I wanted to talk more about this “making things into problems” thing--specifically, where it comes from, and what we’re doing when we make things into problems. And, I wanted to talk about how to accept your life in a way that's deeply real and pragmatic.

Stop-doing lists? Love ‘em. Like reverse psychology, they get me off the treadmill of do, do, do--add add add--and into the space of letting go. So put this on the stop-doing list: Stop making things into “problems.

I've written about Carl Rogers before, but today, I had to share this quote on relationships. Not just your relationships with others, but you also have to take a look at your relationship with yourself.

I wrote about how the most courageous choice you can make is to trust in your own inherent goodness. We work on this by un-peeling into deeper and deeper layers of acceptance of ourselves. That’s the playground of acceptance.