by Gemma Stone | Jan 21, 2015 | writing
Think for yourself. I don’t want you to believe what I believe, I want you to explore what you believe. Learn how to listen to the opinions of others, seek to understand the world, think for yourself, be respectful if others don’t agree with you, change your mind, and...
by Gemma Stone | Jan 19, 2015 | writing
I know you have a secret dream, a longing, an aching. Something pulls at you, something brighter, bolder, more precious, more real, much more … you. That something is the life you love. I call it your great life. Great lives are not super lives; they are truthful...
by Gemma Stone | Jan 19, 2015 | writing
We are wired to seek pleasure. We are wired to avoid pain. Everything we are and everything we do is based on these two principles — the decisions we make, the thoughts we think, the actions we take. Freud, one of my fathers, said we may lay it down that...
by Gemma Stone | Jan 19, 2015 | writing
I wrote a book to remind you that your one wild and precious life is worth living fully and truly. This book couldn’t have been born without a strong ritual to give it life. At the Great Life Redesign retreat, we create rituals to support us in living the lives we...
by Gemma Stone | Jan 18, 2015 | writing
Self-judgment and self-approval are two sides of the same coin. Ego is constantly flipping the coin. Ego approves of bits and pieces of ourselves – I love my eyes. But it judges some parts unworthy of love – I should really do something about my thighs....
by Gemma Stone | Jan 17, 2015 | writing
Pain is inevitable. In the past, I constructed my life to avoid pain at all costs. Through distraction, chronic busyness, and various types of numbing I managed to successfully navigate away from pain, but in the process I ended up avoiding life. I would try to...
