Tag: Surrender

Whether we call it surrendering, letting go, or letting it be, surrender is literally the key to end suffering. The posts below explain why.

 


We Can’t Predict the Future and We Can’t Change the Past

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version and a related video.] We spend so much of our present moment time trying to predict the future….

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What is Anger? And Why Anger Management Doesn’t Work

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version. There’s also a related video.] Nobody likes being angry. It feels pretty crappy. The more angry we feel…

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Nothing is Happening to You

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version. See also the corresponding video on this topic.] In a recent blog post I wrote that whatever is going…

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The Misunderstanding of Understanding

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version. There’s also a corresponding video you can watch.] We humans are a crazy bunch!  I mean that literally….

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Freedom of Choice and Living a Guided Life

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] Did you know that you have two minds? If you’re like I was most of my life, you…

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What’s Motivation Got To Do With It?

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] My husband and I have been playing tennis during the summer for the past few years. This year…

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Keeping Your Cool When Others Are Losing Their $hit

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile, you know I write a lot about happiness. I’ve learned…

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Let it Be: The Key to Happiness

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] I once wrote a blog post on the topic of surrendering and letting go and how that was the secret to…

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Why are We so Mean to Ourselves?

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] “You’re so dumb!”  “You should know better.” “You’re no good at that.” “What makes you think you’re so…

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What About Preferences?

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] In my last blog post, I pondered personal identity and what we think of as our true self….

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We Are Not Who (or What) We Think We Are

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] I had a bit of an insight about our “true selves” last week which I’ll try to put into…

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How to Solve Problems and Make Decisions

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] About a month ago a colleague was telling me about her business friend who picks up potential clients everywhere she goes….

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Why Do We Need to Mind Our Own Business in the First Place?

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] In a recent popular post I talked about how keeping our mouth shut when others seem to do or say…

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Are You Ready To Change the Way You See the World?

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] What if I told you that you’ve been lied to your entire life? Not just you, but everyone….

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Why I’m Learning to Keep My Mouth Shut (and You Should Too!)

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] You know the old saying “Mind your own business”? More and more I believe this is the key…

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Are You Acting Like You’re Still in High School?

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] I enjoy games as much as the next guy. Especially challenging and fun ones. For instance, this game…

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Why Do We Fight So Much?

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] Have you ever noticed how so much of our day is spent being up in arms about something? (Usually lots…

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An Unconditional Love Letter From My True Self to Yours

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] Last summer someone close to me acted in a manner that based on my values and belief system,…

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Should Others Have to Earn Our Trust?

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] When I hear of people who no longer trust others because they were “burned before,” it makes me sad. As…

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How to Stop Suffering and Feeling Like Crap

[Jill’s Note: If you prefer to listen rather than read, please scroll to the bottom of this post for the audio version.] It’s becoming clearer to me that much of–if not all–our suffering is caused by our desire to control ourselves,…

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