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Minute of Mindfulness: How To Find Joy

December 30, 2018

How To Find Joy We are either moving towards joy or away from it. Moment by moment, we are at a choice whether we’ll cultivate this joy or dig a hole of misery. As I reflect back on my life, I realize how much time I spent magnifying pain, anger, shame, and worthlessness. The more …

Minute of Mindfulness: Anchored In Peace

Minute of Mindfulness: Anchored In Peace

Anchored In Peace True inner peace is not disturbed by the outside world. However, inner peace always transforms the world around you. Recognize this and you get a glimpse of your inner power. Minute of Mindfulness Inner Peace Be centered and grounded. In doing so, the storms of the world cannot crack your inner foundation of peace. Meditate daily. Peace....
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Minute of Mindfulness: Tune In and Go Within

Minute of Mindfulness: Tune In and Go Within

Tune In To What's Within There is so much that we can learn by looking within ourselves. We can learn the habitual thoughts and patterns that we commit ourselves to each day. In doing so, we can see how we are orchestrating our reality. We can learn the emotions that we fuel on a daily basis, both the positive and...
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Minute of Mindfulness: Blessings and Failures

Minute of Mindfulness: Blessings and Failures

Blessings and Failures Blessings > failures You can only find that which you are willing to look for. Joy is waiting for you. Peace. Happiness. Compassion. Respect. Jeffon Seely
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Minute of Mindfulness: How To Find Joy

Minute of Mindfulness: How To Find Joy

How To Find Joy We are either moving towards joy or away from it. Moment by moment, we are at a choice whether we'll cultivate this joy or dig a hole of misery. As I reflect back on my life, I realize how much time I spent magnifying pain, anger, shame, and worthlessness. The more I did this, it seemed...
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Minute of Mindfulness: How To Shift Your Perspective

Minute of Mindfulness: How To Shift Your Perspective

How To Shift Your Perspective One of my favorite sayings is:   "Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change." It is fascinating how often we are completely unaware of the perspective we are using to see the world. As my mentor told me, "If you are constantly looking for the negative, the negative...
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Minute of Mindfulness: The Power of One Idea

Minute of Mindfulness: The Power of One Idea

Power of One Idea One idea is all that is needed to create something entirely new. All inventions, each great organization, every philosophy, economy, government, and human advancement began with an idea within the mind. What is one idea that has the power to transform your life? Is it an idea around building your business, moving towards better health, strengthening...
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Minute of Mindfulness:  Knowledge of Self > selfies

Minute of Mindfulness: Knowledge of Self > selfies

Knowledge of Self I'm going to make a bold proclamation here.... Anxiety, depression, anger, frustration, stagnation, and fear are all fruits that blossom due to us not really knowing ourselves. Think about it, if we really knew ourselves, which means we're willing to explore self-mastery, then how could we sink into pits of despair? Despair can only be there when...
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Minute of Mindfulness: Finding Stillness

Minute of Mindfulness: Finding Stillness

Finding Stillness The other day I read a quote that said, "Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself." This made me ask myself, what is the current state of my inner sanctuary? How can we find a place of stillness that we can retreat to when the world around...
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Guest Post: Balance Your Fitness Routine With Self Care

Guest Post: Balance Your Fitness Routine With Self Care

Fitness and Self Care When we do nice things for other people, we feel more virtuous. But when we do nice things for ourselves, there’s a sneaking suspicion at the back of our minds that we might just be being selfish. Balancing hard work and downtime can be a challenge.  Having a strong work ethic wins you cash and prizes,...
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Minute of Mindfulness: How To Stop Mismanaging Memories

Minute of Mindfulness: How To Stop Mismanaging Memories

How To Stop Mismanaging Memories What are the memories that have been dominating your mind? Are they memories that bring inspiration or remind you of your flaws? So much of our sadness, pain, and frustration is brought about due to the mismanagement of memories. In my experience, mismanaging memories has kept me in a cyclical loop that was hard to...
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Minute of Mindfulness: How To Change A Stagnant Life

Minute of Mindfulness: How To Change A Stagnant Life

How To Change A Stagnant Life It's unfortunate how easily our lives can get derailed when walking through a difficult situation. It is even more tragic how our lives can appear hopeless when we continue to fill our minds with the pain of the past. Both of these things often cause our lives to appear stagnant. When stagnation sets in,...
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Minute of Mindfulness: How To Stress Less

Minute of Mindfulness: How To Stress Less

How To Stress Less What are the biggest stressors in your life? Is it your job, your family life, or your relationship with yourself? Stress is one of the leading causes of illness, yet so many forget that excessive stress that continuously overwhelms, cripples one from taking action and creates fear in our lives is not a requirement of life....
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Minute of Mindfulness: There Is Nothing Stopping You

Minute of Mindfulness: There Is Nothing Stopping You

There Is Nothing Stopping You What would your life look like if you realized there was nothing stopping you? What would your life look like if you embraced all of the things that are aligning with perfection to help you accomplish your dreams? It takes strength and a willingness to recognize that you have all the tools needed to help you...
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8 Brutal Truths That Will Improve Your Life

8 Brutal Truths That Will Improve Your Life

Brutal Truths That Will Improve Your Life One of the greatest transformations that has happened in my life was brought about by a particular thought that challenged me to move beyond my perceived reality. It was a thought, an expression that pushed my consciousness into a new level and thus, impacted every area of my life. I still remember the...
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Minute of Mindfulness: Dealing With Negative People

Minute of Mindfulness: Dealing With Negative People

Dealing With Negative People When was the last time you had to deal with a negative or toxic person? Was it a co-worker, a family member, friend, an acquaintance, a random stranger, or was it yourself? I ask because we all have to deal with difficult people from time to time. As I think about this, I realize how often...
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Minute of Mindfulness – Planting Seeds of Peace

Minute of Mindfulness – Planting Seeds of Peace

Planting Seeds of Peace There is a garden within all of us. This garden is filled with lush and fertile soil that supports any seed that is deposited into it. We can see what is growing in this inner garden based upon what is unfolding in our external experiences. Moving with this sense of awareness, we see how essential it...
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Minute of Mindfulness: Cutting Out The Negative

Minute of Mindfulness: Cutting Out The Negative

Cutting Out The Negative How often do you replay a negative experience that happened over and over again in your mind? Have you ever allowed a negative experience in the past to steal the joy and peace from the present? Why does this happen to us? In my life, there have been times where I continuously replayed a stressful experience...
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Minute of Mindfulness: Mental Freedom and the Space of Positivity

Minute of Mindfulness: Mental Freedom and the Space of Positivity

Mental Freedom So many of us have outward freedom, yet are mentally imprisoned. In my life, I realize how much of my time is spent focused on the seeming difficulties instead of the abundant experiences all around me. I think this might be true for many of us. I found the solution doesn't lie cursing the toxic thoughts that poison...
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Minute of Mindfulness: How To Forgive

Minute of Mindfulness: How To Forgive

How To Forgive Why does it seem that so much of our pain, anger, resentment, and frustration stems from things that happened in the past? It could have been something someone did, something we did to ourselves, or a dark and difficult experience we walked through. What would happen if you were able to find a way to forgive that...
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Minute of Mindfulness: Inner Work and the Broken Vase

Minute of Mindfulness: Inner Work and the Broken Vase

Inner Work and the Broken Vase A broken vase with cracks and holes cannot hold water. A broken person with fears, guilt, shame, unforgiveness, anger, jealousy, and envy cannot hold peace. For many of us, this is obvious. So what happens if we are carrying some of these toxic thoughts and emotions with us, but are interested in grasping lasting...
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Minute of Mindfulness: Don’t Compare Yourself To Others

Minute of Mindfulness: Don’t Compare Yourself To Others

Don't Compare Yourself To Others One of the most powerful truths to remember is that THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU. For those who are willing to move with this understanding, they realize they are neither inferior nor superior to no anyone. Instead, they have their own unique abilities and gifts to bring out into the world. While this is a...
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3 Keys To Rid The Mind of Toxic Thoughts & Transform Them Towards the Highest and Best

3 Keys To Rid The Mind of Toxic Thoughts & Transform Them Towards the Highest and Best

Rid The Mind of Toxic Thoughts If someone was able to walk with you through your mind, what would they see? Would it be an inner landscape filled with thoughts of peace, kindness, optimism, positivity, and compassion for yourself and others? Or would it be a dark world where anger, fear, stress, frustration, toxicity, and negativity run rampant? I ask...
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Minute of Mindfulness: How To Overcome Self-Doubt

Minute of Mindfulness: How To Overcome Self-Doubt

How To Overcome Self-Doubt Why would we ever doubt ourselves? Think about it..... Why would someone focus on all the ills, burdens and difficulties in their lives without recognizing the potential, uniqueness, and power that greets them each day they wake up? As I reflect on these questions, it makes me think about my upbringing. The reason why I succumbed to...
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Minute of Mindfulness: Feed the Soul

Minute of Mindfulness: Feed the Soul

Feed the Soul What have you been feeding your soul with? Have you been embracing thoughts, feelings, and emotions necessary to help you rise to a higher and better you? It is more than obvious as we begin to be the best we can be, we effortlessly assist in making the world a better place. This becomes a small ripple that...
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A Minute of Mindfulness: Honoring the Uniqueness of You

A Minute of Mindfulness: Honoring the Uniqueness of You

A Minute of Mindfulness There are 1440 minutes in a day. That is 1440 minutes to focus on the things that bring you joy, peace, happiness and cultivate deeper relationships with others and with yourself. Let me rephrase that... It’s obvious that we aren’t awake all 1440 minutes so we’ll take 8 hours (480 minutes) out of the equation. This...
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Where Does Peace Begin?

Where Does Peace Begin?

