Living Your Life's Purpose Brings Happiness

"Many persons have a wrong idea about what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose."

~Helen Keller

When you discover and begin to live your life's true purpose, you discover that decisions are easier, life is more satisfying, and you can really create a happy life. When everything is congruent with your life's purpose, happiness follows.

This week: Begin to think about your life's true purpose. Consider where your passion lies. Connect with what is most important to you. What sort of mark would you like to make on the world if you could? Who would you want to help?

Linda Pucci, Ph.D. is a psychologist, life coach and expert in helping people discover their life's purpose by taking them through a 7 step process For more information about her audio CD/workbook program: Discover Your Life's Purpose: 7 Steps to a Life of Meaning & Authenticity go to http://www.innerresourcecenter.com/

Facing Your Challenges

"The best way out is through."

~Robert Frost

When you are stuck or are faced with challenges, the best way out of your dilemma is to face the challenge and move on through it. Even if you are afraid, if you can face your fear, you can conquer it.

This Week: Think about what is challenging you. Is there something you've been trying to avoid? Hoping it will just go away or resolve itself without your doing something? Sorry, it usually doesn't work that way. This week, see if you can face that thing you've been avoiding. Take it on. Do some small thing to address it. If you keep putting the small steps one in front of the other, before you know it, you'll have passed through the challenge to the other side.

Linda Pucci, Ph.D. is a psychologist, life coach and trainer at Inner Resource Center, LLC in Maryville, TN. She has spent the past 30 years helping people face their challenges and move through them toward their dreams. If you would like some tips in reaching your dreams, sign up for Inner Resources, her f'ree report at http://www.InnerResourceCenter.com .

Time and Experience Allows Us to "Unfold"

"Time does not change us.

It just unfolds us."

~Max Frisch

Our lives unfold with time and our experiences, helping us become more of who we are at the core of ourselves. We all hold within ourselves the blueprint of who we really are--our life purpose; our values; the things that make us each unique. Allow yourself to unfold further over time. Give yourself permission to be the person you really are capable of being. Embrace it!

This week: Think about what you were like as a child. What was important to you then? Think also about who you were as a teenager. How have you "unfolded?" Notice the traits that you have brought with you, the things about you that have deepened and been enriched by time and your life experiences. Appreciate how you have unfolded thus far. What other ways would you like to unfold and enrich your life?

Linda Pucci, Ph.D. is a psychologist, life coach, trainer and owner of Inner Resource Center, LLC. She helps people find the resources inside themselves to enrich their lives and discover more meaning and satisfaction. She can be reached at http://www.innerresourcecenter.com/ .

Good Judgment Comes from Our Experiences With Bad Judgment

"Good judgment comes from experience,

and often experience comes from bad judgment."

~Rita Mae Brown

We often forget that we develop good judgment from the mistakes we've made in the past. Those experiences of bad judgment teach us important lessons which (hopefully) keep us from making those mistakes repeatedly. Appreciate your experiences, both good and bad, for they have much to teach you.

This week: Notice when you make a mistake, when your judgment wasn't perfect. Ask yourself "What can I learn from this experience that will help me in the future?" Pay attention to the lesson. What will you do differently next time?

Linda Pucci, Ph.D. is a psychologist, life coach and trainer at Inner Resource Center, LLC in Maryville, TN. She works with people to help them figure out the positive learnings from past experiences, so that they can let go of negative emotions or limiting beliefs from the past and move on to greater success, meaning and happiness.

Notice the Small Signs of Happiness

"Happiness is not a matter of intensity

but of balance and order

and rhythm and harmony."

~Thomas Merton

We sometimes think that being happy means we much be ecstatically happy. We sometimes think that our happiness needs to show itself intensely. In fact, happiness is a continuum, from contentment and satisfaction to joy and esctasy. Rather than expecting happiness always to be intense, wouldn't it be better to enjoy the happiness which comes from balance and order, and rhythm and harmony?

This week: Notice the times when you feel content. Notice the small moments when you are enjoying yourself. Rather than looking for an emotional "high," notice if there is happiness associated with feeling centered and balanced. Notice the happiness associated with the rhythms of life. Enjoy quiet happiness.

Linda Pucci, Ph.D. is a psychologist, life coach and NLP trainer. She helps people let go of "emotional clutter" that stands in the way of being happy. To contact her, go to http://www.innerresourcecenter.com/

Pointing Out Errors Isn't Very Helpful

"It is one thing to show a man that he is in error,

and another to put him in possession of truth."

John Locke

Too often we are eager to point out the mistakes others make in their lives. It is more useful to share information to help someone find their truth. No one has all the answers, and mistakes are only an opportunity for additional learning.

This week: When you notice an error, think about how you can help the person find their truth from the experience. Often that doesn't involve telling him or her what they have done wrong, but it might mean pointing out that there are other ways to approach the task.

Linda Pucci, Ph.D. is a psychologist, life coach and trainer. She specializes in helping people learn through the methods that work best for them, and encourages them to see mistakes not as failures, but as feedback. She can be reached through http://www.innerresourcecenter.com/ .

Your Beliefs Determine Who You Are

"Man is what he believes."

~Anton Chekhov

Our beliefs really DO determine who we are. What we believe about ourselves determines whether or not we try something, and it is likely to determine whether or not we fail or succeed. Our beliefs shape our view of the world. We operate on our beliefs as if they were true and defend those beliefs in spite of evidence to the contrary. When given a choice to believe in yourself or not, pick the belief that empowers you.

This week: Examine your beliefs about yourself. What beliefs do you hold that empower you? Which keep you stuck? Which limit your ability to succeed? If your beliefs are limiting you, ask yourself, "What would I need to believe in order to succeed?"

Linda Pucci, Ph.D. is a psychologist, life coach and trainer at Inner Resource Center, LLC in Maryville, TN. She specializes in helping people overcome the limiting beliefs that block their success. For more information, contact her at http://www.innerresourcecenter.com/ .