Category Archives: Conscious Living

Exploring Your Interests and Passions

This is week seven in the getting to know yourself series. This week, we’re going to talk about getting to know ourselves through exploring our interests and passions. A little less than a year ago, I wrote about passion and purpose after asking some friends to tell me what their passions were and discovering that […]

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40 Before 40 List: Roundup #2

July has been a good month. It became an all-month-long birthday celebration when presents started arriving right after the 4th, and has continued with quality time spent with most of my local friends, a visit from one of my favorite L.A. families, and a fabulous birthday hooky date with my love. It’s also been one year […]

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Claiming Your Core Values + Motivations

This week, we are continuing the getting to know yourself series with an overview of core values and motivations. For me, these topics are closely aligned because your values are what motivate you to do certain things or think in a particular way. How do the two relate? Values are nouns, descriptors of what matters […]

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In Defense of Myers Briggs

I’ve read several articles that call the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) useless or meaningless and yet, not only is it the most popular personality assessment worldwide, I believe there are many reasons to appreciate personality assessments if you’re using them correctly. But, first, why the haters? Myers Briggs Type Indicator and Jung Typology Theorem: Complaints […]

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Embracing your personality

As we continue the getting to know yourself series, it’s time to talk about personality. Neurologist Paul Roe defines personality as “an individual’s predisposition to think certain patterns of thought and, therefore, engage in certain patterns of behavior.” Personality theory is a branch of psychology that studies individual differences between people, the set of characteristics […]

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