Where Does Peace Begin? What prevents you from experiencing peace each day? When you look back at the last few weeks, what are the things that pulled your peace out from within you? Was it a person, a place, a situation, a thought or simply life? If you are able to connect to that place where peace begins, then peace...
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 The Key To Strengthen Your Relationships

 The Key To Strengthen Your Relationships

Strengthen Your Relationships Appreciate everyone. That's it. You could stop here and not read anything else in this post. If you'd like to read a little more let's unpack what appreciation means. Appreciation If you appreciate the people you are around each day, not making assumptions, not taking things too personal and being willing to move with compassion both within yourself...
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3 Ways A Positive Mind Can Transform Your Life For The Better

3 Ways A Positive Mind Can Transform Your Life For The Better

Transform Your Life One of the greatest gifts we have in this journey of life is the ability to direct and control our thoughts. It is tragic how many people never fully claim this gift. Instead, their minds are so heavily influenced by the external world they soon forget about their ability to empower their mind intentionally. I think back...
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The Curse of Not Giving: Dead Sea Analogy

The Curse of Not Giving: Dead Sea Analogy

The Curse of Not Giving What happens when we take and take and take without giving anything in return? We've all met someone like that. They have their hands out, want something for nothing and continue to take yet never seem to give. There have been times where I've been like that. Continuing to take without giving and wondering why...
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What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do

What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do

What To Do When You Don't Know What To Do It happened again. That feeling I'm sure everyone has experienced at least once. It's as if you're stuck, you don't know what to do to push your dreams forward. You want to do something but it is easier to browse social media, watch another Youtube video, pick up your phone...
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Values, Spirituality, and the State of the World

Values, Spirituality, and the State of the World

Values... I always enjoy spending time writing or browsing in local libraries. Just the other day, I went to a new library and recognized a pattern that happens in each library I go to. Mysteriously, I end up migrating to the spiritual/religious section of the building. Sure, I enjoy reading about business, self-help, and history but without fail, the spiritual...
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3 Key Ways To Expand Your Perspective and Transform The Peephole Called Reality

3 Key Ways To Expand Your Perspective and Transform The Peephole Called Reality

Transform The Peephole Called Reality I see the world through a small peephole called my perspective. Looking out at my environment through this peephole, I give meaning to everything I see. Those things that lie outside of this peephole are either unimportant to me, I am unaware of them, or they don't have any meaning for me at that time....
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Three Key Life’s Tenants: How To Change The World

Three Key Life’s Tenants: How To Change The World

How To Change The World The world can only change to the degree that we ourselves are willing to change. We can go to church faithfully every Sunday, pray and meditate each morning and read holy books every night but if our actions don’t change, we continue to create the same situations. It is fascinating to think about the main...
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How To Never Sell Yourself Short Again (The Key To Believing In Yourself)

How To Never Sell Yourself Short Again (The Key To Believing In Yourself)

Never Sell Yourself Short Again I've found it interesting when I think about all those times in the past where I chose to see myself in an unfavorable light. Times when I talked myself out of going towards a goal. Times where I allowed the negative opinions of another person to make me want to give up. And times when...
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Law of Attraction… Real or Fake? (This Will Clear the Confusion)

Law of Attraction… Real or Fake? (This Will Clear the Confusion)

Law of Attraction... Real or Fake? Those of you who know me may know that I have had the opportunity to speak at a variety of new thought and spiritual communities over the past 2 years. I've really enjoyed meeting so many wonderful people, being exposed to incredible literature and provided with tools to make my life even greater. I'm...
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3 Powerful Habits That Can Change Your Life For The Better

3 Powerful Habits That Can Change Your Life For The Better

Powerful Habits Can Change Your Life If we want to create something new in our experience, we must transform our habits. Our habits have created who we are. If we look at our habits, we can see how they act as building blocks that create our lives and reality. So many of us are unaware of the actions and thoughts...
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The Greatest Investment of All Time: How To Invest In Yourself

The Greatest Investment of All Time: How To Invest In Yourself

The Greatest Investment of All Time In college, I studied accounting and finance. My college professors continuously told me about the importance of investments. They stated that once you made an investment, whether in a business, in assets, stocks, bonds or mutual funds, to watch it like a hawk in order to maximize that investment. Fast forward many years. I...
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The Power of Meditation: You Can Change the World

The Power of Meditation: You Can Change the World

Power of Meditation I've had this insight tug at my spirit over the past few months. It was the same idea that first revealed itself many years back but now it is yelling louder than ever. It caused me to stop and look out at our world. I noticed a variety of things taking place and ask myself if there is...
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3 Keys To Overcome Worry, Anxiety and Fear

3 Keys To Overcome Worry, Anxiety and Fear

Overcome Worry by Trimming the Tree  As I've been out and about traveling across the Pacific Northwest speaking, performing and meeting new people, I am surrounded by innumerable trees. Observing these trees has reminded me of the roots that dwell beneath the surface. These trees soar towards the sun, expanding, unfolding and developing a little more each day. In the...
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Overcoming Negativity: How To Remain Positive

Overcoming Negativity: How To Remain Positive

Overcoming Negativity Have you realized that you can remain positive regardless of the external world? You can tap into a place of positivity when you're dealing with negative people, entering into toxic environments, or find yourself in a negative state within. The art of overcoming negativity is something that you must be willing to do for yourself. The video below will...
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Racism in America.. How to Heal It

Racism in America.. How to Heal It

Racism in America What causes humans to hate other humans? What causes some humans to respect one group of humans and wish the worst for another? What has caused us to forget that regardless of our skin color, religion, upbringing or where we reside, that we are all part of the human family? Growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah...
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How To Strengthen Your Relationships

Strengthen Your Relationships Have you ever thought about all the people throughout your life that you've had the opportunity to interact with? Some of them may have brought you joy, happiness, peace and love, while others may have brought you sadness, pain, stress and overwhelm. One of the inherent parts of being a human is interacting with different people throughout...
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How To Find Peace Today: Beginner’s Guide To Mindfulness

How To Find Peace Today: Beginner’s Guide To Mindfulness

Beginner's Guide To Mindfulness There's a practice that can help us tap into a place of peace within ourselves that cannot be tainted by the outer world. There is a practice that allows us to be more centered, conscious and aware of what is taking place this moment. It doesn't require you to transform into a new person or start...
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5 Ways To Find Peace In The Storms of Life

5 Ways To Find Peace In The Storms of Life

Finding Peace in the Eye of the Storm Life tests us. At any given moment we may be forced to walk through a storm. These storms are brought about by a variety of things. Things like relationship issues, work, bills or financial distress, a sense of unfulfillment, health challenges, and the list goes on. Most of these "storms" are brought...
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Finding Peace In The Journey: The Breath of Gratitude

Finding Peace In The Journey: The Breath of Gratitude

Breath of Gratitude Everywhere we go, whether it’s the rolling mountains of the south, the hot deserts of the southwest, the rushing rivers midwest, or the oceans along the coasts, there is an ever-present Essence that greets us with each breath. It accompanies us with each step, surrounds us with each passing second and fills us with Its presence. This...
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How To Make Your Meditation Practice Stick

How To Make Your Meditation Practice Stick

Make Your Meditation Practice Stick Who wouldn't want more peace, compassion, joy and gratitude in their life? Embracing these qualities within would allow us to face difficulties with more strength, move through life greater more ease, and interact with people with more grace. In my personal search for these qualities, there has been one practice that has empowered me more...
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The Power of a Positive Mental Attitude

The Power of a Positive Mental Attitude

Positive Mental Attitude Great inspiration surfaces in the heart and spirit when we read the stories of people who’ve become historical figures of inspiration despite dealing with severe adversity. One story that comes to mind is the story of Viktor Frankl. He and his family were taken to a Nazi concentration camp in the 40’s. In his book, Man’s Search...
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How To Use Your Energy To Get Maximum Results

How To Use Your Energy To Get Maximum Results

Your Energy Is Under Your Control Just the other night, I woke up at about 3 am and had this thought. The idea isn't anything new but has the ability to make this year exceptional. Energy Each morning we wake up, we have a full tank of energy. This energy is available regardless of how long you slept, what you...
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3 Years of Three Key Life

3 Years of Three Key Life

Three Key Life I've always been the type of person who had notebooks filled with ideas, poems, songs and other inspirational writings. Every once in a while I would share some of the insights with my friends or family. My notebooks slowly accumulated and traveled with me as I moved from place to place and state to state. The more...
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Bridges of Connection: The Keys To Great Relationships

Bridges of Connection: The Keys To Great Relationships

The Keys To Great Relationships We've all ventured over bridges in our lives. Many of us travel across bridges daily on our commutes to work, on the light rail, train or weekly walks. Have you noticed that a bridge is suspended in the air because of the support from both sides? Could you imagine what would happen if you were...
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3 Keys To Overcome Limited Thinking

3 Keys To Overcome Limited Thinking

3 Keys To Overcome Limited Thinking What causes us to shrink our dreams and desires down to the limited thinking of our minds? Why do we often give our power to the outer world and instead of pushing towards our goals we chip them down into average? These questions have been swirling around my mind lately. When I reflect on...
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3 Keys to Making This Year Amazing

3 Keys to Making This Year Amazing

Making This Year Amazing Big goals, a new me, increased motivation and inspiration typically fuel the first few weeks of a new year. People are eager to make this year the one where everything changes. The one where those goals are finally realized. The one where people overcome those setbacks and soar into their greatness. You know, I'm not unlike...
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Carrying Inspiration Forward: 3 Inspiring Qualities the Holidays Bring Us

Carrying Inspiration Forward: 3 Inspiring Qualities the Holidays Bring Us

Inspiring Qualities the Holidays Bring Us The holidays were always an interesting time around my household growing up. Excitement filled the house as the days got closer to Christmas. My sisters and I hoped we got the presents we wanted. My mom and grandparents always did their best to ensure my sisters and I had an enjoyable holiday. As I...
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3 Keys To Growing Into Your Potential

3 Keys To Growing Into Your Potential

Growing Into Your Potential The other day I was on a conference call with some colleagues. We were discussing the details for a retreat coming up in spring. During the call there was something on my mind that's been plaguing me for a while. As I've been reflecting on this past year there has been a question resurfacing. Have I...
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Power of Children: 3 Life Lessons We Can Learn From The Youth

Power of Children: 3 Life Lessons We Can Learn From The Youth

Life Lessons We Can Learn From The Youth A while back I was driving with one of my friends through Northern California when pulled up behind a school bus. The lights were flashing and the stop sign was out. Soon kids exited the bus some laughing, talking and others running towards their houses. I remember watching these kids, seeing the...
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Gratitude Post: Seeing The World With Eyes of Gratitude

Gratitude Post: Seeing The World With Eyes of Gratitude

Seeing The World With Eyes of Gratitude When I first began Three Key Life, I made it a goal to create one gratitude post a month. The other day, I was inspired to jumpstart the Gratitude Posts again. Who couldn't use more gratitude in their life? Gratitude Post: Eyes of Gratitude The past 5 years I've traveled to a small...
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The Power of Compassion in a World of Chaos

The Power of Compassion in a World of Chaos

The Power of Compassion After a year of traveling across the country, sharing my message with a variety of people a dream of mine finally became a reality. I had envisioned being able to share my message on a platform that would connect with a large number of people. In the early stages of my speaking career, I was happy...
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Vote For Yourself: The Most Important Vote of Your Life

Vote For Yourself: The Most Important Vote of Your Life

Vote For Yourself It's election season in America. Turn on the tv and you'll see candidates from all parties tearing each other down, pointing fingers at one another and promising how they'll save the county, city, state, or nation. Watching these people is almost comical. It's unfortunate there are people who have been in office for so long, have such...
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Centered In Compassion: The Formula For Inspiration

Centered In Compassion: The Formula For Inspiration

Compassion and the Formula for Inspiration When life brings situations your way that makes you feel stressed, frustrated or worried I have a simple practice you can use. This practice requires a few minutes of introspection to work effectively. If you set time aside to do this, you'll be able to handle whatever experience you're going through with more compassion,...
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Turning Temporary Defeat Into Success

Turning Temporary Defeat Into Success

Temporary Defeat and Success Failure is often a sign that you are close to success. It may be difficult to realize this when going through a temporary defeat, but if you can refocus your mind you will see that every setback brings with it a set up for something greater. Reflecting upon the temporary defeats in my life such as...
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Affirmations That Lead To Transformations

Affirmations That Lead To Transformations

Affirmations That Lead To Transformation There are ideas you can embrace each morning, afternoon and evening that can make even the worst day shine with possibility. Waking up to a long to-do list that fuels frustration, deadlines that loom over you or relationships that are struggling can wreak havoc on a day of limitless possibility. A mind focused on negativity,...
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Inexhaustible: The Power of Faith

