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Tag Archives: emotional bond
Feel it
There is my digestive acids swirling around to break down the food I ate a couple hours ago. There is the dry taste in my mouth trying to warn me that water needs to be close by. There is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Carlstead, emotional bond, emotional clarity, emotional development, emotional health, family of the year, hero, Kevin, kevin carlstead, mental clarity, mental development, mental health, mental health awareness, self-awareness, self-esteem, self-worth, selfhelp
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Daughter
I choose to be genuinely interested in who you are. I choose to help you explore yourself, others and this life. I choose to help you see the whole picture. I choose to help you see what it takes to … Continue reading
It’s Hard to be Here
I am in a classroom with ten other students. The subject is economics and the topic of game theory is incredibly intriguing to me. My mind is overwhelmed with questions. As I look around at all of my peers, I … Continue reading
Walking Contradiction
Here are my thoughts on what I would say to an employee of mine who works at our hotel’s front desk alone and needs me to cover the desk while she uses the restroom: “Even if I am right around the … Continue reading
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Tagged didn't he ramble, emotional bond, emotional clarity, emotional development, emotional health, glen hansard, internal, internal development, kevin carlstead, lowly deserter, mental clarity, mental development, mental health, mental health awareness, needs vs wants, self-awareness, self-esteem, self-worth, selfhelp
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Reality – Where is it? If we can’t see it, what are we focusing on?
Every action is a hypothesis. The first attempt is an adventure. The rest are varying perspectives within the journey. I am open, vulnerable, and learning at each undivided, focused step. The ever-growing skill, mastery, and care of this action is … Continue reading
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Tagged amos lee, competition is an illusion, emotional bond, emotional clarity, emotional development, emotional health, failure is an illusion, kevin carlstead, mental clarity, mental development, mental health, mental health awareness, self-esteem, self-worth, success is an illusion, supply and demand, supply&demand
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Why don’t you be you? And, I’ll be me.
I think choice is the most important tool we have as human beings. Unfortunately, there is a caveat. With the freedom and space inside our mind to make a choice, it can either be done impulsively or consciously. As a … Continue reading
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Tagged control, emotional bond, emotional clarity, emotional development, emotional health, hospitality, hotel, james bay, kevin carlstead, let it go, management, manager, mental clarity, mental development, mental health, mental health awareness, reality, self-awareness, self-esteem, self-worth, selfhelp
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Are You Feeling Small?
Interview skills. Fashion. Big words. Excuses. Resumes. Being politically correct. The man-made mirage of our forced image covers ourselves and confuses our trust when observing reality. What is real? Are you lying? Nature doesn’t lie. Why do we? Ego. Every … Continue reading
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Tagged confused, ego, emotional bond, emotional clarity, emotional development, emotional health, feeling the pull, fulfillment, glen hansard, Image, kevin carlstead, life, life is big, Love, marketa irglova, Meaning, mental clarity, mental development, mental health, mental health awareness, mirage, nature, the swell season, Trust, we are small
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My Friends Are So Depressed
I want to have children of my own so that I can teach a human being how to learn from the day they open their eyes. My son or daughter will be whomever they choose. I will only help them … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, bond, choice, Choice-Based Life, Choice-Based Relationships, connection, emotional bond, emotional clarity, emotional development, experience, family, kevin carlstead, learn, Love, marriage, mental clarity, mental development, mental health, mental health awareness, my friends, purpose, reality, red hot chili peppers, reflect, reflection, self-worth, understand
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Prefer a Choice? Or, Being Forced?
Forcing myself to go somewhere, do something, or think a certain way because “I should” leaves me in a place without a substantial direction. Forcing my actions and thoughts…forcing others…forcing the life around me…yea…IF the stars align, then it is … Continue reading
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Tagged choice, control, desire, didn't he ramble, emotional bond, emotional clarity, emotional development, focus, force, fulfilment, glen hansard, grow, growing, growth, her mercy, ideal, kevin carlstead, learning, Love, Meaning, mental clarity, mental development, mental health, mental health awareness, overwhelming, passion, reflection, self-worth, student, student of life, warm
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