My Reality Project Blog

Imagine you are in the wicker basket of a hot air balloon and the colorful envelope is filled and floating above you.

We all spin stories about our lives. We pick a narrative and run with it. Stories help us make sense of our lives and give them meaning.

‘Tis the time of year to make those new year’s resolutions!

Each day we wake up we have a choice. We can choose to judge and complain about all the things that aren’t going our way or we can choose to see the grace and goodness in each person and in every situation we encounter.

Did you know that reading can improve your mental health? In a world of sound bites and short attention spans, the act of reading allows us to focus our minds for sustained periods of time.

Have you ever realized that you were dreaming while you were still dreaming? If so, you had a lucid dream.

The single most important thing you do every day is to breathe, but have you ever stopped to think about the quality of your breath?

What are you grateful for today? Is it easy for you to see the gifts in your life? Or do you focus on distractions, the things that aren’t going your way?

Adaptations enable us to survive and right now we are in survival mode.

If I asked each of you to name the thing you want most in life, your answers would surely vary, but the underlying desire in each answer would be the same.

There is a moment, right before you speak, in which you hold the power to choose your words. This moment is fleeting and, since most of us aren’t aware of its existence, we don’t take advantage of its potential.

Lately, mindfulness seems to be mentioned everywhere. It’s the new buzz word in pop culture.

In December I entered the third year of my sixth decade, hence the Heather 6.3, which means I turned 52.

I feel incredibly fortunate to have had a woman like my Aunt Lucille in my life. Her most endearing quality was her uncanny ability to make every person she met feel like a long lost friend.

What are you grateful for today? Is it easy for you to see the gifts in your life? Or do you focus on all the things that aren’t going your way?

Perhaps the most ubiquitous question of all time is, Who am I? If you’re human, you’ve likely pondered this question.

Whether we realize it or not, we have the power to affect things through intention.

Daily we interact with others in the outer world, yet we process these interactions inside our minds, the inner world.

Think back on the last time you were frustrated.

These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its ongoing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.