Inexhaustible: The Power of Faith

Inexhaustible: The Power of Faith There are formulas for success that have been passed down by people for thousands of years. If you are seeking to become more, to make more money, or to impact more people all you have to do is look at these tested and tried formulas then add them to your life. Some of the greatest...
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The Power of New Beginnings

The Power of New Beginnings

New Beginnings It's been said that new beginnings are often disguised as painful endings. This thought comes from Lao Tzu, who is best known as an ancient Chinese philosopher who wrote the Tao-de-Ching. As I looked back at my experience I've realized some of the greatest things in my life today, blossomed from a seed of difficulty and pain. About...
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Pick Yourself: How To Believe In Your Gifts and Dreams

Pick Yourself: How To Believe In Your Gifts and Dreams

Believe In Your Gifts and Dreams One of the best ways to believe in yourself is to open up a book and read about the life of someone you look up to. Life brings about challenges, difficulties can surface with ease and there will be times when people don't support you in your dreams, business, or your purpose. Don't let...
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How To Build A Mindset of Success

How To Build A Mindset of Success

Mindset of Success The word success has different meanings depending on who you ask. For some, success means reaching financial milestones, for others success is in alignment with building a business, creating a happy family life, impacting the world, being healthy or freeing themselves from inner struggles. While success has different meanings, all of us are moving towards something in...
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3 Keys To Maximizing Your Time and Effectiveness in Life

3 Keys To Maximizing Your Time and Effectiveness in Life

Maximizing Your Time and Effectiveness in Life In our life, there is one resource more precious than any other. Some may highlight the importance of health, others express the value of relationships, finances, and their spiritual path. While all of these have value, the aspect I am referring to is TIME. With it we live, move and create our lives....
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30 Powerful Quotes From Paramahansa Yogananda

30 Powerful Quotes From Paramahansa Yogananda

Quotes From Paramahansa Yogananda A few months back I was sitting in a Starbucks in Atlanta writing and brainstorming thoughts for an upcoming speech. In front of me sat an older brother, working diligently on his computer. Being that I just released my book entitled, Book of Essence, I was in the mode of talking with everyone to share my...
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The Introverted Extrovert: The Power of an Introvert

The Introverted Extrovert: The Power of an Introvert

The Power of an Introvert It’s interesting when we think about people who catch our attention due to the success they've had in their lives. I think about great speakers, teachers, authors and businessmen and women who have propelled my mind and added to my life. The more I study these people, the more I gain insight about who they...
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3 Keys to Clear Negativity From Life

3 Keys to Clear Negativity From Life

Clear Negativity From Life Anything done with negative energy gets contaminated by it. Negativity acts as a poison that can seep into relationships, environments and situations and taint even the most abundant opportunity or experience with darkness. It not only poisons the person who is experiencing a negative feeling, but it is contagious and picked up by the people around...
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Greatest Work of All: Inner Work

Greatest Work of All: Inner Work

The Vase: Inner Work Imagine if someone who you loved and trusted called and told you about some secret water they discovered. This water they found was special because if you drank it, it would heal any ailment. They told you that you could have a few cups of this precious water but you would have to bring a vase...
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Cutting Away the Untrue: Revealing the True You

Cutting Away the Untrue: Revealing the True You

Cutting Away the Untrue A few years back my life was in shambles. I was searching for books that could raise my spirits and show me a sure shot way to reach success. I watched movies like The Secret and tried law of attraction practices, but my limiting beliefs outweighed my beliefs about success and fulfillment. Around this same time...
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Sharing Your Message: 3 Keys To Become A Motivational Speaker

Sharing Your Message: 3 Keys To Become A Motivational Speaker

Keys To Become A Motivational Speaker It's been said that public speaking is one of the greatest fears people have aside from the thought of death. When I first heard this expression, I found it interesting because each person has a message that could connect with another and help their life unfold in greater ways. As I think about this...
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Mental Ability: Keys to Creating A Positive World

Mental Ability: Keys to Creating A Positive World

Mental Ability The news does little to dictate the outside world without the minds of the masses assisting in making the news a reality. Stories about specific races, borders, and entire economies flow into fruition only because the minds of the masses assist in the creation of these stories. Everywhere we venture, everywhere we go, we are using our perspectives...
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Violence, Racism, Police Officers: An End to Corruption

Violence, Racism, Police Officers: An End to Corruption

Police Officers, Violence, Race: An End To Corruption Something is taking place. Something serious is happening on the corners of city streets throughout America. There is a cry, a shout, a desperate plea for help, for justice and for equality. This past week brings the total killings by police officers to 509. While some of these shootings may have been...
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Freedom From The Chains That Bind The Mind

Freedom From The Chains That Bind The Mind

Freedom From The Chains That Bind The Mind of Women and Men How is it that the USA, a country that proclaims to be the greatest and freest nation in the world, ranks as the highest country in the world for depression? A country that has celebrated 240 years of independence and ventures across the globe “helping” other countries achieve freedom,...
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Two Worlds: Which One Do You Reside?

Two Worlds: Which One Do You Reside?

Two Worlds We are all living on one planet but the experiences and worlds people dwell in vary in major ways. Ask any two people about their outlook on the world and you will hear a variety of answers. Religions, college degrees, sides of towns, skin color, class, and the environments people live in cause individuals to live in different...
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Letter to Humankind

Letter to Humankind

Letter to Humankind Why are we so quick to drop bombs and fly drones into cafes filled with our fellow brothers and sisters? What causes the mind to embrace radical understandings of religious texts and suddenly we forget that there is but One Creator that all religions speak of? When does the color of another person's skin invite hatred into...
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3 Keys to Strengthen A Struggling Relationship

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Strengthen A Struggling Relationship Enjoying nature, having money in the bank, a nice home to live, a sense of purpose and traveling all make life seem to shine a little brighter. However, without good people around like friends, family and a good partner, life only shines so bright. As we look back at our greatest memories in our lives, we...
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Memorial Day: Memories of the Land That We Stand Upon

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Memories of the Land That We Stand Upon This past weekend, my friends and I completed our 2 month excursion across the west coast of America. During this Graffiti Village Tour, as we call it, we visited 10 different states and also spent time in Mexico and Canada. On this voyage we performed musically, spoke at a variety of communities...
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3 Keys To Remove Fear

3 Keys To Remove Fear

3 Keys To Remove Fear I often wonder how many people I pass on a daily basis have allowed fear to enter their minds and paralyze them from sharing their best with the world. There are people I know who have told me they have settled into a job that brings comfort but not fulfillment, helps cover their bills but...
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Keys For Prosperity: Mining Precious Jewels

Keys For Prosperity: Mining Precious Jewels

Mining Precious Jewels Look in any history book and you'll see for hundreds of years, up into our current day and age, there have been countless people who have ripped the earth apart in search of precious jewels, stones and metals. Mining companies chop mountains in half, drill thousands of feet into the ocean and dynamite meadows seeking these jewels...
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The Sacred Mothers

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Sacred Mothers Wherever you may be, whoever you are, regardless where you are from, we all have mothers. As I was celebrating Mother's Day yesterday, I couldn't help but think of how grateful I am to have such a good friendship and appreciation for my mom.  If you were to ask her, she would say that the early times of...
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The Art of Manifesting: 3 Keys To Manifesting Your Dreams

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The Art of Manifesting Each day of our life we are manifesting something. All of us are pulled by our inner beliefs based on how we see ourselves, what we believe to be true and the self image we've constructed throughout our experience. Often, we get so caught up in our day-to-day experiences that we fail to see the way...
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3 Keys To Finding The Sacredness All Around You

3 Keys To Finding The Sacredness All Around You

Finding The Sacredness All Around You Over the past 3 and a half weeks I've had the opportunity to be apart of an inspiring tour with some exceptional artists. We left from Seattle on the 31st of March and since then we’ve had so many incredible experiences it is hard for me to understand why I took so long to...
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The Keys of Wisdom Gained From Giving A Ted Talk

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Wisdom Gained From Giving A Ted Talk This past week one of my biggest goals came to fruition. It was May 31st of 2015 that I built up the confidence needed to reach out to places to speak. After hundreds of calls and letting people know who I am, things slowly inched forward. Around this time I was finding inspiration...
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The Graffiti Village Tour: 3 Keys To Sharing Your Gifts with the World

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3 Keys To Sharing Your Gifts with the World It was in 2008 that I finally pulled my thoughts together into a small little book that I could share with people in the Seattle area. This book consisted of a variety of inspirational poems that were accumulated over a few months and blossomed out from within myself. After I got them...
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Resurrecting Yourself From Your Slumber

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Resurrecting Yourself From Your Slumber Here in the states, springtime is upon us. Trees are awakening from their slumber as they blossom and seeds slowly emerge from the lush soil. This post also falls on the day after Easter, a holiday celebrated by billions of people across the globe. Regardless of your religion or where you find yourself on our...
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Prayer Power: Beyond Religion

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Prayer Power This post isn't about discrediting any religion or degrading any spiritual practice. This post is about looking honestly at the practice of prayer. When going through different rough patches in life, I remember people close to me telling me to pray for guidance. As a youth growing up in the Mormon church, I recall pictures of kids on...
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The Importance of a Stranger and How They Propel Your Dreams

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The Importance of a Stranger Whether you are a business owner, an aspiring entrepreneur, an artist, author, speaker, founder of a non-profit, or community leader, strangers are key for the survival and expansion of your endeavors. People whom you've never met are the individuals who are going to buy your product, hear you speak, read your book, donate to your...
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Borderless Planet: The Keys To Unity

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How To Walk Into Any Room and Gain Attention

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Walk Into Any Room and Gain Attention This past week I was invited to be a part of the Center for Spiritual Living Convention that took place in my hometown of Salt Lake City, Utah. The past 14 months have been filled with the opportunity to visit a variety of spiritual communities across America and share my expression, conduct workshops...
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Ancient, Untold Black History

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3 Keys To Invite More Love Into Your Life

3 Keys To Invite More Love Into Your Life

Invite More Love Into Your Experience I'm sure you've heard the expression that love heals everything. However, if you are like me your mind may have found a few things it seems like love has not healed. You may have also recognized that while the idea of love healing the world sounds nice, it will probably never happen, especially when...
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3 Keys To Forgiveness

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Keys To Forgiveness I remember attending a workshop a few years back wherein the facilitator continuously stressed the importance of forgiving others for their ill deeds, but focusing especially on the need to forgive ourselves. Now, I've always believed myself to be a spiritual person and someone who moves with kindness, so when she was speaking I brushed her message off, thinking I...
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A Greater Vision: 3 Keys To See Oneness

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A Greater Vision of Oneness I remember when my mind first opened to the idea that within all things there is an Omnipresent Essence, a God Energy. It took a few years to wrap my mind around this abstract and infinite thought. Now after practicing this awareness and applying this insight to my life, I feel as if I can...
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The Power of Focus: 3 Keys To Focus Your Attention On The Positive

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The Power of Focus Why doesn't this work? Why don't they give me a chance? What do they have that I don't? These were the thoughts that raced through my mind one year ago as I began my speaking career. I finished a phenomenal speech a few weeks previous, and I thought that gigs would flow across my desk in...
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10 Powerful Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

10 Powerful Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

The Legacy Of Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the most popular civil rights leaders of our time. His legacy still ripples through our world even though he passed over 45 years ago. His powerful messages of having a dream, highlighting the injustices of our world and reminding us of the equal rights we all...
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Learning to Be With Me: 3 Keys To Be At Peace With Yourself

