Doug J Moore, Ph.D.
@thriveandawaken.bsky.social
Doug is a psychologist, life-coach, & spiritual teacher who founded www.thriveandawaken.com
Awakening is not about becoming something new. It is a continual returning to what has always been here beneath the noise, the striving, and the stories. As a new year approaches, let returning be your intention. Returning to presence. Returning to what feels true. Returning home to yourself.
December 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Awakening is not about becoming something new. It is a continual returning to what has always been here beneath the noise, the striving, and the stories. As a new year approaches, let returning be your intention. Returning to presence. Returning to what feels true. Returning home to yourself.
Peace is not something you achieve by fixing the world or yourself. It reveals itself when you pause long enough to feel awe, allow joy, and soften into love. During this season, notice the small moments that open your heart. Peace lives there, quietly waiting for your attention.
December 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Peace is not something you achieve by fixing the world or yourself. It reveals itself when you pause long enough to feel awe, allow joy, and soften into love. During this season, notice the small moments that open your heart. Peace lives there, quietly waiting for your attention.
Every thought, emotion, & action is part of a continuous flow. Survival Mode is trying to control this movement. When you learn to navigate it, you shift into Thriving. Awaken to the truth that you are this flow, you'll begin to move with life as awareness & presence.
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December 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Every thought, emotion, & action is part of a continuous flow. Survival Mode is trying to control this movement. When you learn to navigate it, you shift into Thriving. Awaken to the truth that you are this flow, you'll begin to move with life as awareness & presence.
substack.com/@thriveandawaken
substack.com/@thriveandawaken
Contractions such as fear, anger, & anxiety are natural & healthy in situations that threaten your safety, but not healthy for everyday stressors. If you keep repeating anxiety you’ll get more anxiety. Learn from the contractions, shift into thriving and awakening. substack.com/@thriveandawaken
December 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Contractions such as fear, anger, & anxiety are natural & healthy in situations that threaten your safety, but not healthy for everyday stressors. If you keep repeating anxiety you’ll get more anxiety. Learn from the contractions, shift into thriving and awakening. substack.com/@thriveandawaken
Tip: Remember to be grateful for you! You are an amazing creation of the Universe. How awesome you are...as you are!
December 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Tip: Remember to be grateful for you! You are an amazing creation of the Universe. How awesome you are...as you are!
Change is not something to push or resist. It’s an invitation to evolve into the fuller expression of who you are. When you choose to evolve, you deepen into gratitude for yourself and for others.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Change is not something to push or resist. It’s an invitation to evolve into the fuller expression of who you are. When you choose to evolve, you deepen into gratitude for yourself and for others.
For a fuller reflection: thriveandawaken.substack.com/s/inspiration
For a fuller reflection: thriveandawaken.substack.com/s/inspiration
Of course we want to know things, it gives a feeling of comfort and safety. We seek this feeling so intensely that we make up stories and then believe what we’ve created. Awakening is embracing the mystery.
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November 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Of course we want to know things, it gives a feeling of comfort and safety. We seek this feeling so intensely that we make up stories and then believe what we’ve created. Awakening is embracing the mystery.
For a fuller reflection: thriveandawaken.substack.com/s/inspiration
For a fuller reflection: thriveandawaken.substack.com/s/inspiration
Tip: You are a connector of the Cosmos & the Earth
Yes…you are this powerful. You literally connect the Earth & the Cosmos. Getting caught in the stories of life can obscure your ability to fully experience this awesome connection.
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Yes…you are this powerful. You literally connect the Earth & the Cosmos. Getting caught in the stories of life can obscure your ability to fully experience this awesome connection.
Fuller reflection at:
thriveandawaken.substack.com/s/inspiration
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Tip: You are a connector of the Cosmos & the Earth
Yes…you are this powerful. You literally connect the Earth & the Cosmos. Getting caught in the stories of life can obscure your ability to fully experience this awesome connection.
Fuller reflection at:
thriveandawaken.substack.com/s/inspiration
Yes…you are this powerful. You literally connect the Earth & the Cosmos. Getting caught in the stories of life can obscure your ability to fully experience this awesome connection.
Fuller reflection at:
thriveandawaken.substack.com/s/inspiration
Our need for safety keeps us in a closed-minded state. We often become skeptical or resistant to what doesn't fit our beliefs. This pattern is normal but very limiting. When we embrace the unknown, we open to awe itself.
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November 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Our need for safety keeps us in a closed-minded state. We often become skeptical or resistant to what doesn't fit our beliefs. This pattern is normal but very limiting. When we embrace the unknown, we open to awe itself.
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We spend much of our lives behind a mask of acceptability, revealing only the parts of ourselves that seem safe for the moment. Are you ready to release fear and be your genuine self with everyone?
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Are you ready to shed the mask and be genuine?
We spend much of our lives behind a mask of acceptability, revealing only the parts of ourselves that seem safe for the moment.
