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Don’t Worry Be Happy

by Chris Cade   Easier said than done, right? Well a while back week on Facebook, I saw a really interesting picture titled "Don't Worry, Be Happy." It got me to wondering: Could it really be that simple to stop worrying? Just look at a picture and make worries go away? Probably not that simple. However, the premise was solid. I knew this to be true for me because it was a visual representation of a technique I've used for years to minimize worrying. After you've looked at it, I'd like to briefly expand on the real essence of what it's saying... ................ ............. .......... ........ ..... .. . Okay, now that you've seen the picture let's explore a little bit further. :) At its essence, the picture is showing us that worry doesn't actually help us. It suggests that there's absolutely no situation in life that is improved simply by worrying. If you really reflect on this, I think you'll find it to be true in your own life. I know I have in mine. Still, when life is really difficult it can feel almost impossible not to worry. In fact, I worry every day and it's not even…

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August 13, 2014
Articles / Choices / Empowerment

What if You Stopped Being Yourself – Chris Cade

When I think of experiences that provide me the most inner growth, I notice they all have a common thread: Whatever is going on is not representative of what I consider to be my “normal” everyday experience.

In the case of the last 6 months, trauma is definitely not a part of my historical everyday experience. Most of my life has been fairly enjoyable, peaceful, and lacking of major conflict. Sure I’ve had my challenges, but nothing that was truly horrifying (until last year).

And while I don’t advocate you go out looking for trauma, my experience has shown me that embracing it and working through the trauma has given me riches of personal growth beyond my imagination.

It was a step FAR beyond my normal experience, and the trauma challenged me every single day to live what I know to be true. It also challenged me to decide whether or not I’d continue to identify with who I was, or if I’d step up to the unbelievable challenge and become more of the incredible person that I am discovering and know myself to be.

Now, if you don’t want to be traumatized to step out of your “normal” experience, there are other ways. 🙂

Here’s a true story to illustrate… (more…)

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August 9, 2014
Abundance / Articles

Self Empowerment Guidebook

To help you realize your greatest potential, several of today's up and coming personal development leaders have shared their wisdom in a power-packed transformational ebook. It's called The Self Empowerment Guidebook. Each expert explores self empowerment from a different perspective, ultimately giving you a well-rounded and highly effective approach on what it takes for you to empower yourself and live a life of joy and success. You can grab your copy for free right now by clicking here. My friend, Chris Cade, has lovingly put this ebook together and is charging absolutely nothing for it. I've know Chris for a while now and one of his best qualities that I've discovered is his devotion to people like you and me. He wants you to succeed. He wants you to be happy. He wants you to be prosperous. And his latest ebook is just one way that he can help you achieve these things. Click on the link below to go to his website and follow the instructions to download The Self Empowerment Guidebook Wishing you much abundance,

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August 5, 2014
Articles / Believing / Emotions

Why Your AHA Moments Don’t Stick – Chris Cade

by Chris Cade You've most certainly seen this in your life, and possible the lives of those you know about. It's happened to me. The story starts out the same. You have one of those "amazingly super-duper spiritually enlightening aha moment experiences." You may have walked around for a few hours or even days without an ego... It was mind-blowing to feel empty and spacious yet full... For a night, it was inspiring to have the courage of a lion... And for a moment, your consciousness expanded exponentially when you saw the entire Universe in a grain of sand. But then something else happened. It wore off. The realization didn't stick, and you realize something more immediate: you're "just" you. Whoever you were before that incredible experience has returned to the present moment.   You hoped that the experience would transform your life forever. You hoped that if you had enough of those experiences, if you sought and found them, if you cherished them, they'd add up to enough realizations that you'd get to keep them all forever. The thing is, transformation doesn't work that way. Realization is one thing. It's the starting point. Realizations like those open us up…

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May 8, 2012
Articles / Choices / Emotions / Positive Thoughts

She Gave Me the Finger, I Gave Her My Heart – Chris Cade

Though that may sound like like the name of a really bad country song, I assure you I haven't switched vocations to become a musician. :) See, the other day I was taking my son to preschool and I had an "interaction" with a driver. There is a highway interchange that was designed very poorly and has great potential for accidents. All the people in the left lane have to get over to the right lane (which turns very quickly), and all the people coming from the right lane (which is a curve) have to get over into the left lane. To compound the issue, those going from right to left have a metering light that brings traffic to a stop. During rush hour, it's a dangerous intersection. I was in the left lane, another woman in the right. I kindly slowed so that she'd be able to get into the lane in front of me. Then I'd be able to switch to the right. Unfortunately, she decided to also slow at the same time. We both came to an almost complete stop in the middle of traffic because within the 1 second we saw each other, we couldn't agree on…

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May 6, 2012
Articles / Choices / Emotions

