and My Shadow

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min read Up until a year or two ago, I had an idea or a mental image of how I should look that was nothing like I actually looked.  I had it in my head that other people all … Continue reading →

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Choose to be Happy

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Lisa Ivaldi

2 min read We recently watched a movie called Small Apartments.  It was pretty offbeat but I’m really glad we watched it because at the very end there was a real nugget of wisdom in the form of a man’s advice to his younger brother: … Continue reading →

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Incremental Change

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min read Change can be overwhelming.  We look at where we are and where we want to be and the gap can seem huge and insurmountable.  That’s why, many times, we don’t even try.  We can’t.  The change appears … Continue reading →

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Moving Forward

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min read Have you ever sat down at your desk because you know you really need to get down to work, but you feel restless and distracted?  You check your email, you play a game of online Solitaire (just … Continue reading →

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Small Actions – Big Results

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Lisa Ivaldi

2 min read There are over 7 billion human beings on this planet.  Amongst that many people it is sometimes easy to feel insignificant.  It’s easy to ask, “What am I contributing to the world?” and not come up with … Continue reading →

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