What is this very simple word all about? So, thankful for Merriam-Webster being online, I learned that it’s as simple as how a subject or its parts are mentally viewed I had to ask myself that this weekend in the midst of a discussion about the difference between ‘partly cloudy’ and partly sunny’. I know […]
Two steps forward one step back… is a catchphrase that references an anecdote about a frog that is trying to climb out of a well. It means that as he climbs up two steps he then falls back one, and the whole process of climbing out of the well is long and arduous. When I […]
How often have you started to share something you’ve been thinking only to have the person you are speaking with begin to contradict you? It’s rare for any quality communication to take place after this happens. It’s more likely that you’ll end up arguing, or going silent and keeping your thoughts to yourself. Either way, […]
We choose when to wake up, what to eat, what to wear, and where to go and when. Each and every day, we make choices about these tangible things in our lives. And, more often than not, we make them consciously. We also make choices about what to think, but how conscious are those choices? […]
By Lisa Brick How we think affects how we feel. How we feel affects how we act. Often our thinking is automatic. We don’t even question the thoughts that come to mind. Our thinking can be fueling the fire that is consuming our love and happiness! When we find ourselves acting in ways that […]
Transitioning through divorce is more about BEING than DOING. Our life transitions are much like the changing of the seasons. In nature, how effortlessly trees turn their young buds to deep green leaves to bright autumn hues and then dry up and fall from their branches in full surrender of what is and must be. […]
A look at our emotions as Energy in Motion and how to move toward awareness, engagement and fulfillment I used to be a pretty positive person. But a few years into my marriage, working full time and raising two toddlers, I found myself constantly angry. At first I was struggling through a rocky, oft-times abusive […]
Guest post by Claudette Chenevert. More than half of married couples are divorcing, some more than once. The average length of a marriage today is 8 years. Second marriages end after 5 to 7 years. Divorce is expensive. An average divorce with no battling about custody and/or possessions can cost anywhere between $15,000 to $30,000 […]
When we judge we are in resistance to who someone is or what a situation is. The resistance causes us pain, sometimes-great pain and suffering. Our instinct is to blame the subject of our judgment for our pain when in fact it is our judgment of them and the resulting resistance that causes our pain. The good news is...
By Karen McMahon fear |fi(ə)r| noun an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat (fear for) a feeling of anxiety concerning the outcome of something or the safety and well-being of someone the likelihood of something unwelcome happening There are times when […]
