Don't confuse acceptance with being a naïve or weak person. Acceptance does not mean condoning negative behavior, staying in a bad situation, or not working to improve our life and the world.

Inspirational Psychology brings peace and choice to life even in the most difficult of situations.

What if happiness is in fact more about remembering who we are, rather than attempting to change anything or anyone at all?

You can learn from your health challenge what is most important and become a better human being.

Resistance is a result of our mind being attached to having things a certain way rather than the way they actually are. It is a mental habit of the ego that we need to become aware of in order to see the consequences. Only then can we see into our thought system and realize that nothing could be more of a waste of time than to resist and complain about what already is.

How important is it really that you feel satisfied right now for 2 minutes, compared to getting yourself free from addiction forever?

When we combine acceptance with self-responsibility we can then see that whenever we are in a painful or disturbing situation we have two choices: We can work compassionately to bring something positive to the situation or leave. However, the key is the mental stance that we make the choice from, and thus the first step is always accepting the moment without resistance.