Author: Georgi Rausch, PhD

Sometimes, when people ask me about two jobs – Which should I take? I ask, “What decision feels most like love?” I remember asking my friend Nick this question, and he almost did a full eye roll at me, and then he smiled when he found the answer in his mind. What would love do?…

Do you ever wish that you could go back in the past and do something different and say something different and be a different version of you? You can’t. And all that mental energy you are expending trying to wish the past were different will drain the life right out of you. Did you lose?…

Right above the put-in for our tubing stretch, there was a waterfall. Signs everywhere said, “Danger: Do not float over the waterfall.” But of course, people did. My group of friends stood there and watched as bright plastic tubes and their passengers approached the waterfall. Do they have any idea how steep that is? We…

A few years ago, I started a novel and then stalled on it. It caused me a lot of stress, because writing a novel had been a dream of mine for a long time. Then, after a life coach training with Brooke Castillo, I changed my thoughts and feelings about my novel. I asked myself,…

My favorite ridiculous thing is when people say, “No one is judging you.” Ha! Yeah right! People are constantly judging you. I’ve been teaching public speaking for over a decade. I’ve taught over a thousand people. I would never tell a student that no one was judging them. People are constantly judging you. Always. And…

At the end of his yoga classes, one of my teachers, James, reads the quote above from the Desiderata. So much wisdom from the yogis in my life! I am loving it. Hey, you! Do you have a wholesome discipline? Are you gentle with yourself and others? What happens to you when your motivation falters? In…

There are several opinions in this post that you might not expect. I’m not going to say that I’m so sad my dad is dead and I really wish he was still here. My father died. You don’t have to console me. It’s ok. Having a dead dad doesn’t have to be sad, a shame,…

One of my graduate students told this story: “The thing is, I am fine speaking in front of a small group of people, but then… there’s this breaking point. At a certain number of people, I just freeze and can’t do it. I want to know how to get over that.” I replied, “Great!!! The…

A reporter once snuck into an event with former president George W. Bush. He waited in line to shake his hand, and then, when he got a chance, he said to W, “I don’t really like what you’re doing and you should be ashamed of yourself.” George W. Bush smiled at him and said, “I…

Recently, a student gave me a thank you note. In it, he thanked me for several things I did for him. I forgot I did those things. Reading the note, I thought, Oh, wow, he’s talking about me. I totally forgot those nice things I did. I forget that I do so many things right.…