Monthly Archives: July 2010
How To Recover From 10 Types of Demotivation
How To Recover From 10 Types of Demotivation
http://www.productiveflourishing.com/how-to-recover-from-10-types-of-demotivation/
by Cath Duncan on July 13, 2010
Motivation is central to creativity, productivity and happiness. Motivation is what causes us to act, and when we act, we create movement, growth and change, we feel involved, masterful and significant, we feel powerful through experiencing how we can change the world, and we create more of what we love in our lives. And all of this gives our lives purpose and happiness.
When adversity knocks
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up; She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.
Guide To Avoiding Avoidance
Guide to Avoiding Avoidance
Dr. Martha Beck does it again. More fabulous and useful advice.
Is there really such a thing as good grief? Does fear of suffering only increase suffering? For the fastest way through bad times, read on….
Melanie’s life was shrinking like a cheap blouse in an overheated dryer. At 30 she’d developed a fear of flying that ended her dream of world travel. Within a year, her phobia had grown to include—or rather, exclude—driving. After the World Trade Center attacks, Melanie became terrified to enter the downtown area of any city. She quit her job as an office manager (the potential for mail-based terrorism was too big) and called me hoping I could help her devise a way of earning money from home. “Everybody tells me my fears aren’t realistic,” she said. “But I think I’m the most realistic person I know. It’s a dangerous world—I just want to be safe.”