About: Sara Avery
Posts by Sara Avery:
Does Everything Have to Be Hard?by Sara Avery on May 22, 2013 Some things in life require hard work. But for many, the feeling that everything has to be hard gets in the way of life just moving forward, period. 53 views |
Why Ignoring Your Past Doesn’t Work.by Sara Avery on May 15, 2013 Why denying or burying your past never actually works and the good that is waiting for you when you really address it, instead. 237 views |
Is it Interdependence…or Really Just Co-Dependence?by Sara Avery on May 8, 2013 How to tell the difference between co-dependence and interdependence, the latter of which is vital for us to move forward as a society. 284 views |
 Why It’s So Hard (or Easy) to Admit You’re Wrong.by Sara Avery on May 1, 2013 Why is it that some people will never apologize, even if they’re clearly wrong, while others seem to apologize as a basic part of life? 828 views |
The Positive Attitude Paradox.by Sara Avery on Apr 24, 2013 Why having a positive attitude doesn’t necessarily the benefit to you that you think it is. 1,679 views |
What Makes Grieving Even More Painful.by Sara Avery on Apr 18, 2013 How to deal with the feelings that make natural grieving even more difficult than it already is. 999 views |
Is Your Good Life Real or Manufactured?by Sara Avery on Apr 10, 2013 Let’s pretend that your life is a flower garden. You know how flowers are supposed to work… 53 views |
Addressing the Roots of Inequality.by Sara Avery on Apr 2, 2013 Why is it always such a big battle? The roots of inequality go back to the simple, but overwhelming and pervasive, fear of scarcity. 123 views |
Why Is “Living in the Now” So Hard?by Sara Avery on Mar 27, 2013 For me, just trying to be present isn’t enough. We have to go to the heart of the matter—why we aren’t just staying present automatically? 682 views |
Why Everyone Wins When You Put Your Oxygen Mask on First.by Sara Avery on Mar 20, 2013 There are two kinds of people who I often see putting others first to such a degree that they put their own self-sustainment in jeopardy. 470 views |
Your Well-Being Only Needs to Be Uncovered.by Sara Avery on Mar 13, 2013 When you hear the term well-being, you might think of something that you need to create or strive for. But I disagree with that definition. 244 views |
 Address the Core & Watch Things Fall into Place Easily.by Sara Avery on Mar 6, 2013 When it comes to how our lives work, we usually think it’s about a million details. But, actually, it all comes down to how we feel about being human. 153 views |
 Getting Over My Fear of Gravity.by Sara Avery on Feb 28, 2013 My tendency is to be more comfortable with STOP than I am with GO, or more specifically, letting momentum carry me downhill. 61 views |
Which of These 6 Survival Patterns Do You Fall Into?by Sara Avery on Feb 20, 2013 I was helping a client understand his difficult co-worker this week, and he exclaimed, “Oh, I get it! He’s not evil! Wow, that helps a lot!” 863 views |
The Internal “Whac-a-Mole” Game. ~ Sara Averyby Sara Avery on Feb 13, 2013 Have you ever felt like the moment you began to achieve something, some invisible force knocks you back down again? 54 views |
How Well Does Your Puzzle Piece Fit with My Puzzle Piece?by Sara Avery on Feb 6, 2013 There are two way things go in their relationships when my clients gain greater acceptance of themselves. 986 views |
Throw Out the Rule Book! Your Unique Path Awaits.by Sara Avery on Jan 30, 2013 If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s. ~ Joseph Campbell 256 views |
Grab the Glass Cleaner—It’s Time to Shine!by Sara Avery on Jan 23, 2013 If shining your light seems easy, you can stop reading right now. But if that seems difficult or even impossible, I wrote this for you. 72 views |
Dismantling the Dam that Holds Back Your Well-Being.by Sara Avery on Jan 16, 2013 Well-being is meant to effortlessly sculpt your life, just as water carves the unique shapes of a canyon’s walls. 267 views |
 Shutting out Others to Survive.by Sara Avery on Jan 9, 2013 Do you ever do the submarine move? It’s when you put up big walls to shut out whatever triggers your negative feelings. 171 views |
New Year’s Resolutions that Work with Your Brain.by Sara Avery on Dec 31, 2012 This year, craft a resolution that works with your brain’s natural generating force, instead of against it, and reap the benefits! 1,405 views |
Why I Keep Beating the Proverbial Rug.by Sara Avery on Dec 26, 2012 When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it. ~ Rumi 254 views |
 Is Violent “Fun” Worth It?by Sara Avery on Dec 19, 2012 We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear. -Nelson Mandela 82 views |
The Beginning of Well-Being—for Yourself or Your Planet.by Sara Avery on Dec 12, 2012 You can sum up the first step towards well-being in two words: get real. 59 views |
