http://futuredesignstudio.myupsite.com Find your ideal career, the right job and the right career coach at Future Design Studio in Pittsburgh Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:39:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In order to realize fulfillment, we sometimes need to make critical decisions. We can gather information, seek out the advice of experts, reflect, but -- ulitmately -- it is our lives that are on the line and we must trust ourselves. "You have to trust in something: your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach ... http://futuredesignstudio.myupsite.com/2010/03/02/do-you-trust-your-true-self/ With all the snow and ice around us, I find many, including yours truly, feeling melancholy and out of sorts. For some, these symptoms unfortunately turn into depression. These individuals may be experiencing Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Exposure to sun lamps and tanning salons, increased dosages of Vitamin D, or a visit to their primary care physician ... http://futuredesignstudio.myupsite.com/2010/03/01/are-you-happy/ "Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you." -- Jim Rohn http://futuredesignstudio.myupsite.com/2010/02/24/thought-for-your-day/ When I begin work with a client I focus on helping him or her create a vibrant and robust vision of their life and career. A fundamental question I ask is "What would your life and career look like if you knew you could not fail? I ask them to picture themselves ... http://futuredesignstudio.myupsite.com/2010/02/23/are-you-listening-to-your-inner-critic/ I am currently writing an article for Dr. Nancy Mramor. Nancy is working with various colleagues to develop a series How to Have The Happiest Year of Your Life. Nancy says, "My intention today is to discuss how social connections bring happiness and how to know how much is too ... http://futuredesignstudio.myupsite.com/2010/02/16/happiness-and-fulfillment/ In an earlier post, I referenced four basic world views from Joanna Macy's World as Lover, World as Self. They were The World as Battlefield, The World as Trap, The World as Lover and The World as Self. Each of us perceives the world through the prism of our own ... http://futuredesignstudio.myupsite.com/2010/01/28/what-is-zen/ "The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them" -- Stephen King http://futuredesignstudio.myupsite.com/2010/01/19/can-words-capture-fulfillment/ The news of the devastation in Haiti saturates our print and electronic media. The immensity of nature's destruction in this poor country at once fascinates and appalls us. Fortunately it also draws forth our compassion. Above all, what is needed is our action.  The effort of  the world's relief organizations, medical assistance and relief ... http://futuredesignstudio.myupsite.com/2010/01/18/find-fulfillment-through-the-power-of-giving/ I've been suggesting you explore various body practices that allow the egoic mind to still while the body shares a wisdom that goes beyond intellectual understanding. In one previous post, I suggested you try a very simple breath meditation. Today I want to discuss focusing, a way of coming home ... http://futuredesignstudio.myupsite.com/2010/01/15/focusing-allowing-the-bodys-wisdom-to-speak-to-you/ Eastern wisdom highlights the power of breathing for physical and emotional well being.  Eastern martial arts masters focus on abdominal breathing as a way to focus energy in the lower adominal region known variously as the tanden or hara. Many forms of meditation focus on the breath. Some traditions encourage the ... http://futuredesignstudio.myupsite.com/2010/01/11/breath-meditation-pathway-to-stilling-the-mind/