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Learning to Be With Me Everywhere I Am Ask any person walking through the street about the years of the past and you'll find we share many of the same feelings, emotions, struggles and setbacks. Often dealing with these painful experiences causes us to carry toxic thoughts of these seemingly impassable hurdles with us into the preciousness of today. Many...
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3 Keys to Make 2016 The Best Year Yet

3 Keys to Make 2016 The Best Year Yet

The Best Year Yet Imagine an exceptional painter holding a fresh brush in their hand. Their easel is filled with every color imaginable and the canvas in front of them is blank, new, pure. In the room this painter stands in there are finished canvases that line the walls. Some of these paintings are vibrant, emanating a prosperous feeling, while...
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Reflecting Upon The Beauty of 2015: Building the Foundation for the Future

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Reflecting Upon The Beauty of 2015 2015 brought with it 365 days of endless opportunities. That is 8,760 hours that were in your possession and you could have used them any way you would’ve liked. That is roughly 525,600 minutes that slowly snapped by which created your entire year. If you reflect through 2015, how would you say you spent...
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The Greatest Gift: 3 Key Ways To Make This Holiday Season Incredible

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The Greatest Gift This Holiday Season Ask a handful of people what they think about the holiday season and you'll get a variety of answers. For some they're excited to visit family and be apart of those large family dinners. Others want to spend as little time as possible with their family due to past pains, unforgiveness and hurt. Some...
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30 Life Altering and Powerful Quotes From Jiddu Krishnamurti

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30 Life Altering and Powerful Quotes From Jiddu Krishnamurti A few years back I was doing my typical searching on the internet looking for some kind of profound insight I could apply to my life. During this time I was on a spiritual seeking adventure. I was exploring books like, A Course In Miracles, The Way To The Kingdom and taking...
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Honoring the Darkness: Becoming the Light

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Honoring the Darkness: Becoming the Light It is quite incredible when we give ourselves permission to pause, make still our being, focus on our breathing, close our eyes and find stillness. As our eyes close to the outer world, darkness fills our consciousness as beams of thought bounce through our sacred sanctuary of the mind. I was sitting in a...
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How To Meditate: 50 Insights To Transform Your Meditative Practice

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50 Insights To Transform Your Meditative Practice Over the past few years, as I've continued to travel down the pathway of life and my own awakening many people I've met along this journey have approached me with a variety of questions. Some of these questions have been centered around finding more peace, being more aware in day-to-day life and how...
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The Power of Traveling: 3 Keys To Find the Courage to Leave The Nest

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The Power of Traveling It was back in 2011 when a great friend of mine came to visit my home in Northern California for a few weeks. During this trip my buddy Aaron brought along his brand new camera and showed me pictures and videos from his most recent trip. This was the first time my mind opened to the...
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Traveling Through Honduras: Wisdom of the Garifuna

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Deepest Wisdom of the Garifuna The first few hours after returning to the village of Punta Gorda in Roatan, Honduras I was again swept away by the wisdom, connection and compassion of the Garifuna people. This is the 4th time I've been here to this part of Honduras, working with the locals, living with them in their village, establishing incredible...
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The Keys of Mindfulness

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The Keys of Mindfulness There is a practice we can embrace that can turn despair into joy, shift unworthiness into appreciation, fear into gratitude and help us move towards our dreams and highest potential. There is a practice that can help us see beyond the ills of this world and reconnect with the beauty that fills each day. A practice that can open our...
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Inner Eyes: See The Beauty In All Walk through various parts of any city, drive down different residential streets,  go into some schools or businesses and your eyes will see many things. I know for me living here in Atlanta, one street can be filled with multi-million dollar houses and pristine businesses while just a half mile away are boarded...
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Powerful Insights From Native American Chiefs, Elders and Leaders Here in America, this is a day many take time to recognize Christopher Columbus. Unfortunately, what many forget to say is that Columbus didn't discover America, he invaded it. I was speaking to my little niece who is in 5th grade the other week and she was telling me about a...
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3 Keys To Stop Absorbing Negative Energy From Other People

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3 Keys To Stop Absorbing Negative Energy From Other People Just the other week I woke up after a great sleep, I was filled with energy and was excited about the day. I began my early morning meditative practice, 5 keys in particular before I left out of the house. Floating on a cloud of gratitude and appreciation for the...
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Gratitude Post 16: 3 Keys to Unshakable Gratitude

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3 Keys to Unshakable Gratitude When I first began TKL, I wanted to spend one day each month expressing gratitude. I followed this trend for the first 15 months or so and then it slowly ended. It didn't end because of lack of gratitude but due to switching the amount of blog posts each month. Today, I'd like to rejuvenate...
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Power of Your Word: 3 Keys to Speak Peace

Power of Your Word: 3 Keys to Speak Peace

Power of Your Word: Speak Peace What are the various conversations you’ve had with yourself today? What about the last week, month, or year? If someone were to follow you around for the next 48 hours, listening to the conversations you have with yourself, what kind of things would they hear? When I ask these questions to the attendees of the...
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8 Things To Release To Embrace Greater Peace

8 Things To Release To Embrace Greater Peace

Embrace Greater Peace These past few years, I've traveled around America, speaking at a variety of different communities, schools and businesses. One thing I’ve realized is wherever I go, I take myself with me. I take my happiness, my joy and my peace, but I also take my issues, my seeming problems and struggles as well. If I'm not aware of...
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10 Quotes That Will Help Quiet Your Mind

10 Quotes That Will Help Quiet Your Mind

Quiet Your Mind This past weekend I traveled to the Great Smoky Mountains to speak at a spiritual community located just outside of Asheville, NC. This was my second expedition to speak in this area and each time I've visited the energy I feel from the roaming mountains is indescribable. Leaving the hustle and bustle of Atlanta and venturing to...
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3 Keys To No Longer Be Ashamed: Embracing Freedom

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3 Keys To No Longer Be Ashamed We are all born somewhere. The place I was born, Salt Lake City, Utah brought with it many interesting insights I overlooked for quite sometime. Growing up in a neighborhood where the Mormon religion was prevalent, tight knit families were common and the majority of people were of European descent, my family and...
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24 Qualities that Geniuses Have in Common

24 Qualities that Geniuses Have in Common

24 Qualities That Geniuses Have in Common Each day I like to uncover something that I can add to my life and use to blossom and unfold in new and abundant ways. This past week I stumbled across an article written by Dr. Alfred A. Barrios that was published in National Enquirer in 1980. This article was later reprinted and...
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How to Awaken to Your Greatness and Escape the Traps of Average

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How to Awaken to Your Greatness and Escape the Traps of Average Have you ever noticed we have the ability to do anything we'd like to do in our life? Have you ever stopped for a moment and thought about all the gifts, talents and unique abilities that dwell within you? Often we get so preoccupied with our day-to-day life...
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Book of Essence - Hard Work Pays Off This past year I've been spending time here and there, centering my thoughts and jotting down insights that bounce into my mind. Aside from continuing to write on Three Key Life, I've let my mind continue to ponder this incredible life we have to live. Throughout this process, I assembled these thoughts...
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The Beauty of Life: 3 Keys to Embracing the Beauty of Life

The Beauty of Life: 3 Keys to Embracing the Beauty of Life

The Beauty of Life: 3 Keys to Embracing the Beauty of Life This past weekend I had the incredible opportunity to venture to Nevada and visit my family. While I've often visited my family during this time of year, this was a special occasion. This trip was so incredible because I was able to be with my littlest sister as...
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Creating Positive Momentum: Moving Toward Your Goals, Dreams and Aspirations

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Creating Positive Momentum We are always moving toward something, but too often we don't take time to recognize the things we are moving towards. Take today for instance, what are the activities you're going to dedicate yourself to? Are these areas that will take you into your dreams, aspirations, and help you accomplish your greatest goals? I've found through reflecting...
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3 Keys To Creating an Inner Landscape of Compassion

3 Keys To Creating an Inner Landscape of Compassion

Creating an Inner Landscape of Compassion What would happen if you went through your day seeing the world with eyes of compassion, living from an awakened state within? What if you were able to go into stressful environments, such as your place of work or home, and radiate peace and happiness despite any challenges or negativity? Imagine walking down the...
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3 Empowering Spiritual Practices That Can Free You From Struggle, Stress, and Stagnation

Empowering Spiritual Practices That Can Help You Find Your Light When we look out across our globe, it doesn't take long to identify one of the major things we all have in common, religion and spirituality. In fact, of the 7+ billion people walking upon this rotating rock we call home, 4.6 billion of us affiliate with one of 5 major...
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The Straw Men: No More Fear, Worry, or Running Away From Inner Shadows

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The Straw Men: Stop Running From Inner Shadows How many times have you been stressed, worried or fearful about a certain situation only to realize that all those fears, worries and foes were created by your imagination? A little over 2 years ago I had a dream to begin speaking, sharing my message of peace, empowerment and motivation throughout Atlanta and...
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The Real You: The Solution To Life’s Problems

The Real You: The Solution To Life’s Problems

The Real You Click on the tv, browse through your favorite social media sites or pick up a newspaper from anywhere in the world and you’re bombarded with injustices, horrific events, economic difficulties, loss of natural resources, and several shiny objects promising you more money, love, and career advancement. There is one thing I find little of when I'm looking...
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Wisdom From Unexpected Places

Wisdom From Unexpected Places

Wisdom From Unexpected Places I wonder if the hens ever question themselves, leaning towards doubt, slightly fearful about their ability to sit atop an egg and help it hatch? If we spent time watching hens we’d recognize that if they sit on top of a fertile egg for roughly 21 days, a baby chicken will eventually hatch. No doubt can...
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The Major Blocks Holding People Back From Their Own Power

The Major Blocks Holding People Back From Their Own Power

The Major Blocks of Life There comes a point in our experience when we must look honestly at our lives and identify the things we believe are holding us back from being our best. If asked, the vast majority of us could pinpoint a handful of major blocks we believe are holding us back from our greatness. Think about your life,...
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10 Inspirational Hacks I Wish I’d Known Earlier

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10 Inspirational Hacks I Wish I'd Known Earlier I think we can all attest, if we could go back in time knowing the things we know now, we would do a few things differently. If we could go back in time, most of us would maximize on some opportunities we dismissed too quickly, others would make some different decisions that...
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Gratitude Post 15: Three Keys of Gratitude

Gratitude Post 15: Three Keys of Gratitude

Gratitude Post 15: Three Keys of Gratitude On the fourth Wednesday of every month I enjoy finding time to express one of the many things for which I am grateful. In the past I’ve discussed the year 1963, the power of 2400 East in Salt Lake City, the inspiration found at Highline Community College and my thankfulness for you. Today...
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Memorial Day: America and War

Memorial Day: America and War

Memorial Day: America and War Did you know that America has been at war 93% of the time since becoming a nation? That’s 222 out of 239 years since 1776. 222 years that America has been fighting another group of human beings for one reason or another. Looking back at history we see the causes for many of these wars...
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Blossom and Unfold: Uncovering Inner Strength

Blossom and Unfold: Uncovering Inner Strength

Inner Strength There are times in my life when I've set out on completing a goal or some specific plan only to come face to face with my own inner doubts, fears and worries. During these times I've felt like giving up, but I've found that I can reach deep down within, tap into greater strength and purpose, and push through...
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No Permission Needed To Be Great

