It’s human nature to want approval from other people, but it can be exhausting to compromise yourself to influence or manipulate other people’s perceptions. No matter how much you try, it simply isn’t possible to control what other people think. If you’re being true to...
The only way I’ve learned to overcome the things I am afraid of is to first admit that I am afraid and then decide that I am going to do something to get through that feeling. We are all afraid, but we must still try....
Free Your Mind and Think You call me beautiful, but thats not what I see? A trapped soul in this unwanted body I look at others, why cant I be like them? With joy in my heart so I can smile freely I’m never...
One of the blessings to be found when things get tough is things also become more clear. It’s very simple really. Whatever the difficult situation, when you take care of yourself, i.e., put yourself FIRST, the universe reflects that back to you in the form...
At the last therapy session, after describing my life as comparable to the book and movie “Running with Scissors” my therapist asked me how I coped through it all. I have always had an answer for everything but for once I was stumped. I told...
So yesterday was such an emotionally taxing day for me, I just couldn’t get myself into that pure state of being to allow the message from my Higher Self to come through… At first I thought, I can recycle an ‘old’ one, but that didn’t...
Do you ever get disappointed by the results or responses you get from people… especially when you are kind and loving to them? Is there somebody in your life who is consistently unkind, okay, perhaps even nasty, and you find yourself not knowing what to...
Adopting a holistic perspective toward your own well-being is important. It helps us to view ourselves as whole, helps us get to the root cause of our ailments. A holistic approach to healing is becoming better known as people increasingly take responsibility for their own...
A load of poisonous gas was dropped into our neighborhood last week. Nobody complained, everyone went about their business as if nothing was happening, a cat went missing, and the earth’s ozone layer took another hit. Just another day in paradise. The gas-drop arrived in...
Stress is the intensity of how you believe you can cope with an identified threat. It isn’t your actual ability to cope, but your perception of your ability to cope. Stress becomes a problem when you think you can’t cope well with a perceived threat....