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Fear
Fear Is Only As Deep As the Mind Allows

Gordana Biernat on December 7, 2020

We live in times when it has become audacious to say that life is beautiful and that there is nothing to fear. Choosing to stay open, vulnerable, and generous is an act of courage.

We live in times when it has become audacious to say that life is beautiful and that there is nothing to fear. Choosing to stay open, vulnerable, and generous is an act of courage.

Fear
How to Stop Living in Fear

Gordana Biernat on May 20, 2020

There are two kinds of fear: acute, life-saving direct fear, and slowly sneaking indirect fear.

There are two kinds of fear: acute, life-saving direct fear, and slowly sneaking indirect fear.

Stress
Thought Seeds—Why Every Thought Matters

Gordana Biernat on January 28, 2019

We let others tell us what to worry about, be afraid of, feel lack from, cry over, and stress about. We allow negative sources from the outside to define our inner world.

We let others tell us what to worry about, be afraid of, feel lack from, cry over, and stress about. We allow negative sources from the outside to define our inner world.

Guilt
See the Pattern, Get the Message, Make the Change

Gordana Biernat on August 28, 2018

We all have recurring problems, situations and obstacles in our lives. How you choose to handle a negatively charged situation can tell you a great deal about yourself.

We all have recurring problems, situations and obstacles in our lives. How you choose to handle a negatively charged situation can tell you a great deal about yourself.

Dreaming
Heaven or Hell? Your Choice

Gordana Biernat on July 15, 2018

‘Heaven’ and ‘hell’ are states of awareness in the NOW, not ‘places’ we find ourselves in after we die. It is a matter of conscious choice of thoughts, emotions and beliefs, NOW.

‘Heaven’ and ‘hell’ are states of awareness in the NOW, not ‘places’ we find ourselves in after we die. It is a matter of conscious choice of thoughts, emotions and beliefs, NOW.

Attention
Pay Attention to Your Thoughts

Gordana Biernat on March 20, 2018

Your thoughts are important because you are interacting with a conscious Universe, which not only ‘hears’ what you say but more importantly knows what you feel and believe.

Your thoughts are important because you are interacting with a conscious Universe, which not only ‘hears’ what you say but more importantly knows what you feel and believe.

Self-Help
Reality Has No Meaning Without You

Gordana Biernat on November 12, 2017

It seems that, at least in the academic realm, the "objective" reality does not have to "prove" anything. It simply is. Accepted as it is—as The Truth.

It seems that, at least in the academic realm, the "objective" reality does not have to "prove" anything. It simply is. Accepted as it is—as The Truth.

Fear
Change Is Your Natural State of Being

Gordana Biernat on July 21, 2017

There is a difference between making change and allowing change. Humans are habitual beings who do not like to feel forced into new patterns and behaviors.

There is a difference between making change and allowing change. Humans are habitual beings who do not like to feel forced into new patterns and behaviors.