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No Permission Needed To Be Great Why do so many of us wait for permission to become the person we are here to be? Why do the vast majority of us wait for others to approve of our business or life endeavors before we branch out into our passions and inherent purpose? These questions, when answered honestly reminded me that...
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Cleaning The Lens You Use To View The World: 3 Keys To Empower Your Perspective

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Cleaning the Lens You Use To View The World Did you hear the story about the man who spent his whole life viewing the world through a pair of dirty glasses? Each day he spent his time pointing his finger at all the blemishes, spots and scratches he saw in the world. Everywhere he looked he saw the same dark...
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6 Common Misconceptions About “Being Spiritual”

6 Common Misconceptions About “Being Spiritual”

6 Common Misconceptions About "Being Spiritual" Nearly 10 years ago I was handed a book. This book wasn't the Bible, a Quran, Bhagavad Gita or any other ancient spiritual script, but this book I was handed shifted my life more than any other. This book was entitled, The Way To The Kingdom by Joseph Brenner. While the title and author meant...
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Gratitude Post 14: Mother Earth

Gratitude Post 14: Mother Earth

Gratitude Post 14: Mother Earth On the 4th Wednesday of the month,  I enjoy taking some time to express one of the innumerable things for which I am grateful. Today I would like to celebrate our Mother Earth. My Message To Mother Earth Even during my worst days, you provided me with a solid foundation upon which to stand. The...
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Connecting the Dots: When Being Faithful Goes Wrong

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When Being Faithful Goes Wrong I remember a few months back in the midst of a transition, I sat down with a mentor of mine. During this conversation, I expressed the overwhelm and slight fear I was feeling as I was seeking to expand my business, my platform and speaking career (common feeling to many who are branching out on...
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Inner World, Outer Reflection: More Peace & Abundance

Inner World, Outer Reflection: More Peace & Abundance

The Inner World Have you ever met one of those people who regardless of how good things are allow their negative attitudes to ripple out and make the most enjoyable experiences difficult? You may be that person who always dismisses the good in your life, only to spend your time and energy focusing upon the negative. I actually know someone who seems...
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Resurrect Thyself: The Deeper Meaning of Easter

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Resurrect Thyself: Hidden Meaning The days silently stretch, holding their light a little longer as the leaves slowly return to the trees and bees hover from blossom to blossom. The warmth from above returns to the cold fields as the dormant seeds awaken from their slumber. Stories of resurrections, rabbits, and century old traditions float through the spring air. The...
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The Dalai Lama – A to Zen of Life: How to Live With More Balance, Peace, Poise and Prosperity

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A to Zen of Life: How to Live With More Balance, Peace, Poise and Prosperity  I don't know about you but sometimes in my life when I’m searching for one thing in particular I stumble across something truly exceptional. This happened the other day. I've been making progress in my business, my speaking endeavors and my book, but there are...
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3 Keys To Become a Better Communicator

3 Keys To Become a Better Communicator

3 Keys To Become a Better Communicator Today's post is based on something we do everyday. Some people excel at this, while others are entrenched with fear, nervousness and shyness. What I am speaking about is communication. Think back to all the conversations you've had this day, this week, this month, or year. Each day we engage in this incredible...
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10 Quick Ways To Prepare Your Inner Garden For Spring: Maximizing Your Potential This Season

10 Quick Ways To Prepare Your Inner Garden For Spring: Maximizing Your Potential This Season

10 Quick Ways To Prepare Your Inner Garden For Spring Springtime is upon us here in the States. This is a great time of year, when we get to soak up the abundant rays of the sun and prepare our gardens. For most of us, this means going outside, putting on our gloves and getting to work. However, before you...
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3 Practices For Creating A Dynamic Inner Transformation

3 Practices For Creating A Dynamic Inner Transformation

Creating A Dynamic Inner Transformation I've often wondered if there is a simple set of principles that, if embraced, could produce more peace, happiness and joy, both individually and collectively in our world. In this simple post I think I've uncovered these principles. In the past I've mentioned that it's possible to achieve this state of awareness with 2 simple...
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Gratitude Post 13: The Roots of the Family Tree

Gratitude Post 13: The Roots of the Family Tree

Gratitude Post 13: The Roots of the Family Tree It's already the 4th Wednesday of the month, which means it's time for a Gratitude Post. Gratitude Post Wednesday is a time to reflect back upon life and be appreciative for the people, events and lessons that have helped me grow into who I am today. In the past I've mentioned...
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Overcoming Overwhelming Mornings: Saving A Hopeless Day

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Overcoming Overwhelming Mornings It happened again today. I was planning on rising well before the sun, getting some running in, a little meditation and journaling, followed up with a well structured plan for the day. But instead, I managed to talk my half-awake mind into pushing the snooze button a few times, finally rolling out of bed at 7:15 a.m....
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Revolutionary Spirit: 3 Revolutionary Tactics of the Founding Fathers

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Revolutionary Spirit: 3 Revolutionary Tactics of the Founding Fathers Imagine living in a place where you were taxed nearly to death. A place that regardless of how hard you worked there was a royal group of people who you could never surpass, yet they passed all the laws, rules and regulations. Imagine feeling isolated and unappreciated, yet you knew deep...
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Creating Self-Love: 18 Things You Should Love About Yourself

Creating Self-Love: 18 Things You Should Love About Yourself

Creating Self-Love If you were asked to make a list of the things that you would like to improve about yourself and a list of things that you love about yourself, which one would be longer? For most of us, we can easily identify the things about ourselves we'd like to change, improve or transform. Rarely are we walking around...
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Outer Reflections: The Hidden Truth & Untold Black History

Outer Reflections: The Hidden Truth & Untold Black History

The Hidden Truth & Untold Black History There's a deep reservoir of wisdom amongst us. A rich history hidden from our view. These untold stories have become overgrown doorways of truth, capable of transcending generations. It’s time to uncover the secrets that have been tucked away in the minds of historians, religious leaders and educators for ages. We must reveal...
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Bite Size Inspiration and Empowerment: 3 Key Insights To Remind Yourself Each Day

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Bite Size Inspiration and Empowerment I am an inspiration and empowerment junkie. I’ll admit it. I love searching through books, browsing through quotes and various articles on the web that are centered in what I like to call Truth. By Truth I don't mean religious doctrines or passed down knowledge from one generation to another. What I am referring to...
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Gratitude Post 12: Year One of Three Key Life & You

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Gratitude Post 12: Year One On the 4th Wednesday of each month I like to take some time and compose a Gratitude Post. These posts are focused on the areas of life that are going right, providing us with a moment to fill our hearts with one of the innumerable things which we have to be grateful for. I wanted...
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How To Create More Motion in a Stagnant Life

How To Create More Motion in a Stagnant Life

Lack of Movement. Motionless. Stagnant Life. A few months back I wrote a post on Three Key Life about eliminating stagnation from our lives. What I didn't expect was this to become one of the more popular posts on TKL. I realized I was not alone. I'm not the only one out here that's allowed my life to become stagnant...
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MLK Jr. Day – Moving with the Spirit of Martin Luther King Jr.

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The Spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. Becoming the light in a sea of darkness. Radiating peace and equality while surrounded by an army of hatred.  Sharing truth, hope, inspiration and love to the oppressed and downtrodden. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy continues to ripple through our world today. I recall when I first moved to Atlanta, I could feel...
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The 3 Keys To Becoming An Exceptional Communicator

The 3 Keys To Becoming An Exceptional Communicator

Becoming An Exceptional Communicator Family, friends, co-workers, bosses, neighbors, business associates, acquaintances, baristas, waiters, store clerks..... The list goes on. These are just a few of the people we communicate with on a daily basis. This obviously doesn't take into account the constant conversations (thoughts) that occur within our minds throughout our day. For some, that inner dialogue drowns out...
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How To Stay Empowered and Strengthen Your Spirit in 2015

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Empower Your Mind and Strengthen Your Spirit What's the point of having a strong mind with a weak spirit, or a strong body with a weak mind? If there was one thing that stood out to me in 2014, it's the importance of creating balance from the inside out. Creating balance within creates strength. Not strength in a weightlifting sense,...
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How To Create Greater Self Love In The New Year

How To Create Greater Self Love In The New Year

Less Unworthiness, More Love Going into this new year, let’s recognize our inner worth and have greater self love. I’ve often wondered why so many of us see the potential in another but fail to recognize the unbound potential in ourselves? It reminds me of a story I heard about a young mother. She explained that every time she looked into...
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3 Keys To Make 2015 the Best Year of Your Life

3 Keys To Make 2015 the Best Year of Your Life

Best Year of Your Life Imagine if you finished this year no longer carrying the heavy burdens, struggles and thoughts that captured so much of the beauty this last year. Imagine if you could catch the good habits, your accomplishments and successes from the past year within and apply these feelings to the days ahead. What would it be like...
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Gratitude Post 11: Capturing The Good

Gratitude Post 11: Capturing The Good

Gratitude Post 11: Capturing The Good I like taking some time on the 4th Wednesday of each month to stop, reflect and highlight one aspect of life I am grateful for. In this last Gratitude Post of the year it’s my hope we can pause for a moment and recognize the good things taking place around us each and every...
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Being Present: The Greatest Gift for the Holiday

Being Present: The Greatest Gift for the Holiday

Giving the Present of Being Present With the holiday season upon us, I've been thinking what the greatest present I could give would be. In the past, I would head to the mall to purchase toys, perfumes, clothes and gift cards, hoping to capture in a tangible gift, the love, appreciation and care I had for the people close to...
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Priceless Gem: How to Make the Most Out Of Today

Priceless Gem: How to Make the Most Out Of Today

The Priceless Gem Each day we awake and rise, we have in our possession a priceless gem. A gem so rare and exquisite it contains not only great abundance and prosperity, but also countless expressions of life. You don't have to blow up mountains or dive deep into mine shafts to uncover this gem. Instead, we simply need to open...
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Power of Thoughts: How to Think Consciously

Power of Thoughts: How to Think Consciously

How to Think Consciously I remember when I first stumbled across the realization, I am not my thoughts. For many years, even decades, I didn't understand that the thoughts floating through my mind were my creation. Instead, I believed I was at the mercy of these thoughts. As the years passed, I continued to gravitate towards the thoughts that reaffirmed the...
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The Solution: The Power of Love

The Solution: The Power of Love

This one little post has a lofty goal. It spoke to me this weekend and told me to tell you it hopes that by reading this you'll become the change the world is looking for. It hopes to remind you that you can be the light in the darkness by realizing and embracing your ability to be the force of...
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Ideas, Sayings & Insights of Inspiration to Jump Start the Day

Ideas, Sayings & Insights of Inspiration to Jump Start the Day

Inspiration to Jump Start the Day Imagine for a moment. You awaken to the sound of a blaring alarm you've dreaded every morning since your elementary days. Slowly you reach across your bed in desperation to capture a few more moments of sleep. You hit the snooze button and start drifting off into bliss, only to again be rudely interrupted...
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The Great Awakening Taking Place

The Great Awakening Taking Place

The Awakening Taking Place A while back, I had the opportunity to share some thoughts discussed here on TKL in front of a few hundred people. During this speech, which can be seen here, I asked the people I was standing before a question, and the response I got was overwhelming. Looking out across our world, it's evident that there's...
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Gratitude Post 10: The Gift of Life

