In Pursuit of Fulfillment

By Angela Atkinson “Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.” ~Ronald Reagan Earlier this year, I was working on a series of interviews of political candidates for a local news source. The first interview I conducted was with a candidate who called himself a Reagan conservative republican. I’m not [...]

By Angela Atkinson Happy Thanksgiving! If you’re reading this post on Thanksgiving Day, you might have guessed that I’m not posting live. In fact, I’m most likely hanging out with one side of my extended family, catching up on all of their lives, marveling at how much the kids have grown–and eating more than I [...]

By Leo Babauta. (Follow me on Twitter.) The holidays are a time of celebration for many — good food, lots of parties, gift-giving, family and friends — but they can also be a time of mass consumption and hyper-consumerism. I think with all the stresses of this season, and the expectations of our society, we [...]

By Lauren Nagel, Owning Pink I’ve always been a please and thank you kinda gal. I’ll interrupt the dinner conversation to genuinely thank the busser for refilling my water glass, and make eye contact when expressing gratitude that a stranger held the elevator for me. But I’ve never been one to truly examine what I’m [...]

By Angela Atkinson “Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate or value into your life.” ~ Christiane Northrup Welcome to Attitude of Gratitude Week, a special Thanksgiving-themed week at In Pursuit of Fulfillment. As Thanksgiving week kicks off, many people are focusing [...]

By Janet J. Eisenbise Do you suppose that my gratitude has anything to do with my state of well-being?  Could your expression of gratitude increase your level of health and wealth? You might be surprised to discover that it does. You can try an experiment and discover for yourself what the effect is.  When someone [...]

By Angela Atkinson Yesterday, we identified the victim mentality and discussed the reasons that some people choose to embrace it. We also briefly touched on the negative side effects of playing the victim. Being a victim undermines your ability to make any change in your circumstances–it paralyzes you and makes you unable to take action [...]