My boss makes me come in early and stay late. She only gives me 20 minutes to eat lunch and no breaks at all. She frowns heavily when I make personal calls during work, and heaven forbid she catches me on Facebook! She makes me run all of the company errands and sometimes I even [...]

Welcome to the third episode of my new YouTube series, Ask Erin Pavlina. Each week I’m posting a new video that answers a question submitted by one of my readers. Please share with your friends who you think might be interested in this topic. Feel free to submit a question of your own. Subscribe to [...]

People often refer to me as a guru. I know that in some cultures a guru is simply a teacher, and that’s lovely. But often a guru refers to someone who desires disciples, followers, fans, or sycophants, and that is definitely not me. I much prefer to be referred to as a teacher. There is [...]

Welcome to the second episode of my new YouTube series, Ask Erin Pavlina. Each week I’m posting a new video that answers a question submitted by one of my readers. Please share with your friends who you think might be interested in this topic. Feel free to submit a question of your own. Subscribe to [...]

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I wanted to share my own dream for our world. My dream is simple. I have a dream that one day the people of the world will put a greater value on love and peace than on violence. I have a dream that one day conflict resolution [...]

Welcome to the very first episode of my new YouTube series, Ask Erin Pavlina. Each week I’ll post a new video that answers a question submitted by one of my readers. Please share with your friends who you think might be interested in this topic. And feel free to submit a question of your own. [...]

January is often touted as the “New Year, New You” month where personal development experts (and gyms) get us to commit to new habits to make our lives (and bodies) better. And we do it. More people join gyms in January than any other month of the year. And sales of personal development books, products, [...]

I decided to reopen the Ask Erin submission form, which I closed previously because I had more than 400 questions in the kitty. Instead of answering the questions in a blog article, I’m going to launch a YouTube series where I answer the questions on video. I believe (and hope) this will be faster and [...]

It’s the new year and resolutions are flying around like bees at a picnic. “This year I’m going to lose 20 pounds.” “This year I’m going to hit the gym every day.” “This year I’m going to take off every weekend and spend it with family.” “This year I’m going to stop watching television.” You [...]