Gratitude Post 10: The Gift of Life

Gratitude Post 10: The Gift of Life On the 4th Wednesday of every month, I like to take some time here on TKL and share a gratitude post with you. The intention of this post is to help strengthen the gratitude you have in, and for, your life. This month's gratitude post highlights one of those things that many of us take...
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Thankfully Giving: Rooted In Gratitude

Thankfully Giving: Rooted In Gratitude

Thankfully Giving: Rooted In Gratitude The day this post goes live, November 25th, I'm celebrating another year on this planet, or as others call it, my birthday. It's incredible to think about the innumerable connections that have taken place throughout my 30 year span upon this abundant planet. This is a great time of year for me to do some reflecting. I...
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3 Things We Should Never Take For Granted

3 Things We Should Never Take For Granted

3 Things We Should Never Take For Granted I think we can all agree, there are things in life we should never take for granted. As I write this thought, I am sitting in the coffee shop looking out the window. The rain is slowly falling, knocking the auburn color leaves off the nearly bare trees. I watch as people cross...
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A Blessing In Disguise: How To Empower and Help a Loved One Who Is Suffering

A Blessing In Disguise: How To Empower and Help a Loved One Who Is Suffering

How To Help A Loved One Who Is Suffering Few know what is hiding in the hearts of others. Even fewer know what is hiding in those with sinking lives. I've had the experience to witness how someone close to me nearly hit rock bottom, only to watch them rise again into a place of power, sobriety and peace. Throughout...
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Thoughts, Quotes & Poems That Will Free Your Mind

Thoughts, Quotes & Poems That Will Free Your Mind

The Exodus of Old Mentalities Sometimes all that’s required to reverse a bad day, an unfortunate situation, or a stress-filled event is a switch in mentality. A simple change in thought can paint our world a new color. I experienced this first hand just the other week. Here in Atlanta, I've been putting together my upcoming book, scheduling and preparing...
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Veterans Day: Honoring the Veterans of the Past and Today

Veterans Day: Honoring the Veterans of the Past and Today

Veterans Day November 11 is a day here in America when we take some time to honor our Veterans. It's almost unimaginable to think about the countless individuals who have stepped up and fought for their rights, their people and their country. It's even more mind boggling to think about the countless people on all sides of war, who have...
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How to Stop Comparing Yourself To Others

How to Stop Comparing Yourself To Others

Self-Imposed Misery Throughout my life, I've discovered a sure shot way to inject a gloomy state of misery into my days. I stumbled upon this harmful formula in the early days of my childhood and it still shows up in my life from time to time. This self-imposed misery brought with it a heavy load of jealousy and envy which...
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Gratitude Post 9: Great Friends, Grateful Heart

Gratitude Post 9: Great Friends, Grateful Heart

Gratitude Post 9: Great Friends, Grateful Heart At the end of each month here on TKL, I like to express something I am grateful for through a gratitude post. Some of the most recent gratitude posts included my beautiful mother, my sisters, 2400 East, my community college experience and this abundant Earth that we are upon. This month's gratitude post...
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How to Build Positive Self Talk

How to Build Positive Self Talk

Building Up or Breaking Down There’s an important conversation taking place. A conversation that can propel us forward into new areas of life or place a ceiling on our limits and possibilities. These conversations can go on for hours, days and weeks, some even last years. This conversation isn't taking place between two business executives in a board room or...
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3 Keys to Overcoming and Releasing Anger

3 Keys to Overcoming and Releasing Anger

Mindful of Anger, Not Mind Filled Why is there so much anger? Scan across the internet, turn on the television, scroll down a social media site or listen to politicians debate, you can find traces of anger everywhere. We can all probably think back 2 or 3 weeks ago and find at least one time we felt these traces of...
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The Formula: How To Reverse A Bad Day

The Formula: How To Reverse A Bad Day

Just One of Those Days We've all experienced them. Those mornings where nothing seems to go right. Those mornings we awake and as soon as our eyes open, our minds fill up with stresses, struggles and hurdles, all of which set the course for our day. I recall a few just such days from my life. It's funny when I...
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The Map: Going the Extra Mile

The Map: Going the Extra Mile

Countless Miles Why does it seem like the majority of us aim for average? I've had the opportunity to live in four different states. In each place I’ve lived I have witnessed only a handful of people push themselves, their limits and their realities to new levels of life. Unfortunately, that may only be 1% or 2% of the people...
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Indigenous Peoples Day: 3 Things We Can Do That Columbus Didn’t

Indigenous Peoples Day: 3 Things We Can Do That Columbus Didn’t

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day Today in America, we've dedicated a day to a man by the name of Christopher Columbus. We are taught from a young age that this courageous, confident explorer stumbled upon the Americas while searching for a new route to India. His heroic tales fill our history books, recognizing him as one of the essential figures in...
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The Greatest Temple of All: The Body Temple

The Greatest Temple of All: The Body Temple

A little over a week ago I did a gratitude post here on Three Key Life about the Most Incredible Vehicle, our body. I was reading over it the other day and I realized I only exposed the tip of the iceberg. I’d like to take this idea a step further. The Body Temple We've all probably had an opportunity...
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Trust In Yourself: Developing a Greater Trust Within

Trust In Yourself: Developing a Greater Trust Within

Trust In Yourself When it comes down to trusting in ourselves and our abilities, we either do or we don't. Too often, we spend our time acting like we fully trust in our gifts, only to aim at average results. If we really trusted in our abilities, we'd be more than confident to aim at the largest goal, willing to...
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Personal SWOT Analysis: Uncovering Our Strengths

Personal SWOT Analysis: Uncovering Our Strengths

SWOT Analysis: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats It's common practice for businesses, large organizations and individuals who are launching products or services to be prepared. It's almost unimaginable to see a large company launch a product or service, completely unaware of what the market demands. In fact, in college my marketing professors drilled the importance of strategic analysis into our heads....
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3 Keys For Releasing Judgements

3 Keys For Releasing Judgements

Releasing Judgements - A Judgement Free Life We are not born judging one another. We are taught to judge one another. Have you ever seen or known a person who was able to go a year without judging someone else? How about a person who went a year or even one month without negatively judging themselves? Imagine if that person...
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How To Free Ourselves From The Lions Den

How To Free Ourselves From The Lions Den

The Den of Lions We've all probably heard about the story of a man named Daniel, who was falsely accused and put into a den of hungry lions. In this story, despite staring into the face of lions who were put there to consume him, he held fast to his faith, drew closer to "*Life", and ultimately made it out of...
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Gratitude Post 8: The Incredible Vehicle

Gratitude Post 8: The Incredible Vehicle

Gratitude Post 8: The Incredible Vehicle In this month's gratitude post I wanted to share one of my favorite posts from Three Key Life. This post was put up the 1st day TKL launched. It contains a powerful message that's aligned perfectly with this month's topic of gratitude, our Body. It's my hope that in today's gratitude post you'll uncover...
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My Journey to Spirituality: Spiritual Without Being Religious

My Journey to Spirituality: Spiritual Without Being Religious

Being Spiritual Without Being Religious I recently read that there are over 4,200 different religions on our planet today. Some of these religions are tucked away in the small pockets of our globe while others sweep around the Earth with an incredible force. Throughout my life, I've had the opportunity to see a vast array of religions. My family had...
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Power of the People: Becoming a Transformational Change in Our World

Power of the People: Becoming a Transformational Change in Our World

Power of the People When people come together incredible things happen. Collectively, we the people create governments and maintain economies. Together we've made incredible innovations, moving from agriculture, to industry, and now technology. Our unified energies have developed and established religions, educational systems and equal rights initiatives. On the opposite end of the spectrum, we've also collectively committed many atrocities...
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The Best Food For Greater Energy, Better Focus & Increased Energy

The Best Food For Greater Energy, Better Focus & Increased Energy

Greater Energy, Better Focus, Increased Strength I remember when I first began my journey towards eating less meat and more fruits and vegetables. It began about seven years ago when I first decided I would no longer allow pork into my body. This proved to be easier than I thought. Over the course of the next year, I continued to educate...
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How to Believe in Yourself Even More

How to Believe in Yourself Even More

How to Believe in Yourself Even More I once heard a story about two ordinary women. They lived a fairly average life, both having one child, a somewhat supportive husband and worked at the same place. Though these women had similar lives, there was something that made them extremely different. You see, one of the ladies, though having a nearly...
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3 Keys to Unlock Conscious Productivity

3 Keys to Unlock Conscious Productivity

Conscious Productivity Have you ever stopped for a minute and thought about all the things in our lives that pulls our attention away from being here, now? Cell phones, thoughts of yesterday, thoughts of tomorrow, social media, jobs, internet, people around us, environments and all the other demands we experience each and every day. With all these areas pulling our...
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Tragedy Can Help Us Uncover A Better Way of Living

Tragedy Can Help Us Uncover A Better Way of Living

Tragedy Can Help Us Uncover More of Ourselves Looking out across our globe these past few weeks, this small planet of ours has been going through a lot. From bombs being dropped in the Gaza Strip. The ongoing war taking place throughout Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and the Ukraine. Ebola outbreaks in Africa and the death of a young man named Michael...
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Gratitude Post 7: Unconditional Love

Gratitude Post 7: Unconditional Love

Gratitude Post 7 - Unconditional Love This is my one of my favorite days of month. Why you may be asking? Every 4th Wednesday of the month I have an opportunity to compose a gratitude post. Today's post highlights two people that have helped shape my life, empowering me to become better. It’s my hope that today's post can also help...
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10 Painfully Obvious Universal Truths We Forget All Too Much

10 Painfully Obvious Universal Truths We Forget All Too Much

Universal Truths These past few weeks I've been personally dealing with some things. Things like focusing on new income streams left me feeling depleted. Issues concerning the people I love, brought sadness to my heart as I realized that I was unable to help them out of their financial predicament. Dealing with past relationship issues, left me with slight feelings...
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Nature’s Natural Remedies: Empowered By Nature

Nature’s Natural Remedies: Empowered By Nature

Empowered by Nature Trees, fresh air, lush soil, birds chirping, rivers flowing. Just the other week I ventured into nature to unplug and get away. Being here in Georgia, I was traveling through the lush rolling hills of the South and as usual had time to think and reconnect. As I walked along the path, the demands of my "current"...
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Inner Flame: How To Create Your Own Sunshine in Life

Inner Flame: How To Create Your Own Sunshine in Life

Creating Your Own Sunshine The other day I was spending some time with my little niece and nephew, watching them explore, use their imaginations and run around with a constant smile on their face. It reminded me of a story. I once heard about a young boy who's sunshine couldn't be taken from him. He carried this sunshine with him...
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How To Live In The Present Moment

How To Live In The Present Moment

The Present Moment When was the last time you stopped, took some time to pause and fully opened your mind to all that's happening in this moment of now? Taking time to sit in the stillness of your being, recognizing Life. Opening your mind to the universe above which in this present moment is constructing new planets out of the...
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How to Increase Our Level of Consciousness

How to Increase Our Level of Consciousness

How to Increase Your Level of Consciousness Look out across your life. Go ahead, try it. Why do you dress the way you do and believe the things you do? Why do you live in the neighborhood, state or country that you do? Why are you so committed to certain relationships and can't stand others? Why do you continue to...
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Poetic Expression: We Are Already Here

