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What You See Is What You Think About

September 27, 2016 By Kim Cox

egg yolk hearts

  Ever notice that if you or someone you know gets a new car that you “suddenly” see so many of that same car? Why is that? Was there some huge sale on that model car? Interesting, isn’t it?

Filed Under: Inspiring Desires, Self Realization Tagged With: healing with love, inspiring desires, love and fear, reaching your goals, self realization, self reflection, what you see is what you think, what you think is what you see

Is it Really Easier to Beg for Forgiveness Rather Than Ask Permission?

September 13, 2016 By Kim Cox

having difficult conversations

Yep, if you are the one begging. Know why? It is because you didn’t have the courage to start a conversation. You let the fear of thinking that the other person would never give you what you want, so you take it. Wrong, just wrong. You would probably be the first person going off if […]

Filed Under: Communication, Inspiring Desires Tagged With: asking for forgiveness, communication, communication and communing, communication skills, communication tools, difficult conversations, effective communication, getting what you want, having difficult conversations, how to get what you want, how to have difficult conversations, how to improve communication, inspiring desires

When Other People Think They Know What Is Best for Me

August 30, 2016 By Kim Cox

own your mistakes

Someone manipulating me into something they believe is best for me is the number 3 thing that pisses me off pretty quickly. Seriously? You think you know me better than I do? Especially if that someone is a person that holds a degree, certificate or position that they think entitles them to fix me, with […]

Filed Under: Self Improvement Tagged With: anger management, anger management techniques, control your life, controlling anger, how to control anger, inspiring desires, own your mistakes, playing the victim, processing anger, self improvement, trust your gut, trust your intuition, trust yourself, trusting your gut

Bulk Buying or Bulk Living?

August 23, 2016 By Kim Cox

bulk buying toilet paper

Who doesn’t like a well stocked pantry and refrigerator? It is a wonderful thing to never hear, “We are out of toilet paper. Use a paper towel.” The thing is, we over buy. We buy so much that we simply don’t need and we most certainly will never use. And this goes way beyond toilet […]

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Socially Acceptable Farts

August 16, 2016 By Kim Cox

socially acceptable farts

Pretty catchy title, don’t you think? Guess who I need to credit for this phrase? Not our 10-year-old boy (or the 21 year old;-), but our family doctor. When we first heard her say this, we giggled (as I am sure you did too, as would the 10 and 21 year old). The thing is, […]

Filed Under: Healing Childhood Trauma, Inspiring Desires, Overcoming Limiting Beliefs Tagged With: being content, building self esteem, changing limiting beliefs, colitis symptoms, healing childhood trauma, IBS, inspiring desires, inspiring growth, irritable bowel syndrome, know yourself, limiting beliefs, overcoming limiting beliefs, response to traumatic events, self awareness, self identity, self realization, ulcerative colitis, Ulcerative Proctitis

Do You Know Who You Are?

August 9, 2016 By Kim Cox

Dan and Kim Cox and friends

A very dear friend wrote this poem: Who Are You? By Bill Diesing

Filed Under: Inspiring Desires, Self Realization Tagged With: Bill Diesing poem, get to know yourself, inspiring desires, know yourself, self awareness, self discovery, self realization, self reflection, who are you poem

Positively Made from a Negative

August 2, 2016 By Kim Cox

sheet of photo negatives

I remember I used to love to look at the negatives when I picked up my pictures from the drug store (if you have no idea what I am talking about, Google how we had to walk uphill both ways to get our film developed;-), much like I used to notice the darkness of the […]

Filed Under: Self Realization Tagged With: balance and harmony, dealing with negative people, don miguel ruiz quote, inspiring desires, negative people, negative thinking, negative thoughts, positive and negative, positive thinking, positive thoughts, self awareness, self realization

Betrayal, Anger and Forgiveness

June 28, 2016 By Kim Cox

forgive yourself

I was asked by my mentors to write about betrayal. More specifically, how I have felt betrayed by others. I was also encouraged to write in a way that I would avoid planting or stepping on land mines, respecting the others, and in a way that allowed me to be heard. I did what I […]

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BTW: Between (and Eventually Beyond) the Words

May 31, 2016 By Kim Cox

sky space dark galaxy

I was reviewing some of my more recent posts and I found a theme among most of them. I keep stating the words are subjective, they don’t belong to the object of thought or that they are a poor way of communicating. I started thinking that you may wonder why I write (communicating with words) […]

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Trusting Your Own Understanding and Moving Beyond

April 19, 2016 By Kim Cox

way out sign

Studying as an adult from a variety of people comes with a lot of invitations to attend all sorts of “high end” retreats promising all sorts of things, from personal growth, business growth, relaxation while working, being with like minded individuals, master minding together, healing, etc. We have been on a handful of retreats and […]

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Understanding Why We Need Contrast in Our Lives

April 12, 2016 By Kim Cox

painting black on white with paint roller

“Well you only need the light when it’s burning low Only miss the sun when it starts to snow Only know you love her when you let her go   Only know you’ve been high when you’re feeling low Only hate the road when you’re missing home Only know you love her when you let […]

Filed Under: Self Realization Tagged With: change your thinking, contrast, highs and lows, how to get unstuck, inspiring desires, let her go lyrics, love and fear, love vs fear, personal growth, self discovery, self healing, self improvement, self realization

Why Do I Put Pickles in a Bloody Mary? Because I Enjoy It

April 5, 2016 By Kim Cox

Bloody Mary with pickle and celery

I have studied under Jack Canfield and simply adore him and all the work he and his staff do. He often asks, “What is the WHY behind everything you do?” And for a long time, I had trouble with this question. I didn’t get it. You do things because they need to be done. I […]

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