Posts tagged with “wisdom”
How to Better Manage Stress So Little Things Donāt Set You Off
āItās not stress that kills us, itās our reaction to it.ā ~Hans Selye
I was driving home from work, minding my own business, when a car cut in front of me.
Pretty common in Sydney traffic, right? Normally, I would just brush it off.
But not today. For some reason I couldnāt explain, that simple event set me off. I got so irritated that I pressed both my hands on the horn and started shouting at the other driverāwho just gave me the finger and continued on his merry way.
Thatās when I lost it. How dare he do something …
Choose Joy and Youāll See the World with a Brighter Perspective
āWe cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.ā ~Joseph Campbell
Itās been just under five years now since I had a head injury that changed my life forever.
Unfortunately, I spent more than two years going to multiple kinds of therapy and doctors several days a week and ultimately had to stop working. I was devastated.
I loved my career as a special educator and school administrator. Iād been in classrooms since I was twenty years old, and here I was at fifty-seven, suddenly unable to return to a school in any capacity …
10 Easy Responses to Use When People Ask Why You Arenāt Drinking
Embracing the holidayĀ season can sometimes mean embracing alcohol with gustoā¦ or not. Fortunately for those who choose the former, “Dry January” has caught on over the years and itās a fantastic concept. Going through a refresh is a perfect way to rid the toxins and melt the bloat away.
Iād like to throw out a radical idea, or should I say a radical self-careĀ opportunity!
How would your holidays feel without alcohol?
You might gasp looking for a chair to sit down as you frantically wonder how on earth you would get through the parties, relatives, house guests, and …
How to Overcome Ultra-Independence and Receive Love and Support
“Ultra independence is a coping mechanism we develop when we’ve learned it’s not safe to trust love or when we are terrified to lose ourselves in another. We aren’t meant to go it alone. We are wounded in relationship and we heal in relationship.” ~Rising Woman
Do you feel like you have to do everything on your own?
Is it difficult for you to ask for and receive help in fear of being let down?
Have you ever heard the expression āUltra-independence may be a trauma responseā?
If this is you, I get it; that was me too.
Please know …
How Life’s Daily Challenges Can Actually Be Gifts in Disguise
āSmile at your patterns.ā ~Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Partway through Eckhart TolleāsĀ Conscious ManifestationĀ course, I furiously jotted down his teachings about challenges and obstacles to remind myself that theyāre not only a normal part of the human experience but necessary for spiritual growth. āYes!!!!ā I wrote in agreement.
When faced with difficulty, the human tendency is to react and resist, and when we do this, we add suffering to an already difficult situation. This tendency is reflexive within me, and my mindfulness practice has enabled me to either observe the cascading habit pattern as it unfolds, which disentangles me from its
Ending My Toxic Relationship with My Mother Was an Act of Self-Love
āItās okay to let go of those who couldnāt love you. Those who didnāt know how to. Those who failed to even try. Itās okay to outgrow them, because that means you filled the empty space in you with self-love instead. Youāre outgrowing them because youāre growing into you. And thatās more than okay, thatās something to celebrate.ā ~Angelica Moone
I was taught to love my family and to just accept the love they give. With the passage of time and the dawning of maturity, I began to doubt this kind of unquestioning love. The chronic emotional and mental stress …
5 Simple Ways to Overcome Your Mind’s Constant Judgments
“Itās easy to judge. Itās more difficult to understand. Understanding requires compassion, patience, and a willingness to believe that good hearts sometimes choose poor methods. Through judging, we separate. Through understanding, we grow.” ~Doe Zantamata
If you donāt live in a cave, you have probably noticed two things. First, there are a lot of annoying, incompetent, stupid, and very difficult folks living in this world. Second, assuming you agree with my previous sentence, you have a very judgmental mind.
For better or worse, youāre not alone. A hundred thousand years ago, the ability to judge people quickly helped our species …
Why Iād Rather Be Vulnerable with People Than Pretend Iām Perfect
āGive up being perfect, for being authentic. Give up the need to be perfect, for the opportunity to be authentic. Be who you are. Love who you are. Others will too.ā ~Hal Elrod
I’m not perfect. Not that this would come as any kind of surprise to anyone who knows me. But I often feel pushed in the direction of trying to represent myself as someone who has it all together. Especially because of the nature of my work as a coach and facilitator. What about you? Do you ever feel like you’re putting on a show for others?
The …
Why I Despised My Skin Color & 5 Strategies That Improved My Self-Image
āBeauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.ā ~Coco Chanel
I believed I was ugly and blamed it on my dark skin. I hated my skin color. Looking back, I realized itās because I didnāt fit in with the white kids, nor did I fit in with the black kids.
I am mixed race. I have a black father and a white mother. Until I started school, I never considered myself different. My family and I were close, and I felt love and acceptance.
When I started second grade, I developed a crush on a boy, who never noticed …
Healing After Heartbreak: How to Turn Your Pain into Your Greatest Superpower
āBlessed are the cracked, for they let in the light.ā ~Spike Milligan
Ever since I was a little girl, Disney films, story books, family, and friends unconsciously conditioned me to believe that the definition of happiness was a knight in shining armor galloping into my life to rescue me, sweeping me away, soothing all my problems as we ride off into the sunset to live happily ever after.
However, itās fair to say, that fairytale didnāt play out how Iād expected in real life. Nor does it for most, if any of us.
For much of my teenage years, I …
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