We usually associate beginnings and new resolutions with the New Year. Maybe a more appropriate time for new beginnings is early Spring. We see all the trees beginning to bud and the daffodils, tulips and hyacinth starting to peek out of the ground. It is an invigorating time of year and a good time [...]
Holiday stress is a by-product of the season. By having a strategy to avoid and manage the pressure of the holidays you can glide through the season. When we start to see the decorations, listen to the jingle-bell music and start to smell the pine we prepare for the joy the season promises. What we [...]
What Coping Skills Do You Have in Your Emotional Toolbox? Over the past few weeks we have been assembling an Emotional Toolbox of Coping Skills. Hopefully you have been able to gather useful coping skills that you can use each and every day. We’ve been using common everyday tools to remind us how to deal with [...]
Be Self Aware - Get a Grip on Who You Are Wherever you go, there you are. It’s pretty hard to run away from anything you don’t like about yourself. Try as you may, the truth keeps coming back and staring you right in the eyes. Let’s face it, everyone has some parts of themselves [...]
Routines can be what hold our life together. Many of us might resist the idea of routine because it seems boring to do the same thing day in and day out, however routine can add stability and predictability to our life. **************************************************************************************************************************************** Through this series of blog posts I am going to help you to [...]
Mind And Body Introspection - Drill Down To Your Inner Self The idea of drilling down to connect with your inner self is often called introspection. It is the process of tuning in to yourself and listening to the signals of your body. Once you understand how your mind and body are connected, you can [...]
Keeping Life Balanced – Questions You Need to Ask Do you sometimes feel that your life is out of balance? Too much or too little of a good thing can be harmful. How do you know when things are out-of-whack? You might feel grumpy, lonely, too busy, or bored. You might realize that you [...]
Tips to Help You Tighten Your Personal Boundaries Just like a fence around our property, personal boundaries establish where we end and another person starts. Boundaries are the physical, emotional and mental borders we build to safeguard ourselves from being manipulated, used, or infringed by others. They allow us to establish our limits as [...]
What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly. -Richard Bach Transcending Path to Wellness Continuing with to the series of blogs on Wellness, this post arrives at the last dimension of the wellness wheel: the dimension of transcendence. I know that sounds pretty heavy, and it is open to all [...]
We all have ongoing dialogues with ourselves – all the time, all day long. Most often we do it without even realizing that we are doing it. What is the tone that you use with yourself? Are you your own “BFF” and are kind, encouraging and loving with yourself? Or are you harsh, critical and [...]