Poetic Expression: We Are Already Here

 We Are Already Here There is no need to rush, we are already here, It is only our perception that tells us our significance is near, beliefs of space and time create illusions of fear, this moment now contains endless seconds, minutes, and years. The tears of the past were released the day they fell, the past only has power if...
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10 Quotes That Will Transform Your Day

10 Quotes That Will Transform Your Day

From Discouraged to Empowered It's interesting how we can go to sleep after a productive day and still awake in the middle of the night with a pressing issue on our mind. Or how we can suddenly have a thought, a burden, or situation fill our conciousness and bring our entire day to a halt. These things happen from time to...
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Gratitude Post: 66 Things to be Grateful For

Gratitude Post: 66 Things to be Grateful For

Gratitude Post 6 About 6 months ago, I decided to write my first Gratitude Post. In that post I highlighted the story of my amazing mother and incredible grandparents. Since that time, I've written one gratitude post on the 4th Wednesday of each month. We've covered things like 2400 East, the stars, earth and all in-between, embracing the way things happen and my...
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How to Change a Stagnant Life

How to Change a Stagnant Life

 My Encounter with Stagnation A few months back I was out walking through nature when I came across a small puddle of still water squeezed perfectly between multiple rocks. As I bent down, looking closer at the stagnant water that sat in the cool shaded part of the rock outcropping, something stood out. What I saw was old stagnant water,...
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Spiritual Perfection Amidst Your Physical Imperfections

Spiritual Perfection Amidst Your Physical Imperfections

Profound Statement I remember the first time one of my father's friends, who spent time studying deeper spiritual material, made this statement to me: "Life is perfect and everything in the Universe works for my greatest good." Skeptical of his expression, I immediately began to counter his point by addressing all the things in the Universe, and more specifically, my...
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How To Make A Positive Change in One’s Life

How To Make A Positive Change in One’s Life

One Piece at a Time Have you ever noticed how the biggest houses were put together one piece at a time? How the tallest mountains were composed one mineral at a time? Or how even the biggest planets or solar systems were composed one atom at a time? As we bring our attention back to our individual selves, we can see...
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Fourth of July: Inner Freedom

Fourth of July: Inner Freedom

Inner Freedom 238 years ago, the United States of America was declared a free nation by a group of men who had a vision for the future. That vision was one of freedom, the pursuit of happiness and justice for all. Throughout my youth, we were taught that this freedom is one of the greatest thing we have. With it comes...
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The Face I Had Before My Parents Were Born

The Face I Had Before My Parents Were Born

Connecting Every once and a while there will be a few issues, conflicts and problems that resurface within myself. Just the other day a few things popped up in my life that made me sit back, breathe and consciously move forward. What I've realized is that problems and inconveniences will always appear throughout life. What makes the difference is if...
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Gratitude Post 5: The Community College

Gratitude Post 5: The Community College

Gratitude Post 5 This month's gratitude post is inspired by one of those incredible people we cross from time to time in our journey. One of those people who helps us realize our dreams are more than possible and helps us believe in ourselves. For this woman's generosity, her empowering conversations and positive outlook, I give thanks. Expansion of Education...
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Running Away from Yourself

Running Away from Yourself

Running Away From Yourself: Getting Away The last time I was in Georgia, I needed to getaway. Amongst all the writing, projects, speeches, people and other essential things intertwined within my life, I needed a break. I didn't know exactly where to go. So I did what I sometimes do, pulled Google up on my phone and typed in “nicest...
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Growing Abundantly: Sowing Our Seeds in the Garden of Life

Growing Abundantly: Sowing Our Seeds in the Garden of Life

Growing Abundantly Our whole lives are spent in this body that we've been given. We move in it, we laugh in it, we cry in it and it will be the last home that we live in during this experience of life. Day by day, we use this vehicle, this body, this incredible instrument to think our thoughts, commit to choices and...
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Living Regret-Free: How To Turn Regret Into Inspiration

Living Regret-Free: How To Turn Regret Into Inspiration

The Weight of Regret You know those times we all experience? Those times when we finish a heated-conversation with a few bitter words at the end that deflates another? Or those times in the past when we wish we would've made a different decision. Now we feel like that one wrong choice has stolen months, even years of our lives....
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3 Key Takeaways From the Kindness Challenge

3 Key Takeaways From the Kindness Challenge

Highlights of the Kindness Challenge After 7 days of consciously practicing random acts of kindness, I'd like to share what I've discovered. Some of these things you may already know, others may be new. I ask you to try this 7 Day Kindness Challenge for yourself and uncover the great power behind true, genuine kindness. Genuine Kindness It is kindness...
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7 Acts of Kindness We Can All Learn From

7 Acts of Kindness We Can All Learn From

Kindness Revolution We are a 3 days into the 7 Day Kindness Challenge and I hope that in your participation you're continuing to realize how transformational your kindness truly is. I was spending some time reflecting this week and realized that some of the greatest events in history are those that were centered in kindness, compassion and peace for all...
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The Power of Random Acts of Kindness

The Power of Random Acts of Kindness

Acts of Kindness I think we've all experienced it. You're walking into the store and someone unexpectedly holds the door open for you. You're walking down the street and someone compliments you on your shirt, shoes or smile. You're walking out of class and a person congratulates you on your achievements on the recent test, or you're heading into the...
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Unlocking Truth: The Keys to Empowering Your Body Pt. 2

Unlocking Truth: The Keys to Empowering Your Body Pt. 2

Empowering Your Body A few months ago I shared a post entitled, "Divine Vessel: Key To Empowering Your Body." In this post I discussed a simple key that we can begin doing each day to center ourselves and further recognize our strengths and gifts throughout this journey of life. Today, I would like to expand on the ideas discussed in that post. It's my...
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Uncovering Wisdom: 10 Inspired Minds

Uncovering Wisdom: 10 Inspired Minds

10 Inspired Minds As far back as I can remember I've always been intrigued and inspired by those people throughout history that I believed truly made a difference. Some of those people are from scriptures, others are ancient philosophers, authors, inventors and business professionals who grasped a bigger vision of life. The more I read about these people, especially the ones...
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Memorial Day Inspiration: Leaving Our Legacy

Memorial Day Inspiration: Leaving Our Legacy

Memorial Day Inspiration This post is dedicated to all the men and women who lost their lives due to the tragic act of war, greed and power. This post is for the countless individuals throughout history who were used, abused and at times persecuted and killed because of the color of their skin, their kindness, their spiritual beliefs and because...
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Gratitude Post 4: Things Don’t Just Happen, They Happen Just

Gratitude Post 4: Things Don’t Just Happen, They Happen Just

Gratitude Post 4: Things Happen As the month of May draws to a close I've been looking back at the first 5 months of 2014. I can hardly believe that the year is nearly half over so quick. Thus far 2014 has been a year filled with many golden nuggets of wisdom and insights. It has been filled with an inner...
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Strengthened Spirit: 23 Insights from Honduras

Strengthened Spirit: 23 Insights from Honduras

Strengthened Spirit Last week I returned from a four week stay on a small island off the coast of Honduras called Roatan. This was my 4th trip in the last 12 months. Each time I've traveled to this incredible part of our planet, I've discovered great insights, inspiration as well as a greater connection with who and what I am....
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3 Keys to Defuse Drama-Filled Situations in Life

3 Keys to Defuse Drama-Filled Situations in Life

Defuse Drama I heard a story about a monk who was traveling back home from a long pilgrimage, carrying with him many treasures he received while sharing his wisdom throughout various villages. Night came and he set up his camp just outside the violent city of Kemish to get rest before he made it home the following evening. As he...
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The Wisdom of the Natives

The Wisdom of the Natives

Native Wisdom There has always been a piece of me that's been fascinated by native cultures. In the USA, I've always been intrigued about how the Native Americans lived and their deep wisdom. After hearing the rich history of Polynesia and the surrounding islands, their culture has brought a new light of knowledge to my mind. While I've been here...
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Possibilities of Today: Poetic Composition

Possibilities of Today: Poetic Composition

Possibilities of Today  On the search for truth you will uncover the possibilities of today equate to your beliefs, based not on the television screen or information you read, catch a glimpse of truth and you are finally free, enter your natural state of harmony. The mind declutters as the intangible floats to the surface, dive deep within oneself make...
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3 Foods to Avoid for the Rest of Your Life

3 Foods to Avoid for the Rest of Your Life

Avoid These It seems fairly obvious that those who sell meth, crack and heroin to the addicted, deserve some kind of retribution. I have personally seen people in my family battle with these powerful chemicals, losing their houses, cars, loved ones, and for some, even their lives. These chemicals have been known to cause destruction, affecting not only the user...
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Gratitude Post 3: From the Stars to the Earth and the Greatness In-between

Gratitude Post 3: From the Stars to the Earth and the Greatness In-between

Gratitude Post 3 As I look out across the sea here in Roatan, observing the countless stars above me, standing on top of the smooth sand beneath me, I am grateful. This experience is the inspiration for this month's gratitude post. Mother Earth It's incredible to think that whomever we may be, wherever we may live, in this experience of...
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3 Keys of Wisdom: The Wise River

3 Keys of Wisdom: The Wise River

Wise Elder While venturing into the jungle during my stay in Honduras I was reminded of this story. I heard about a young man hiking through the woods and exploring the vast mountainsides, hoping to find a piece of wisdom that he had not yet found. His search led him deep into the forest where the trail faded away and...
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Incredible Life Lessons From Roatan Honduras

Incredible Life Lessons From Roatan Honduras

Roatan, Honduras I recently discussed the experiences I had selling my first few books of poetry in a post entitled Stepping Stones. Little did I know that in the process of selling my poetry books in the streets of Seattle I'd become acquainted with such valuable pieces to my experience of life. One of the many key people that I...
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The Keys of the Peacemaker

The Keys of the Peacemaker

Invitation of Peace I always find it interesting when some of life's "little things" occur and take me out of my "zone." Petty things like losing my phone, misplacing my keys, remembering if I locked my car or not, or stressing about an event that hasn't even happened. Even more interesting are those negative thoughts that reappear time and time...
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5 Ways To Bring More Compassion Into Your Life

5 Ways To Bring More Compassion Into Your Life

Compassion Flows From Within In my personal experience of life I’ve found it difficult to move with compassion and peace if I can't find any within myself. I've also experienced extended periods of time where I sent compassion, support and love toward others, but didn't send any toward myself. Overtime, the stream of compassion, support and love that I was...
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Who Owns Your Time?

Who Owns Your Time?

