Rounding Out The Caregiver Role When a person is dropped into a caregiver role, it may seem impossible to know how to begin. A light bulb lit up for me this weekend while attending a coaching conference: many of the same guidelines of life coaching can be applied in a slightly different manner to care [...]
“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 [...]
Managing Stress Goes Beyond Learning Relaxation Techniques Stress is a given for everyone, as we all accept. Stress management, on the other hand, is done well by relatively few, and may take a change in the way you think about stress. A classic technique points to relaxation training, including using breathing, to calm the physical [...]
Stress Management Is Primary The need for stress management ranks high for everyone, even though we are affected individually by different pressures. Ignoring stress may result in serious and difficult problems to solve, indeed it is linked to many negative health conditions such as heart, blood pressure, and immune problems, healing ability, and many more, [...]
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 [...]
The Real Shame Is The Shame Itself! Admitting to depression is a difficult pill to swallow! So, I gathered, from watching journalist Mike Wallace and his wife, Mary, on public television this past week. The emotional pain of their admission was almost palpable as they described their struggle with Mike’s 3 bouts with depression. Evidently,the [...]
The Courage Of Personal Growth Let’s begin with 2 caveats: 1. true victims of either abuse or tragic circumstances are victims; 2. whether your past places you in the authentic role or you perceive yourself as powerless and at the mercy of others, the treatment is essentially the same. You must put yourself in charge [...]
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 [...]
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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