It’s wild how we outgrow what we once thought we couldn’t live without, and then we fall in love with what we didn’t even know we wanted.  Life keeps leading us down paths we would never travel if it were up to us.Don’t be afraid.Have faith.Trust the journey.Don’t let your expectations of how life “should be” blind you to the beauty of the life you’re living.

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One Strong Thing Mentally Strong People Do

If you already feel like you’re at the end your rope today with little slack left to hold on to, realize your mind is lying to you. It has imprisoned you by reciting self-defeating stories in your head—stories about your mistakes and what you should have done differently. And you’ve begun to believe that you’re really stuck.But you’re NOT.

4 Reasons You Need to Keep Doing Hard Things to Be Happy, Healthy and Successful

The goal isn’t to get rid of all your painful thoughts, feelings, and life circumstances.  That’s impossible.  The goal is to follow in Susan’s footsteps, and change your response to them today!It’s never too late.  Just decide to make the best of it.  No excuses.  No resistance.  No giving up.  No regrets.

10 Hard Things to Remember When You Feel Like Giving Up

Sometimes we all need to be reminded of the power and beauty of working together.As Helen Keller so profoundly said, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”  There is immense power between us when we combine forces to work toward a common goal.  Teamwork is everything!All together… we are infinite!

Teamwork: How Small People Create Massive, Life-Changing Results

When I was a high school freshman, a 260-pound freshman girl showed up for track and field tryouts right alongside me.  Her name was Sara, and she was only there because her doctor said her health depended on it.  But once she scanned the crowd of students who were on the field, she turned around and began walking away.  Coach O’Leary saw her, jogged over, and turned her back around.

Try Again: How to Restore the Faith You Once Had in Yourself

Over the years, through our coaching practice, Getting Back To Happy course, and live events, Marc and I have worked with thousands of individuals and couples looking to fix their failing relationships, and we’ve learned a lot about what it takes to make this happen.

4 Toxic Behaviors that Tear Relationships Apart

This morning I was reading a book at my favorite beach-side coffee shop when an 18-year-old kid sat down next to me and said, “That’s a great read, ain’t it?”  So we started chatting.He told me he was getting ready to graduate from high school in a couple of weeks and then immediately starting his college career in the fall.  “But I have no clue what I want to do with my life,” he said.  “Right now I’m just going with the flow.”And then, with eager, honest eyes, he began asking me one question after the next...

18 Things I Wish Someone Told Me When I Was 18

If you love someone who is depressed, please resolve never to ask them why.  They don’t know.  Depression isn’t a straightforward, thought-out response to a tough situation – depression just IS, like December’s weather in Seattle.

5 Things to Remember When Someone You Love is Depressed

Happiness does not start with a relationship, a degree, a job, or money.  It starts with your thinking and what you tell yourself today.

How to Change the Way You Feel (Without Changing Anything Else)

Truly, there is an obvious shift in our hearts and minds that happens when we go from feeling hurt and upset to peaceful and loving, but it’s not necessarily forgiveness that’s taking place, it’s just the realization that there was nothing to forgive in the first place.  Because mistakes are the growing pains of wisdom, and sometimes they just need to be accepted with no strings attached.

Should I forgive him? Should I forgive her? Here’s what you should ask yourself first.

True purpose has no time limit.  True purpose has no deadline.  Don’t stress and overwhelm yourself.  Just do what you can right now.

How to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed (by Everything on Your Plate)

A couple thousand years ago in ancient Greece, the great philosopher Socrates was strolling contemplatively around a community garden when a neighbor walked up to him and said, “You’re never in a million years going to believe what I just heard about our mutual friend…”“Wait,” Socrates interrupted, putting his hand up in the air. “Before you continue with this story, your words must pass the triple filter test?”

3 Hard Questions You Need to Start Asking Yourself on Hard Days

Angel and I recently interviewed a minimum wage motel housekeeper in Miami for a project we’re working on to support our New York Times bestselling book, Getting Back to Happy: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Reality, and Turn Your Trials into Triumphs.  “Do you like your job?” we asked her.  To our surprise, she smiled from ear to ear and was breathless for a couple moments.  She finally collected herself and said, “I can’t believe how much I love my job!  I get to make dozens of our guests happy every day and feed my two beautiful children at the same time…”

How To Find Gratitude

You can have all the knowledge in the world, but it means nothing without building up the confidence to do something with it.

10 Insanely Popular Ways to Weaken Your Self-Confidence

Life gets a lot simpler when you clear the clutter that makes it complicated. Bring your attention back to what’s important, and move forward with your life.

How To Make Life Simple Again

You can't control what happens to you every moment. But you can absolutely control how you respond to the challenges of each and every day. Marc and Angel lead us through relevant and helpful topics about self improvement, time management, relationships, family, motivation, and discipline. Their thoughtful, insightful and conversational style is not only enjoyable and memorable, but eminently practical. Think better and begin to live better today.

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