Do you ever stop to listen to the self-talk going on in your mind? I mean, besides the constant reminders of taking out the trash or remembering to call your mother about holiday plans or the last minute addition to the shopping list. How does your inner dialogue sound? Your boss stops you at 10am […]
It started off as ‘one of those days’…. You know the kind– husband home sick with a cold, daughter has a meltdown before you even leave for school, you can’t figure out to save your life how to convert a jpg file to print ready pdf, you wait 15 minutes on hold for the doctor’s office […]
And no, I’m not referring to a new kind of music! This time of year many people experience the “blues”– fatigue, disrupted sleep patterns, low energy, a general feeling of un-motivation, no real desire to get out and do the activities they normally would do. Chalk it up to the grey, dreary, wintry weather this […]
I had a whole other blog post planned for today, but it will have to wait until next week. Sometimes that happens, right? You make a plan, and then something else comes up that’s more compelling. Notice I said ‘compelling’– not distracting or disturbing or irritating. Compelling, which (I think anyway) means it’s something that […]
Picture this– you walk out of the grocery store and notice that your car has a flat tire. Most of us would probably be able to manage to change the tire. (Or at least have the phone number of a friend or loved one who would come and do that for us!) Easy fix, problem […]
Thanksgiving is approaching, and with it comes the entreaties to express gratitude and “be thankful” in whatever circumstances we find ourselves. I think we’d all admit that some days it’s easier than others to be thankful. If you’re looking at the checkbook’s dwindling balance, facing a tough medical diagnosis, dealing with difficult family relationships, experiencing […]
A few years ago as part of my GIM training program, our class participated in a sweat lodge. Since another woman and I would not be going into the actual lodge during the sweat, we had a bench placed several yards away. It was on the edge of a pond where we could pray and […]
A professional acquaintance of mine always (seriously, *always*) seems to be in a terrific mood– upbeat, friendly, encouraging, supportive. I asked him once if he woke up in a good mood every day, and he replied, “nope, but I choose to have a great day every day!” An increasing amount of research is demonstrating the […]
Ever end up somewhere (a meeting, a volunteer opportunity, stuck in line) and wonder “what’s the point of me being here?” That happened to me last week at a volunteer project. I signed up with the intent of helping and accomplishing a project for a group in need. As is sometimes the case with volunteer […]
Every spring my family plants a garden. In fact, we’ve dug up about 1/3 of our backyard and turned it into vegetable plots. We take great care to amend the soil with manure and compost and other healthy, organic (as much as possible) good-stuff for our plants. We water regularly with drip irrigation. So this […]
