The time has come to to take action! A serious relationship needs your immediate attention. A connection is gasping for air... A marriage with poor communication or disconnection? The bad relationship you have with your teen? A hit or miss relationship with the Divine Being? No. No. And a resounding No! Why these relationships [...]
We raised the sparkly toast, shared a special kiss, and watched the Shiny Ball drop. Another New Year arrived, scattering our lives with hastily conceived New Year’s Resolutions: To lose 10 pounds. To save money. To be a better human Each is a worthy goal, deserving of serious effort. We’ve obtained steps to shed the weight, save the [...]
“Nothing hurts worse than Not Being Known,” said a septuagenarian to a group of 5000 at a recent women’s conference. As soon as the words were out of her mouth, I felt the weight of their truth. That Wound of Unknowing – I’ve lived with it. After all, I’ve walked the lonely road of widowhood for [...]
A few days to Christmas? Yikes! Are you feeling stressed yet? Why is it that “the most wonderful time of the year” finds so many of us … frazzled, irritable, worn-out, and/or overwhelmed? […]
Author John Shirley has said: “Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them”. Do you agree? The correct response to my question is unique to you. And your answer may largely depend […]
Similar to hurricanes in the real world, anxiety creates a mental storm from which escape is elusive. The mental storm gains power as erroneous weather reports forecast warnings at high volume about our safety and security. Anxiety huffs and puffs and we experience its effects in body, mind, and behavior. So the forecasts of our mental storm feel truly real in our experience...
Many of us are plagued by a common condition: we rarely appreciate who we are and what we have. And so begins our endless pursuit of you-fill-in-the-blank, fueled by a nagging voice incessantly whining that we are not enough. Sound familiar? You're not alone, since humans have had this struggle for millennia.
You know it's time for change. You've set everything up: a new diet or exercise plan, a proposed budget, a schedule of counseling appointments, a new program to discipline your children or spend quality time with your spouse. All your hope is riding on the new plan... How do you expect change to happen?
Are you stuck on the Worry Train? It's an illusive mental locomotive that takes many of us on a captive ride during waking hours. We long to disembark, but the wheels of the Worry Train spin faster and faster - powered by an endless supply of what if fuel:
