• A Stressed Out Baboon

    May 3, 2014 - By 

    We all complain about stress, but what is it really. National Geographic did a wonderful report on what stress is by not only looking at humans and our environment, but also through baboons and science. In watching specific tribes of baboons who ate the same food, lived in the same…

  • Fear

    April 19, 2014 - By 

    I like to think I am fearless, and in many ways I am. But in some ways I am not. One of the most noticeable ways is in regards to my business. I fear not having enough income to pay my bills. I fear I will not be able to…

  • It's My Life Inc.

    10 Truths That Will Change Your Life

    March 13, 2014 - By 

    10 Truths That Will Change Your Life (via inspiremetoday.com) 1. If this were your last day, what would you want to be experiencing? How often do we spend our days recounting our hurts, how we were wronged, what we don’t have, what is stressing us, and how we were disappointed?…

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    At One

    January 25, 2014 - By 

    There have been many times in my life, and still some today, when I fight reality.  I want a different outcome.  I desire for things to be different than they are.  I pray for divine intervention to change the facts.  What usually occurs are that the facts remain and all…

  • Melissa Heisler

    It’s An Inside Job

    November 5, 2013 - By 

    “You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.  That is something you have charge of.” – Jim Rohn.  I love irony.  Last month I was interviewed on the On Purpose radio show.  My segment was called, “Take Back Your Life: From Burnout to…

  • Melissa Heisler

    Surrender versus Outcome

    October 8, 2013 - By 

    In May I posted about The Power of Surrender.  At the time I was learning how surrendering means focusing one’s energy on their mission and passion instead of on tasks and to-do’s.  Surrender is also focusing on one’s heartfelt desires but not being caught up in what it will look…

  • Fire Band

    In Times of Trouble

    July 23, 2013 - By 

    Harry Lime from The Third Man: Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love – they had 500 years of democracy and peace,…

  • Melissa Heisler, Stress Reduction Expert

    Eye of the Storm

    June 25, 2013 - By 

    As a recovering Type-A, it is unfortunately easy for me to give 110% to a project I believe in.  Which is fine when it is short term, but lately I have become involved in a project which has given me the opportunity to work ten hour days, seven days a…