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October 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We spend much of our lives behind a mask of acceptability, revealing only the parts of ourselves that seem safe for the moment. Are you ready to release fear and be your genuine self with everyone?
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We all get lost in the shiny objects that draw our attention. These moments can remind us to return to the part of ourselves that is aware, rather than being absorbed by what awareness notices.
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Fuller reflection:
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Pure awareness calls us...are you listening?
We all get lost in the shiny objects that draw our attention.
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October 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We all get lost in the shiny objects that draw our attention. These moments can remind us to return to the part of ourselves that is aware, rather than being absorbed by what awareness notices.
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As the ego evolves, we are calmer, more heartfelt, & clear minded. These qualities open the way to presence, flow, & compassion...features of awakening.
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Thrive and Awaken® is a learning center for self-discovery & conscious awakening.
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Thrive and Awaken® is a learning center for self-discovery & conscious awakening.
October 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
As the ego evolves, we are calmer, more heartfelt, & clear minded. These qualities open the way to presence, flow, & compassion...features of awakening.
Fuller reflection:
thriveandawaken.substack.com/s/inspiration
Thrive and Awaken® is a learning center for self-discovery & conscious awakening.
Fuller reflection:
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Thrive and Awaken® is a learning center for self-discovery & conscious awakening.
An apple isn’t red until you see it. Color and sound are experienced through you. The universe breathes life into you, and its meaning comes alive through your awareness.
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October 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
An apple isn’t red until you see it. Color and sound are experienced through you. The universe breathes life into you, and its meaning comes alive through your awareness.
Read a fuller reflection on: thriveandawaken.substack.com/p/you-are-gi... or
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We want to be aware of our normal reactivities and have compassion and acceptance of them, so we can CHOOSE to be proactive.
Thriving includes choosing from a calm/grounded sense of being with an open heart that is guided by love and a clear-mindedness reflecting deep wisdom.
Thriving includes choosing from a calm/grounded sense of being with an open heart that is guided by love and a clear-mindedness reflecting deep wisdom.
September 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We want to be aware of our normal reactivities and have compassion and acceptance of them, so we can CHOOSE to be proactive.
Thriving includes choosing from a calm/grounded sense of being with an open heart that is guided by love and a clear-mindedness reflecting deep wisdom.
Thriving includes choosing from a calm/grounded sense of being with an open heart that is guided by love and a clear-mindedness reflecting deep wisdom.
Our ego is constantly judging and being disappointed in the quality of life and hoping it will be different. This is natural but not healthy.
There are tools for this journey that help you to accept what is and be proactive from a grounded, open-hearted, and clear-minded place.
There are tools for this journey that help you to accept what is and be proactive from a grounded, open-hearted, and clear-minded place.
September 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Our ego is constantly judging and being disappointed in the quality of life and hoping it will be different. This is natural but not healthy.
There are tools for this journey that help you to accept what is and be proactive from a grounded, open-hearted, and clear-minded place.
There are tools for this journey that help you to accept what is and be proactive from a grounded, open-hearted, and clear-minded place.
To be the change, begin by consciously choosing how to think, feel, and act.
Our capacity to choose expands when we are grounded, openhearted, and calm minded.
Be the loving change you want to see in the world. Our culture depends on it, and it reflects your deepest nature.
Our capacity to choose expands when we are grounded, openhearted, and calm minded.
Be the loving change you want to see in the world. Our culture depends on it, and it reflects your deepest nature.
September 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
To be the change, begin by consciously choosing how to think, feel, and act.
Our capacity to choose expands when we are grounded, openhearted, and calm minded.
Be the loving change you want to see in the world. Our culture depends on it, and it reflects your deepest nature.
Our capacity to choose expands when we are grounded, openhearted, and calm minded.
Be the loving change you want to see in the world. Our culture depends on it, and it reflects your deepest nature.
We learn from what doesn’t work. If you fall off a bike, you learn balance. Sing out of key, you learn to train your ear.
When we allow the contractions of life, those moments that aren’t what we intended, we discover opportunities to grow our capacity.
When we allow the contractions of life, those moments that aren’t what we intended, we discover opportunities to grow our capacity.
September 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
We learn from what doesn’t work. If you fall off a bike, you learn balance. Sing out of key, you learn to train your ear.
When we allow the contractions of life, those moments that aren’t what we intended, we discover opportunities to grow our capacity.
When we allow the contractions of life, those moments that aren’t what we intended, we discover opportunities to grow our capacity.
Ever wonder where your next thought comes from? Are you curious why you get upset about something?
By exploring the mystery of your nature you become more conscious, choosing how to think, feel, and behave—the hallmark of thriving.
Enjoy being curious and proactive in choosing who you are.
By exploring the mystery of your nature you become more conscious, choosing how to think, feel, and behave—the hallmark of thriving.
Enjoy being curious and proactive in choosing who you are.
