Success is a habit you choose to develop.   Brave enough to make the choice?     Andrea T. Goeglein Success in 3 Thoughts:  Success is a habit you choose to develop.  Deciding to build The Habit to support your chosen life success has no impact on your ability to be successful.  Taking the actions...Read More

When Stanford researcher, Emma Seppälä, published her blog, 20 Scientific Reasons to Start Meditating Today: New Research shows meditation boosts your health, happiness and success, I thought the definitive case for meditation had finally been made.  Seppälä’s blog hyperlinks to accredited studies from every field.  She is far from the first (my long-time resource has been anything...Read More

by Andrea Goeglein What do puppy training and meditation have in common?  It appears more than I would have ever thought.  I, and everyone I have ever taught about the usefulness of creating a daily reflection/meditation/mindfulness practice inevitably complains about how difficult it is to sit for 15-20 minutes because their minds’ wander all over...Read More

By Andrea Goeglein Worth the three minutes to remind yourself why you must — not maybe should, it would be nice, etc. — but MUST find the time to each day to sit silently and reflect.Read More

By Andrea Goeglein In early December, 2014 I spent five days at a silent retreat in a public hotel in Monterey, California.  I have decided I need to live my life with the agility of my response to the Monterey weather.  Over the course of one day, winds howled, the sun shown, the waves crashed,...Read More

There are some things you should not wait to take action to change.  Actually, your brain depends on your taking some easy, fun and free actions.  At IPPA in June, I had the opportunity to hear Dr. Joyce Shaffer explain some wonderful research in neuroplasticity (how the brain can change itself).  Dr. Shaffer did not just discuss the...Read More

  Creating a state of human flow – enjoying an activity so much that you lose track of time – has been one of the many substantive fields of work of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. He wrote, “Flow is a source of psychic energy in that it focuses attention and motivates action.” (p. 140, Finding Flow). ‘Flow’...Read More

I believe how you start your day sets the tone for how you feel at the end of the day. If you ever want to know one of the most perfect ways to start a day, try this. Start with a one mile hike in one of the most beautiful places in America (http://www.redmountainspa.com/), pause...Read More