Who Owns Your Time? It's eye opening when we think about all the time we spend working in our adult lives. The average worker in the states works about 40 hours per week, which equates to 160 hours a month. That's 1,920 hours a year which equals 80 full days of our life each year that we spend at a...
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Divine Vessel: Key To Empowering Your Body

Divine Vessel: Key To Empowering Your Body

My Divine Vessel I've realized that by spending time in deeper reflection, I become more centered and aware of all that I am. Below I have shared with you an excerpt from my upcoming book of poetry. Use this insight often to center yourself and empower your being. This is Key. I Am Centered I take a deep cleansing breath,...
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10 Inspired Ways To See the World

10 Inspired Ways To See the World

10 Inspired Ways To See the World I've seen the world with inspired eyes, but only for small moments of time before the darkness re-emerged, covering the small holes through which light filled my life. I've heard the world with an awakened mind, I've heard the birds chirp the Divine, then problems resurfaced in my consciousness and that awakened mind...
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Poetic Expression: 3 Keys To Embracing Life’s Journey

Poetic Expression: 3 Keys To Embracing Life’s Journey

Eternal Journey Along with this life contains this light, a power so strong it illuminates the night, continues to spread its message, forever it lasts, clues and guidance collected along our path. A journey unknown except within the soul, For eternity communicates through different vessels where the light flows, an Energy unexplained, as big as a planet but as small...
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Finding Our Inner Voice

Finding Our Inner Voice

"You can't do it." "Why even try?"  "No one will listen." "Your expressions don't matter." "Achieving your dreams is hopeless." "Your time has passed." "You're an average person." When was the last time you listened to that limiting voice within? When was the last time you let those limiting thoughts stop you in your tracks or keep you from moving...
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10 Minutes a Day of Conscious Exercise

10 Minutes a Day of Conscious Exercise

10 Minutes a Day Can we all find 10 free minutes a day? Of course. We could wake up 10 minutes earlier, stay up 10 minutes later, watch 10 minutes less of tv, or spend 10 minutes less on Facebook or Twitter. 10 minutes each day adds up to 3,650 minutes, or roughly 60 hours a year. It is my...
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Gratitude Post: 2400 East

Gratitude Post: 2400 East

Gratitude Post 2 This month's gratitude post is centered around one of the many people that have helped me realize my potential. For this woman's kindness, her family and her compassion, I am forever grateful. 2400 East The street that I grew up on rarely changed. My neighborhood sat in an upper middle class community at the base of Mount Olympus...
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Poetic Expression: Uncovering the I Am

Poetic Expression: Uncovering the I Am

Uncovering the I Am I awoke to a sounding alarm clock, entering back into life. My eyes adjusted to the light of the room and my mind immediately began filling up with thoughts, ideas, and concepts that hindered my progression yesterday. These same thoughts have troubled me the past weeks, months, and years. Looking around my community I notice I...
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How to Find Unshakeable Peace

How to Find Unshakeable Peace

Unshakeable Peace I've often thought about what life would be like if we fully embraced the things that are 100% in our control. I mean, imagine if each day we awoke with a positive attitude, knowing that we're being greeted again with the Gift of Life? What if our attitudes were centered upon this Gift of Life that we participate...
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Importance of Breath

Importance of Breath

Importance of Breath When was the last time that you went out into nature and overlooked the ocean, a lake or a river? When was the last time you walked through the forest or stood atop a sandstone mountain in the desert, breathing deeply, filling your lungs with the Life and oxygen of the universe? There are few things that...
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Stepping Stone: My First Book Sale

Stepping Stone: My First Book Sale

Big Dreams A few months before graduating college I decided that I didn't want to pursue the field of accounting, instead I wanted to pursue the things that brought me to life. After studying I would spend time writing and putting my ideas into a simple format to begin reproducing the poetry I was expressing. This continued for months. Within...
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Poetic Expression: Listen

Poetic Expression: Listen

Listen  I emerge from the depths of the gifted, from the origin all life has risen, my words float through air, blessed by the light of creation, open up your soul, allow your spirit to listen. - Thoughts create your manifestations, actions and emotions equal eternal reflections. - Behold and visualize where we are from, the tree of life, many...
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The Tire Iron: Bringing Meditation to the World

The Tire Iron: Bringing Meditation to the World

Peaceful Meditations I've been meditating in my life for a while now. The other day my meditation practice was tested. In the last few weeks I've begun to get back into the recording studio to make new music. Because of my busy schedule, I've been squeezing in quality recording time between 8pm - 1am, three days a week. The other...
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Conscious Eating

Conscious Eating

Conscious Eating In previous weeks, I've spent time sharing simple, healthy recipes that we can begin to add to our lives. Things such as Kale Chips and Dairy Free Milk. I've also spent some time highlighting the different chemicals that fill our food. This week I will do none of the above. It is my hope that by the end of this post...
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Compare Thyself to None

Compare Thyself to None

Curse of Comparison Imagine if we all found something that brought us to life. Imagine if those things that brought us to life not only empowered ourselves, but added more value to the lives of our fellow men and women. Imagine if we awoke each day, excited about life, knowing that we we're doing something that's not only helping our...
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The Infinite: Inner Worlds

The Infinite: Inner Worlds

Awake. Eyes open. Thoughts flashing. My family, my friends, the things I have to do today, the birds chirping outside my window, the sun shining into my bedroom. I arise and begin my day, experiencing countless interactions with my own self and thousands of interactions with others. Returning to my house later that evening, after a productive day, I reflect...
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Natural & Healthy: Delicious Dairy Free Milk

Natural & Healthy: Delicious Dairy Free Milk

Who Was The First? I've often wondered who was the first person to drink milk from a cow? Think about it for a minute, aside from humans, how many times have you seen an animal drink the milk of another animal. Have you ever seen a pig drink the milk of a goat or a young colt drinking the milk...
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Poetic Expression: Awakened Mind

Poetic Expression: Awakened Mind

Awakened Mind Have you yet to see the final place of your journey having accomplished all of your dreams? Visualize. Have you felt the power so real it can heal any injury acquired on the battlefield? Believe. Have you understood the energy possessed by man? Success is destiny if we believe we can. Awaken. Have you realized we control and...
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Each Day Recognize The Good

Each Day Recognize The Good

Recognize the Life Surrounding Us Literally see it. Did You? Did you notice the way the sun rose this morning or see the way it set last night just as the moon was beginning to shine? Did you see the movement of the clouds today and the way they gracefully flowed through the sky? I try to as much as...
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6 Lessons Learned from the First Month of Three Key Life

Beginning of a Journey About a year ago I had an idea, "Start writing down your thoughts and organize them, maybe they can become something greater." I let my mind explore the possibilities of sharing my thoughts. Those possibilities eventually grew into the idea of building a blog. I didn't know the first things about html, web hosting, rss feeds...
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Simple & Healthy Snack: Spicy Kale Chips

Simple & Healthy Snack: Spicy Kale Chips

Small Steps Have you ever noticed how little changes in one’s life can result in major transformations? Things such as waking up and going to the gym or beginning to eat healthier. It's small changes over time that begin to produce a lasting impact in our lives. I remember when I first began to take steps to consume more vegetables...
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Poetic Expression: Story of Greatness

Poetic Expression: Story of Greatness

Story of Greatness I was once told a story of greatness, how a man overcame mountains of doubt, tread through valleys of adversity always believing he would make it out. The moment, now, was all he had, never looking back to see what's been conquered, understanding he could only be all that's been this awareness made him stronger. Experiencing compassion,...
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Gratitude Post: 1963

Gratitude Post: 1963

What are you grateful for? One thing that I want to start doing every 4th Wednesday of the month is a featured Gratitude Post. This post will be something, someone, or some set of events that have helped shape my life experience and make me the person I am today. The first Gratitude Post I would like to have here...
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Life: The Light Within Us All

Life: The Light Within Us All

Reflecting Back It's always inspiring to look back through history and find a person or people who fully stood up for the greater good of mankind. It's inspiring to see someone stand up for what they believe in. Many of the stories we hear of speak about how one confidently stood amidst adversity, how one tapped into their inner Essence...
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Am I Eating Toxins?

Am I Eating Toxins?

Where Did These Come From? Propylene glycol alginate, enriched flour, disodium guanylate, textured soy protein concentrate, butylated hydroxytoluene, brominated vegetable oil, red #40, yellow #5. I think we've all seen them, if you haven't, next time you're in the grocery store pick up a cereal box, some salad dressing or a sports drink and look at the ingredients. Our stores,...
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Love > materials

Love > materials

Never underestimate the power and influence you can have on another person. The other week I was flying from Sacramento to Atlanta. Each time I fly I make it my mission to meet someone new, it's usually someone that I am sitting next to on the plane. On my first leg of the trip to Atlanta I sat next to...
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Spirit, Mind, Body

Spirit, Mind, Body

Why Spirit, Mind, Body? Each day we awake we are provided with an opportunity to live fuller and become better. It is as if we are able to use our time and energy as keys to unlock new doors of potential and hope. It's the combination of how we use our time, our energy and our choices that form the keys...
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The Greatest Valentine’s Day Gift

The Greatest Valentine’s Day Gift

The Greatest Valentine's Gift I've often thought about what the perfect gift for the one I love would be. In the past I thought that a dozen roses, a box of chocolates, a letter or a stuffed animal would do. But I think I've found the greatest gift that we can give this Valentine's Day. What is it? More Love For...
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Doorways of Doubt

Walk through the Doorways of Doubt. Don't hesitate. We shouldn't doubt ourselves, but I'll be the first to admit that at times I do. It comes up when I am beginning something new or shows up right before I share something I've been working on. It's left me froze in my tracks, and has sent me scurrying back to a...
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Strengthening Our Anchors

Strengthening Our Anchors

We must find time to strengthen the anchors within ourselves. I say this because too many of us live our lives on the surface, myself included. And what I mean by living on the surface is, easily tossed and turned, rocking back and forth, and at times capsizing or tipping over, like an old boat that hopelessly floats on a...
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Consuming The Universe: Cherishing Our Food

Consuming The Universe: Cherishing Our Food

The Universe is in Each Bite You Eat Often, I've thought of all the things that must happen in order to enjoy the food I eat. I was recently in Roatan, Honduras, spending some time with friends and working on various projects. One thing that stands out to me each time I'm there is how connected I am with the...
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Seeing the Order In Chaos

Seeing the Order In Chaos

Incredible how many things we are able to see when we look out into our world. It's true that Three Key Life stands for peace, respect, compassion, expansion, enlightenment, and abundance for all, but I think it is important for me to express this... Though I stand for these powerful things mentioned above, I am by no means turning a...
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Scottish African American?

Scottish African American?

African, European, American, Polynesian, Brazilian, Mexican, Indian, Chinese, Russian, Canadian, Spanish. The list goes on. All of us so unique, individually motivated, imaginative, and creative. Yet so similar. Being born of a Scottish mother and an African American father, I sometimes wonder if I can be me without the “nationality.” My answer is yes. What I discovered was a wellspring...
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The Seeds of the Inner Garden

The Seeds of the Inner Garden

What kind of garden do you plant your seeds in? Imagine this, after weeks of searching for the perfect seeds to plant in your new garden, you finally find them. Having seen the plants that grow from these seeds and tasted the fruits and veggies from these plants, you know they're perfect. Now they're yours. Once home, you walk to...
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The Most Incredible Vehicle Ever

There is an incredible vehicle we all use. This vehicle is better than a Bugatti, better quality than a Bentley, better build than a 747, and is in our possession each day we awake. This vehicle is an instrument that assists us in the direction of our hearts, minds, and dreams. We experience our lives in this vehicle. It was...
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Finding What We Seek – The Joy of Seeking

Finding What We Seek – The Joy of Seeking

Seek and you shall find. We've all heard it right? What you are looking for, is searching for you. What you seek, is seeking you. I'm sure that if we look deep enough into our own experiences we will be able to see that we've always found the inner most things that we seek, whether we know we are seeking...
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