Among honouring yourself and consistently stepping out of your comfort zone, one of the cornerstones of developing a high self esteem is becoming aware of your self defeating thoughts, habits, patterns, behaviours and emotions (I explain more about this in a blog I wrote several years back titled, “3 Ways to Improve Your Self Esteem and Take Back Your Power“). Not being aware of them is like being in a boat unaware that there’s a hole in it and wondering why no matter how hard you row you have to struggle to stay afloat. Read more…
I’ve had it on my heart for the last four years to produce this show called THE IKE SHOW 20__ VIDEO LAUNCH -“Get out of Your Own Way.”
The show, which was originally supposed to take place in 2012, but then was pushed back to 2013, then to 2014, then to…well, let’s just say it’s still “in the works.” Read more…
It was the last Saturday of November 2013, and I was lying in my bed on my back calling out to God for answers because it was a HORRIBLE year. Read more…
I’ve finally discovered what all this talk is of “surrendering” and “letting go” and it’s truly an amazing feeling.
I’ve been in ten months of therapy to date, and a month and a half ago, I experienced a shift. Read more…
The other day I had a quite disturbing conversation with a Christian who was saying that having self-confidence and high self-esteem was of the Devil and leads to self-destruction. Read more…
I had a profound insight the other day. Read more…
If you’ve been on the path of personal growth and/or spiritual enlightenment, one of the books that come highly recommended to read is a book by the name of “The Power of Now,” by Eckart Tolle. Read more…
Growing up an ethnically ambiguous kid and a second generation immigrant, one of my sole desires growing up was to fit and blend in with everyone else, namely because I felt I stuck out so much and always felt I was on the outside looking in.
I always observed others to take cues on what it was like to be like everyone else. I would copy their mannerisms, how they spoke, how they dressed, and sometimes, if they had a differing view than me, I would take up theirs. Read more…
Faith is described in the Bible as “the substance of hope,” and “the evidence of things not seen.”
Many people who have accomplished amazing things and overcame extreme hardships attribute it to having Faith in some Higher Power, whether it be God, the Universe, their higher self, Jesus Christ, their ancestors or whatever. Read more…
The Background:
I was a very short kid for my age. Other kids seemed to grow steadily, but I was a late-bloomer, as my parents called it. Read more…
