Letter to Her Sister’s Therapist Poignantly Chronicals a Twin’s Grieving and Pain Much to my surprise, I received a letter from a deceased client’s twin, expressing the constant pain of living these last two years without her sister. The client heself had expressed sadness that her twin was not a fan of therapy. Therapy is [...]
Where to Start Wherever we turn, whatever happens, the quality of our lives will always, ultimately, reside with our inner selves. Within the chronic pain syndrome and/or living with disabilities, the essence of our beings, our inner wisdom, guides the ship. That does not mean you can be expected to overcome pain and hardship without [...]
Acceptance Bridges Loss To Letting Go Following the experience of loss, progressing to moving on with life is a bumpy road with many in between steps hovering over acceptance before settling into letting go. Self-esteem is usually deeply scarred by loss, whether the loss is one’s own abilities (an injury or medical condition), a loved [...]
“What Was I Thinking?” Self-esteem can take a big hit if we are dissatisfied with our current lives and look back with disdain on early decision-making. Hindsight is so easy that we forget we made the best choices we could for that time. We never get out of bed thinking “I’m going to make the [...]
Continuing From The Last Post In the last post, a client writes about finally being free of her damaging behaviors that allowed a man to repeatedly hurt her. In this post she explains how she changed her behavior patterns for the good. She definitely will benefit from not being a slave to a person who [...]
Healing Is Complicated Forgiveness adds another difficult layer in the process of applying positive thinking to overcome abuse, a particularly entrenched problem of many individuals’ personal growth process. Our culture’s Christian heritage has inserted forgiveness as a necessary step in personal development. A reader points out that forgiveness has muddied the water considerably in his/her [...]
Applying Affirmations To No Avail! “How do I use positive thoughts to change my emotions when I don’t believe the thoughts? I try changing my thoughts, but I can’t believe affirmations that others say I should use. They just don’t seem true.” These are the most frequent concerns from the layman who is attempting to [...]
Susan G. Komen Inspires All The spirit and belief in the power of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer walk can enhance every part of your being! Sunday’s walk in Las Vegas was a moment of clarity when life’s purpose became more closely known. Involving ourselves in our community and actively participating, accelerates the power [...]
Finding Peace Through Self-Development Does the level of happiness or peace you feel give you a doorway to evaluate your quality of life? Can you look around your life and know what ratings you would assign to qualities of your life? Can you decide what you are missing, what goals you might set for yourself [...]
To My Friend, The Day After! (Surgery was yesterday. Check out her post: “The Other Shoe Fell.” Amazingly, she went home the same day.) Every time one has surgery, the next day is a trying experience any way you look at it. So, try to keep your sense of peace. It is the first day [...]
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