Author: Janine

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.63″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] Self-reflection is careful thought. Its deliberate analysis of your words and behaviors. Its the time you take to consider whether your actions are in line with your values. Reflecting means taking a break to evaluate whether you are on the right track. Self-reflection is powerful because it opens…

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.63″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] How do we stay in touch these days? Text, Facebook posts, IG pics and plenty of Likes? In this episode I am reading an except that was written in the 1940, yet it could have been written today. It warns of the danger of becoming to estranged from…

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.63″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] Today I am having some fun with the word exceptional. I believe, that to be exceptional, you cannot make any exceptions. To be exceptional may not be what everyone does. But then again – what everyone does is not necessarily exceptional. To be exceptional, you have to stand…

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.63″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] I find increasingly that asking WHY is fruitless. My own WHY questions result in 100s of possible answers, all of which are only illusions and not facts. Asking others doesn’t get me my answers either. When it comes to the behaviors of others, asking WHY is a waste…

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.63″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] Conduct your life. Don’t allow others to run it. And don’t control theirs either. Take ownership of your life. When someone doesn’t value it, leave them and move on. Its your life. Don’t lose track of it. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.63″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] Inspiration doesn’t just come from the great people of our time. I get most inspired by those people close to me – their behaviors, words and the way they live their life. I consciously surround myself with people that I can learn from. And we can inspire others…

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.63″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] Defining who you want to be is by far the most important decision you can make. But few of us really ask the question, “Who do I want to be?” Answering this question has little to do with milestones in the form of tangible results or your current set of…

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.63″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] We spend more time complaining than applauding. We have the tendency to look for the wrong instead of recognizing whats right. We tear down and criticize rather than encourage and build up. And the more we do it, the better we become at it. What if we practiced…

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.63″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] We waste so much time. We lose time with distractions and we lose it when we limit ourselves. And then we look back and wonder – why didn’t I at least try this? Time is precious. We only realize when its gone when we look back. Lets not…

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.63″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] Love does not have to wait until the right person walks into your life. You can be in love right now, in this very moment. Life is full of things to love. Start there. Fall in love with your life and everything it brings for you. Waiting for…