Welcome to the Playlist Lounge

Instead of sifting through 5,897,358  (or you know, however many we actually have) blog posts, browse by playlist! A carefully selected set of posts to excite your mood. So what are you waiting for? Pick one already! 😉

… or view snapshots of all playlists here

The Dangers of Comparing Yourself to Others

Comparing yourself to others is a reliable way to reduce your confidence, motivation, and self-esteem. It must be natural to make these types of comparisons, because nearly everyone does it. However, that doesn’t mean it’s a good move. If you want to become the best...

12 Strategies to Help You Say Goodbye to All-or-Nothing Thinking

If you’re feeling depressed or anxious, it may be a matter of how you look at the world. All-or-nothing thinking can make you feel like a victim of circumstances and cause emotional swings.One day you think your marriage was made in heaven. The next you want to call a...

A calm soul makes trying times conquerable.

Difficulties give me an opportunity to exercise my focus and determination. During trying times I concentrate on maintaining a calm soul. This approach helps me to conquer the challenges that face me. I avoid being reactive to difficult situations that catch me...

16 Empowering Beliefs to Live By Today

Your experiences are shaped by your thinking. Even obstacles have a value when you can see it. You can develop convictions that will help you to feel happier and achieve more, regardless of the situation. Consider these empowering beliefs that you can start using...

Who Else Wants to Break the Snooze Button Habit?

The snooze button may seem like your friend, but your relationship is probably toxic. Your alarm clock could be interfering with the quality and quantity of your sleep.What happens to your brain when you keep hitting the snooze button each morning? You experience...

12 Surprising Reasons Why You Overeat

Overeating can have many causes, but they all produce the same result. You gain weight and feel like you’re out of control. While you may be blaming yourself for lacking willpower or not trying hard enough, there could be something else at work. The real reasons why...

Work Smarter, Not Harder: 5 Ways to Avoid Micromanaging

Are you guilty of micromanaging? The reality is that micromanagement is extremely difficult for most people to steer clear of. There’s usually something innate that tells you the only way something can get done correctly is if you do it yourself or closely monitor as...

Mentally Tougher than the rest

Billy Ocean sang a popular song back in the 1980’s “when the going gets tough, the tough get going”  and some of the lyrics are rather inspiring “I’m gonna get myself ‘cross the river that’s the price I’m willing to pay”.  We all know...

Girl, put that anger away… Deal with it the right way

We all get angry. Anger occurs when someone behaves in a way that violates our ‘rules’ or standards. While anger is neither good nor bad, what you choose to do with that anger can make a huge difference in your life.Anger can be a trigger to motivate you to resolve a...

Stand still and wait because God is in control

We all live crazy lives, we all want more and yet we all have those days where we just want to throw in the towel and give up.  We have dreams, we have ambition, we want to do more for other, ours kids and ourselves and yet we can’t ever seem to reach that point where...
Finding Peace in a Troubled World

Finding Peace in a Troubled World

Do you ever experience fear due to the numerous upheavals occurring all around us? In a world fraught with uncertainty and fear, it’s easy to become overwhelmed by the barrage of troubling events and circumstances. From natural disasters to global conflicts,...

Confidence to Face the Unknown

Confidence to Face the Unknown

Life is a journey filled with twists and turns, surprises, and uncertainties. Sometimes, it feels like we’re walking through a thick fog, unable to see what lies ahead. In these moments of doubt and fear, it’s natural to feel hesitant and unsure of which...

Into Me See

Into Me See

Friendships are a source of both joy and heartache. Women have a greater need for friendships than men do. Our friendships run deeper. Men like to “do things” with friends. Women want to “know things” about each other. We like to do things together too, like shopping,...

The Karma of Christians

The Karma of Christians

Christians don’t believe in Karma but they do know that the thinking behind Karma does work.  For Christians and get the “whats goes around comes around” or the “do it and it will come back to you or them” is answered in a single and very well-known piece of...

Stand still and wait because God is in control

Stand still and wait because God is in control

We all live crazy lives, we all want more and yet we all have those days where we just want to throw in the towel and give up.  We have dreams, we have ambition, we want to do more for other, ours kids and ourselves and yet we can’t ever seem to reach that point where...

Prayer, the Road to Success

Prayer, the Road to Success

Perhaps the most powerful tool any successful person has is the same tool each and every one of us has but so many of us prefer not to use it. That tool is prayer and that prayer has many facets and each is as important as the next. The first thing about prayer is...

Lord give me strength

Lord give me strength

How many times have you cried “Lord give me strength”  when things are just too much? When we need God most is when we cry out for him, when things get too much is when we pray when in actual fact He is there and has been there all the time. It must hurt God so much...

Hearing voices is not a bad thing

Hearing voices is not a bad thing

Do you remember Haley Joel Osment saying ‘I see dead people” to Bruce Willis in The Sixth Sense?  The movie was a huge hit and produced one of the best known lines in cinema history.  But what Cole Sear see’s in the story perhaps is not so far from the truth...

Do you want to live a more fulfilling and rewarding life?

Do you want to live a more fulfilling and rewarding life?

Many people want more out of life, not just thrills and money but something more rewarding, something more profound that is found deep inside and something that is intimate and strangely invigorating.  Having a relationship with God, really wanting Him to squeeze out...

Work Smarter, Not Harder: 5 Ways to Avoid Micromanaging

Work Smarter, Not Harder: 5 Ways to Avoid Micromanaging

Are you guilty of micromanaging? The reality is that micromanagement is extremely difficult for most people to steer clear of. There’s usually something innate that tells you the only way something can get done correctly is if you do it yourself or closely monitor as...