Ever wonder if there’s a difference between a belief and a thought? There is! Keep reading to find out more. Thoughts and beliefs are what drives our emotions, actions and create the results in our lives. They have enormous influence over the quality of our lives and can be the
What is overwhelm and where does it come from? Give your brain a second to come up with an answer… If you’re like most, you probably guessed it comes from things happening to you or maybe you figured it’s because of your to-do list or your kids or your partner.
It was coming towards the end of 2019 and I’d just started a personal growth program online; my first. The first challenge was to come up with an “Impossible Goal.” This sounded like an oxymoron and an exercise in futility, but I played along and decided on creating an online
What would you say is the most important thing you do for You? My answer would be thinking. I’d also posit that the two most important things in life are physical and mental health. I think we’d agree that these are essential to our well-being and, without them, it’s questionable
This blog is the second part of a 2-part series on How To Solve a Problem. If you haven’t read part 1, go back and learn the basics before reading this. Now that you have the STEDY Cycle as a way to understand the problem, you can use this same
The first step in solving a problem is to understand the problem. You have to know what’s causing it to know what can solve it. I’m going to introduce you to a tool called the STEDY Cycle. I use it regularly in my person and professional life. Taken from the
Journaling can be an underestimated but very powerful tool for emotional health and growth. I explain to clients that journaling is how we talk and listen to ourselves. Writing things down forces the mind to slow down and allows us to get some objectivity and perspective. We have 60,-80,000 thoughts
Have you ever wondered what causes you to to feel the way you do? There are lots of ideas on this, but I’m going to offer you one here based not just on my own experience but what I’ve found empowers people the most. Last week’s blog was how to
A first step to getting authority over your own mind is to be able to make the distinction between situations and thoughts. One of my teachers refers to this as “separating math from drama.” This may sound simple, but I assure you it’s not as easy as it might seem.
“He’s the problem!” This was my refrain and conviction in my own personal therapy during a particularly painful time in my life many years ago. Week after week, I showed up with fresh evidence of my husband’s villainy. I felt wronged and powerless; justified in my anger and desperate for