There is something amazing about vacations, leaving your normal routine behind and suspending your life. It gives us a chance to step back and witness our lives (and our schedules). Stepping out of your daily grind gives you a chance to pause and reflect...
Are you prepared for the winter of your circumstances? Do you have the proper protection to gracefully accept the change and loss of what was? Can you clothe yourself with understanding and...
By Karen McMahon Now you have watched yourself react to physical and emotional pain. As you resist the pain, it persists. Just as a fever and swelling is the body’s way of drawing your attention to a part of your body that needs your care, so too is everything that we feel. No matter […]
No one likes to feel pain. Our natural reaction is to resist it. So we take an aspirin, have a cocktail, dive into our work, go for a run, yell at a loved one…you get the idea. We resist it. The more pain we feel...
What can you do with your weekends or evenings that would bring you joy and fulfillment?
If money is an issue, decide on something that doesn't cost much. Perhaps you love to read but haven't picked up a good long book in ages, what would it be like to find a book club and weave a social setting into your book reading. Maybe you used to bike all the time and join a local bike club...
One of the hardest divorce transitions is the change in your social status. Married couples that you and your spouse have socialized with for years no longer fit into your new single status. Even if you are not single yet, hanging out with your married friends might make you feel at times like
How can you know the difference between a sturdy and rickety support structure? You may love your friends and family, but if they are not helping to move you in a positive direction, take them off your call list for when you need support or a healthy sounding board...
Take a close look at that negative statement you so often say to yourself and see how true it is. For instance, if your overriding thought is, ‘I’m never going to be able to make it on my own", how is this going to make you feel? Actually, how true is that statement?
Have you ever been having a perfectly fine moment, perhaps busy in the midst of your workday tasks. Suddenly you think about the confrontation with your spouse that morning. You begin to play the tape of the argument over and over again in your head. Within no time you find yourself feeling angry, frustrated...
Surrender is handing over the situation to God, the universe, whatever that higher power is to you. Once you know that you have done your best to achieve your desired outcome, the best thing you can do is to hand it over...
