You CAN always want what you get

I was caught the other day singing the lyrics to the Rolling Stones song “You Can't Always Get What You Want,"  I say caught because I was singing it incorrectly.  I sang,

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Reality Tunnel

The other day we heard a friend describe what he termed a “reality tunnel.”  We had never heard the phrase before.  When we construct our own “reality tunnels,”

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Expectations can be habits

Our expectations are a type of habit.  For example, every morning when you start your morning routine, you probably expect your faucet to run.  It is a habit that is

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Are you taking it for granted?

What’s really happening when we “take something for granted”?  We stop noticing a person, a thing, an event or a situation.  We stop being in the moment and experiencing all

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The anchor bias

There’s a phenomenon in the investment world called anchor bias.  Basically, it means that an investor holds onto a stock because they initially thought it would perform very well

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Fix your posture

Have you ever had or do you currently have poor posture?  Have you ever had to rehab from an injury that made you need to change your normal

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Breaking a habit

One of the things we often hear from our clients when they are frustrated about changing an unworkable pattern is that they struggle to apply what they have

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How long is too long to stay undecided?

A prolonged period of indecision can have a terribly draining effect on us.  We’re sure you’ve experienced being on the fence about something and feeling a great relief when

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Let’s talk about commitment

An easy example of commitment is marriage.  If you are married, you have made a commitment to your spouse.  Nonetheless, you can have arguments, you can hate each other for

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Let it be or suppress it?

It’s pretty common these days for people to talk about sitting with a feeling or allowing “negative” thoughts without resisting them.  It is in the zeitgeist, whereas just 10-15

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