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By Eric Faria
Every December, it is common to reassess what the past 12 months have meant. When you take a moment to evaluate where you were one year ago, and where you are now, is the balance positive or negative? In 2019, we will have 365 opportunities to be the best version of ourselves – eat healthier,…
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By Eric Faria
These are the steps that can cause breakthroughs in your life and relationships: Source – Where is the conflict arising from? What is the antecedent for the situation? A simple illustration: you have been doing the dishes for the past week all by yourself while your partner has not chipped in – not even…
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By Eric Faria
Have you played video games? Whether your answer is yes or no, stick with me for a moment. When you play a video game, there is no way to advance to the next level unless you complete the one you are in right now. Even if the game being played takes place in an open…
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By Eric Faria
The sentence that gives this month’s column its title was spoken by Maya Angelou in her infinite wisdom. This is a quote that I heard for the first time probably a decade ago or thereabouts. I thought I knew its meaning, and I realized I just fully grasped it recently, as in the past couple…
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By Eric Faria
The best definition for happiness I have been able to come up with is as follows: “Happiness is when how you feel about being happy, and what you think about being happy, are in alignment.” I would like for you to read that again, especially the “how you feel about being happy” part. Feelings, whether…
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By Eric Faria
A label is defined as a classifying phrase or name applied to a person or thing, especially one that is inaccurate or restrictive. That last part is the dangerous one. Whenever we label someone or something – an emotion such as fear, for example – we are encapsulating it usually as either good or bad,…
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By Benjamin Teixeira de Aguiar
Spiritual guides or instructors, guardian angels or any Force that represents God for the human creature, work to facilitate, catalyze, inspire and supra-ordinate, and not to deliver standardized answers or solutions, except in rare occasions. If they acted as an open source for the immediate resolution of problems, they would become true “evolutionary thieves,” incurring…
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By Eric Faria
At the end of every December, it is common to reassess what the past 12 months have meant. It is also commonplace to set goals for the calendar year about to begin. If you take a moment to evaluate where you were one year ago and where you are now, is the balance positive or…