Ken LaDeroute

Ken LaDeroute is a certified professional mindset coach, meditation teacher, former pro musician and founder of Clarity Mind Institute. Ken helps stressed-out creative entrepreneurs overcome overthinking and reset their mindset to a calm, clear, and focused mindset so they can make better decisions, do their best work, optimize emotional management, and live a simplified life without continually running past the finish line.

184 articles published

Respect the Unconscious – Release Creativity

UncategorizedNovember 1, 2010579Views 0Likes 0Comments

We all get stuck on ideas sometimes, and since many of our jobs depend on a certain level of creative output, a creativity block is something to be dreaded. Sometimes when the conscious mind is really stuck, it's okay (and sometimes necessary) to take time off from whatever project you're working on and just go…

My Guitar

UncategorizedOctober 1, 2010624Views 0Likes 0Comments

My father worked as a butcher at the Co-op grocery store in Kapuskasing Ontario, 12 hours north of Toronto. We lived upstairs in a two-bedroom apartment above the store. When my sister and I would come home from school, we'd head straight for the butcher shop and yell, “Can we have a piece of cheese please!”…

How to Find Your Purpose

UncategorizedSeptember 29, 2010615Views 0Likes 0Comments

Mystics have told us for centuries – consciousness is all there is. At the source of thought and at the source of all matter is an ocean of pure consciousness inside each of us. Consciousness creates energy, matter, and the perspectives of space and time. Scientists tell us that matter doesn’t exist. “There is no matter as such.…

How To Thrive in a Changing World

UncategorizedSeptember 27, 2010698Views 0Likes 0Comments

The world is a rapidly changing place, and this is very much a mixed bag for most of us. The global economy and transfer of information has provided us with many amazing opportunities and yet we are still not working together to heal the damage done to the earth. Our population…

Self Awareness and Your Career

UncategorizedSeptember 21, 2010593Views 0Likes 0Comments

How does self awareness relate to your career, you ask? It is quite simple really: when you are self aware, you are able to see clearly all that is around you, including your work reality. You will be able to perform to your highest abilities, know yourself well enough to…

Will Power

UncategorizedSeptember 15, 2010583Views 0Likes 0Comments

We all have nasty little habits that we wish we could overcome, and we all have those moments where our will power is challenged. Many of us feel as though we have weak willpower, or are unable to overcome these challenges. Here are 3 surefire ways to beat the challenge of your will…

Knowing by Heart – Listen To Your Intuition

UncategorizedAugust 29, 2010561Views 0Likes 0Comments

Intuition is sometimes defined as the sense of knowing something without any empirical evidence. To some this is a divine source of knowing, while to others intuition is about listening to instinct. Or, knowing by heart. Everyone experiences flashes of their intuition from time to time – those are the “ah-ha” moments of understanding. In fact, most…

Clearing Negative Emotions

UncategorizedAugust 29, 2010592Views 0Likes 0Comments

Everyone experiences sadness, disappointment, and anger, along with other negative emotions. The trick is to acknowledge these emotions in ourselves and dismiss them. There are a number of ways that you can do this, and what works for you may vary from emotion to emotion and moment to moment. For some, talking to their fears is a good…

Dealing With Change

Master Your MindsetJuly 13, 2010668Views 0Likes 0Comments

The only constant in life is change, so it's likely that you've experienced it many times. Though we all go through periods of change, some embrace it and deal with it quite effectively, while others suffer from "transition anxiety" and find themselves completely derailed by the shifts and surprises that life dishes out, which…

Boosting Your Wealth

Master Your MindsetJuly 12, 2010759Views 0Likes 0Comments

Some might think it unfathomable to be considering ways to become wealthy in the midst of a recession, but there is never a bad time to try to leverage your talents and resources in an effort to boost your net worth. Even in the face of market volatility, and even if you don't foresee a salary…

Lost and Found Motivation

Master Your MindsetJune 27, 2010589Views 0Likes 0Comments

As children, your motivation is dangled in front of you by your parents. Either you got something of desire if you complied, or perhaps you faced punishment if you did not do as you were asked. Of course, your motivation for getting up and going to work every day is at…

Get Out of Your Rut

Master Your MindsetMay 24, 2010643Views 0Likes 0Comments

Do you feel like your life is stuck? When you find yourself discontent with everyday life, or you have a nagging feeling that you need a change, you're probably in a rut. Ruts are not uncommon. So many of us find ourselves stuck in a job we don't like, living repeated patterns of frustration and stress,…