The ongoing global pandemic has affected all of us in many ways and will continue to do so for at least the foreseeable future. Here in America, our economy has been severely impacted, and at the same time we have also experienced civil unrest related to longstanding racial inequalities, not to mention an extremely divisive presidential election. Against this backdrop, people advised us to delay starting our company. They told us to wait until the pandemic is over, until things “settle down,” until the economy improves. But we knew we couldn’t wait because our message is needed more now than ever. People always need to be good to themselves, but that need is even greater in difficult times . In...
Unfortunately, being good to yourself isn’t just sitting around watching movies and eating popcorn, although there’s certainly nothing wrong with doing just that every so often. Sometimes being good to yourself involves doing things that are not at all enjoyable. We all know what they are, but we don’t always get them done. There are really two categories when it comes to being good to yourself – things that we like to do that are good for us, and things that we really need to do, even though we don’t like them. Depending on the individual, a specific activity could fall into either category. Some people love working out, which is generally acknowledged to be an important activity for almost...
Many of us put the needs of others before our own needs. We completely understand that feeling and in no way are suggesting that you should ignore everyone else and only focus on yourself. At the same time, you shouldn’t ignore yourself while focusing on everyone else. The analogy which best explains this issue is the announcement made during a commercial airline flight. The airline will advise you that in the event of a loss of oxygen, masks will drop down from the overhead console and that, if you are traveling with a small child, you should affix your own mask before doing so for the child. At first this seems almost cruel because our natural instinct in such a...
It’s a phrase we’re all hearing a lot more now and with good reason because all of us have to figure out a way to live our lives despite an ongoing global pandemic; we also need to support each other throughout this process. It’s also true when it comes to being good to yourself. Each of us has to decide the best ways to be accomplish this goal. Doing so is even more important now than ever because the world has definitely changed and it's much more difficult to do many of the things we used to enjoy. Our mission is to help each other find inner peace by sharing the ways to be good to yourself. We will share...
Sometimes the biggest obstacle to being good to yourself is the voice in your head. It’s always there, especially in those rare moments when we have some peace and quiet. It talks to us all the time, day after day. Even worse, its generally not reassuring. The critical thing to understand about the voice in your head is that its not you. It can’t be. If you are the one who is hearing the constant chatter from the voice, then the voice has to be coming from an entity other than you. In fact, the voice in your head is actually your brain incessantly producing logic for you to consider in making decisions. (A more comprehensive discussion about how the...
