Webinar: Habits & Expectations – Fantasy vs What Is

In this webinar, I talk about habits, expectations, fantasy and reality. I’ve broken this webinar recording into two parts: Part I – My Talk: Expectations and reality (See notes) Part II – Questions & Answers: I answered some really great questions from some amazing people, please watch! Part I: Leo’s Talk (with notes) I was […]

1. Video Lesson: Joyful discipline

Welcome to Lesson 6 of the Expectation of Ourselves Challenge! In this lesson, we talk about habits and expectations: Reflect on previous weeks/days. Notice how it went, without judgment. Habits without expectations? Quitting if we fail in fulfilling our expectations is one way. Other way is to toss all of our expectations out and not […]

1. Video Lesson: Tossing Out Expectations

Welcome to Lesson 5 of the Expectation of Ourselves Challenge! In this lesson, we talk about tossing expectations out: Reflect on your last week before this video and share it on the community. We are moving to the next phase – tossing expectations out to the ocean. First we notice our expectation. If it’s not […]

2. Video Lesson: Should We Have Expectations

Welcome to Lesson 4 of the Expectation of Ourselves Challenge! In this lesson, we talk about should we or shouldn’t we have expectations? Having zero expectations is actually an expectation. We are noticing expectations at this point. Our expectations can hurt others sometimes. Important thing is to notice the expectation and bring awareness to them. […]

1. Video Lesson: Curiosity, Gratitude & Learning

Welcome to Lesson 3 of the Expectation of Ourselves Challenge! In this lesson, we talk about noticing expectations: Reflect on your last week. How did it go? No judgment! Just sit down and look back. In your reflection, bring curiosity. In your reflection, bring gratitude. Learning attitude, curiosity and gratitude are 3 approaching ways to […]

2. Video Lesson: Evening Reflection

Welcome to Lesson 2 of the Expectation of Ourselves Challenge! In this lesson, we talk about evening reflection: Set a reminder in the evening for your daily reflection (after work, before bed, etc.) Think of this as a reflective time, quiet practice. Sit, lie down or use a journal. Look back on your day with […]

1. Video Lesson: Practicing During the Day

Welcome to Lesson 1 of the Expectation of Ourselves Challenge! In this lesson, we talk about how to practice during the day: Have a piece of paper, sticky note, card board or something that you can write on. Have one or two of those around where you will be reminded of it (next to your […]

Overview: Expectations of Ourselves

In this overview, we talk about letting go of expectations of ourselves. It is inevitable that at, some point, expectations we set for ourselves will be stopped. We are looking for a balance between disappointing ourselves and sticking with the plan. Joyful discipline – discipline of action. Expectations can be harmful. Daily evening reflections. Reflect […]