How To Shape A Diamond

Turn Emotional Pain To Your Advantage

Pain hurts! It also teaches us valuable lessons, if we're prepared to learn. Pain is necessary when it comes to creating your own future happiness

Can Happiness Be Planned?

We’re all searching for happiness. But why are we continually searching? Is it even possible to ever find it? If you make a conscious plan to be happy, will you succeed?

Why Low Self-Esteem Makes You Unhappy

The How To Shape A Diamond "Little Gems" Podcast series. Today It's all about low self-esteem, and why having it can make you so miserable! The way people treat us is entirely a reflection of how we see ourselves. When we dislike ourselves, we tend to dislike the world and everyone in it as well. But when we love who we are, the rest of the world seems fantastic.

How To Stop Comparing Yourself To Others

If you’re lacking contentment, it could be because you’re comparing yourself to others. You’ve been on Facebook and seen the pictures of others living their seemingly exciting lives. It only takes a moment to find yourself wishing you had someone else’s career, body, house, or vacation.

Letting Go Of The Past For A Brighter Future

How do we make peace with all the bad things that have happened in the past? The secret is to accept that it happened. Don’t deny it or try to forget it. Everything that has happened in the past, good or bad, is part of what makes you and your overall character.