Stop Feeling the Way You Know You Shouldn’t – Chris Cade

A while back I shared with you my thoughts about "The LIE About Positive Thinking."  Today, I'd like to expand on that topic in a different way. Specifically, the question is: Is it okay to have our thoughts? On the surface, it seems obvious. Of course it's fine to have our thoughts! But what if they're judgmental? Or so anti-Law Of Attraction that they're negative or hurtful? Shameful? Is it okay to have those thoughts too? I recall years ago that whenever I wanted to feel a specific kind of emotion, I'd change my music to something that mirrored what I wanted. If I wanted to feel energized, I put on Dream Theater, Van Halen, Metallica, or Robert Miles. If I wanted to feel mellow, I put on some Diana Krall, Enigma, or Enya. For whatever mood I wanted, I put in the music that would take me there. It wasn't until I ventured further down my spiritual path that I realized how detrimental that was to myself. I thought I was doing myself a favor by "picking myself up" naturally. Sort of like when you have a bad day, and a friend comes over and says, "Hey, let's go…

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May 3, 2012
Articles / Choices / Emotions

What it Means to “Hold On” to Your Pain – Chris caade

by Chris Cade Recently I shared with you a bit about happiness, and my friend Arina's explorations into the topic. While it's important to find ways to cultivate happiness, there's also a silent (or sometimes not-so-silent) killer of happiness: our pain. Many people hold onto their pain like a kind of "badge of honor." In fact, most of us have some aspect of our history, something painful or difficult, that we have a silent sense of pride about... as though when we tell the story, we know people will empathize with us. We'll be seen. We'll be comforted. In fact, we might even mistake the support we receive for a distorted illusion of happiness. Since that kind of connection between people feels supportive, we hold onto the story of our pain. We can tell the story again sometime (even if it's just to ourselves). The interesting thing about "holding onto our pain" is that it actually takes us away from happiness, authentic communication, and it prevents us from living our lives fully. When we "hold onto" our pain, when we bring our past difficult stories with us, what we're really saying is: "I don't want to be here, right now,…

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April 22, 2012
Articles / Believing / Choices / Emotions

Let Me Tell You About “God” – by Chris Cade

by Chris Cade Just saying the word "God" sends some people into a rage and others into profound peace. It causes wars and creates divine unions. People blame God for the bad in their lives while praising God for the gifts. I find it amazing how one word can have such different meanings to so many people. There are as many meanings for the word "God" as there are people on the planet. To some, God is personified - an all-knowing sentient being who consciously and intentionally creates situations (whether it's pleasure or suffering, peace or war, cancer or miracle healings). To others, God is an omnipresent field of organizing energy which has no conscious awareness, yet all consciousness arises from. And others don't even acknowledge the concept of "God" in any form. Regardless of what you may believe about God... Regardless of what you may have discovered to be personally true about God... I think it's important to really acknowledge that God means different things to different people. The thing is, what I'm writing isn't really about God. It's about you and every experience you've ever had, are having, and will have. Because each and every one of them,…

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April 19, 2012
Articles / Choices / Emotions / Law of Attraction / self-esteem

The Difference Between Your Ego and Your Inner Critic – Chris Cade

One of my Liberate Your Life program participants emailed me this week and asked that very question. It's an interesting one, and I thought I'd share with you how I answer it within the body of my work. Although other peoples' work may define these things differently, this is what works for me and for the people I work with. Think of the Ego as your identity. It's who you take yourself to be. Maybe that's a man or woman, mother or father, daughter or son. Maybe it's an employee, a manager, a friend, and so on and so forth. You could sum up "Ego" as the who and what of your thoughts about yourself. Think of the "Inner Critic" as the judgmental critical voice that has opinions *about* your Ego. For example, the Inner Critic might look at the list I just wrote and expand it like this: "Insensitive man, ugly woman, unavailable mother, inconsistent father, distant daughter, burdensome son, incompetent employee, overbearing manager, callous friend" and so on and so forth. You could sum up "Inner Critic" as your opinions about yourself. I'm aware that some people teach the ego to be "bad" or something to "rid" ourselves…

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April 18, 2012
Articles / Believing / Choices / Dreams / Emotions

The Gift You Give Yourself by Teaching Others – Chris Cade

by Chris Cade "We teach that which we most need to learn." ~ David Bach Some version of that quote has been used by leaders for as long as I can remember, and for good reason. While it's wonderful when we learn something new, the best way to integrate new knowledge and make it stick in our lives is to teach it. This is because teaching challenges us to really understand what we're learning. It challenges us to understand it with such clarity that we can effectively communicate it to others. Teaching also exposes us to feedback from others, and that feedback is helpful (and sometimes even necessary) for us to understand something deeply enough to integrate it into our lives. Those are just a few of the benefits you get by teaching something. Studies have shown that when you are first learning something, that if you teach it to somebody shortly thereafter, you'll remember what you learn more effectively and understand it more thoroughly. In fact, some teaching methods ~ ironically ~ require students to immediately turn around and teach others what they learn. The beauty of this approach is that it doesn't only deepen learning; it also creates…

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April 17, 2012