August 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Ever wonder where your next thought comes from? Are you curious why you get upset about something?
By exploring the mystery of your nature you become more conscious, choosing how to think, feel, and behave—the hallmark of thriving.
Enjoy being curious and proactive in choosing who you are.
By exploring the mystery of your nature you become more conscious, choosing how to think, feel, and behave—the hallmark of thriving.
Enjoy being curious and proactive in choosing who you are.
Oneness by definition includes everything. Oneness is everythingness.
Our ego tends to focus on the tangible objects within Oneness.
Then our consciousness expands further to see everything emerges out of the emptiness/nothingness/everything/oneness.
Our ego tends to focus on the tangible objects within Oneness.
Then our consciousness expands further to see everything emerges out of the emptiness/nothingness/everything/oneness.
August 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Oneness by definition includes everything. Oneness is everythingness.
Our ego tends to focus on the tangible objects within Oneness.
Then our consciousness expands further to see everything emerges out of the emptiness/nothingness/everything/oneness.
Our ego tends to focus on the tangible objects within Oneness.
Then our consciousness expands further to see everything emerges out of the emptiness/nothingness/everything/oneness.
Sadness is a normal & healthy part of our humanness. Many people don’t recognize that grief is a form of love.
Although sadness is a common and natural part of life, it’s an emotion most people avoid feeling deeply.
When thriving, we show up for the sadness with a loving & supportive presence.
Although sadness is a common and natural part of life, it’s an emotion most people avoid feeling deeply.
When thriving, we show up for the sadness with a loving & supportive presence.
August 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Sadness is a normal & healthy part of our humanness. Many people don’t recognize that grief is a form of love.
Although sadness is a common and natural part of life, it’s an emotion most people avoid feeling deeply.
When thriving, we show up for the sadness with a loving & supportive presence.
Although sadness is a common and natural part of life, it’s an emotion most people avoid feeling deeply.
When thriving, we show up for the sadness with a loving & supportive presence.
From Thrive and Awaken®, a learning center for personal growth & self-discovery. Doug J Moore, Ph.D., psychologist, life-coach, & spiritual teacher. thriveandawaken.com
We can become over reliant upon thinking.
Tune in to the space between the thoughts. Notice how that feels.
We can become over reliant upon thinking.
Tune in to the space between the thoughts. Notice how that feels.
August 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
From Thrive and Awaken®, a learning center for personal growth & self-discovery. Doug J Moore, Ph.D., psychologist, life-coach, & spiritual teacher. thriveandawaken.com
We can become over reliant upon thinking.
Tune in to the space between the thoughts. Notice how that feels.
We can become over reliant upon thinking.
Tune in to the space between the thoughts. Notice how that feels.
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August 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Tip: Being is just being
I'll let you be in the silence with this tip. Enjoy Being!
Tip: Being is just being
I'll let you be in the silence with this tip. Enjoy Being!
August 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is a tip from Thrive and Awaken®, a learning center for personal growth & self-discovery. Founded by Doug J Moore, Ph.D., psychologist, life-coach, & spiritual teacher. thriveandawaken.com
Tip: Being is just being
I'll let you be in the silence with this tip. Enjoy Being!
Tip: Being is just being
I'll let you be in the silence with this tip. Enjoy Being!
We have a choice about how to live. Our natural inclination is to become consumed with the ego’s life stories.
Thriving includes being aware of our limited stories & CHOOSING to become grounded, open-hearted, & clear-minded.
Live life from expanded awareness rather than a limited story.
Thriving includes being aware of our limited stories & CHOOSING to become grounded, open-hearted, & clear-minded.
Live life from expanded awareness rather than a limited story.
July 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We have a choice about how to live. Our natural inclination is to become consumed with the ego’s life stories.
Thriving includes being aware of our limited stories & CHOOSING to become grounded, open-hearted, & clear-minded.
Live life from expanded awareness rather than a limited story.
Thriving includes being aware of our limited stories & CHOOSING to become grounded, open-hearted, & clear-minded.
Live life from expanded awareness rather than a limited story.
In Survival Mode we view life as a victim & see events as happening TO us.
When thriving, our perception shifts to seeing life as happening FOR us. Thus, our biggest mistakes can be our greatest gifts.
See if you can review your “mistakes” from a different lens. What did you learn from them?
When thriving, our perception shifts to seeing life as happening FOR us. Thus, our biggest mistakes can be our greatest gifts.
See if you can review your “mistakes” from a different lens. What did you learn from them?
July 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
In Survival Mode we view life as a victim & see events as happening TO us.
When thriving, our perception shifts to seeing life as happening FOR us. Thus, our biggest mistakes can be our greatest gifts.
See if you can review your “mistakes” from a different lens. What did you learn from them?
When thriving, our perception shifts to seeing life as happening FOR us. Thus, our biggest mistakes can be our greatest gifts.
See if you can review your “mistakes” from a different lens. What did you learn from them?