How to Salvage Your Family Holiday Gathering.by Sara Avery on Dec 5, 2012 The one question that will give you more compassion for yourself and family this holiday season. 175 views |
The Perils of Living at Disneyland (i.e. in Denial).by Sara Avery on Nov 28, 2012 One of my clients laughed nervously the other day when I said that he lives at Disneyland. You know, “It’s beautiful and fun, and there’s a parade every day!” 120 views |
The Survival Mechanisms We Use to Deal with Uncertainty.by Sara Avery on Nov 21, 2012 As the intensity of our world ramps up, how can we respond from a place of well-being instead of falling back to our survival mechanisms? 125 views |
When Winning Feels Like Losing.by Sara Avery on Nov 14, 2012 One of my clients was surprised by how he felt after the Presidential election. Instead of being happy that his guy won, he felt anxious. 77 views |
The Challenge of Standing up for my Own Opinion.by Sara Avery on Nov 5, 2012 Why do some of us feel so uncomfortable with standing up for our own opinions or being around others who oppose them? 155 views |
The Solid Ground under Your Leap of Faith.by Sara Avery on Oct 31, 2012 Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith. ~ Margaret Shepard 319 views |
Are You a Chameleon?by Sara Avery on Oct 24, 2012 I could stand outside a metaphorical room with 20 people in it, figure out what each wanted me to be, and make myself into the perfect conglomeration of that. 167 views |
Fit in or Fit Naturally?by Sara Avery on Oct 17, 2012 I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with the feeling that I need to fit in. 116 views |
What if Everyone Wins?by Sara Avery on Oct 10, 2012 When we all express our uniqueness, the world we live in will be made of all our diverse views, talents, and desires. When we do that, everyone truly wins. 47 views |
Are You Robbing the World?by Sara Avery on Oct 3, 2012 “Comparison is an act of violence against the self.” —Iyanla Vanzant 172 views |
I Have the Most Wrong. I Win!by Sara Avery on Sep 26, 2012 Do you or does someone you know seem to thrive on sharing bad experiences? 144 views |
Is It Time to Step into Your Spotlight?by Sara Avery on Sep 19, 2012 Do you feel invisible, no matter how much you try to speak up for yourself? It might be time to step into your own spotlight. 131 views |
The Antidote to Perfectionism.by Sara Avery on Sep 12, 2012 What if you could allow your uniqueness to shine, instead of feeling that you have to be perfect all the time? 191 views |
The Cosmic 2×4.by Sara Avery on Sep 5, 2012 First you get a whisper, then a tap on the shoulder, then a blow to the head. –Buddhist saying 248 views |
Make Like a Tree & Thrive!by Sara Avery on Aug 29, 2012 What a tree can teach us about moving from feeling dependent on others to fully thriving through our own well-being. 278 views |
Gasp! I’m Not Perfect.by Sara Avery on Aug 22, 2012 Have you considered what good might come of sharing all of who you are with others? Or is that too scary? 1,055 views |
Vacation Impossible: Why It’s So Hard to Take Time Off.by Sara Avery on Aug 15, 2012 There are a number of common reasons people find it hard to take time away from their work or from being busy all the time, and they are all rooted in survival. 436 views |
Why You Should Be Selfish.by Sara Avery on Aug 8, 2012 Why having what you want and voicing what matters to you is actually good for everyone. 1,410 views |
Why for Some People, Nothing Ever Works.by Sara Avery on Aug 1, 2012 Defeatists find that no matter how hard they try, nothing ever works for them. Exploring how this pattern develops and how it can change. 360 views |
How to Discover What Your Dreams Mean.by Sara Avery on Jul 21, 2012 Your brain is way more creative in how it forms your dreams than can be explained by giving hard definitions to what any one thing symbolizes. 302 views |
Why Your Thinking is Not What Creates the Moments of Your Life.by Sara Avery on Jul 14, 2012 Why your thinking isn’t what creates the moments of your life. . .and what actually does. 321 views |
Do You Really Know What You Want?by Sara Avery on Jul 6, 2012 Lao Tzu said, “At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.” So, why do so many of my clients admit they don’t know what they want? 251 views |
Why You Can’t Trust Anyone.by Sara Avery on Jun 27, 2012 Trust works very differently from the way we were taught. Learn how the way you feel about being human generates trust or mistrust in relationships. 632 views |
Is It Love or Something Else?by Sara Avery on Jun 20, 2012 Explore the feelings that are often mistaken for love, the origin of these love imposters, and what love really is. 313 views |
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The Surprising Origin of Being Rebellious.by Sara Avery on Jun 6, 2012 I used to think that rebels were really powerful and self-reliant, until I realized that they’re just as dependent on others as those who constantly need approval. 102 views |
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