My birthday was earlier this month and one of my friends sent me an email with the subject line “Celebrating You!” I loved her title and thought to myself, “What a great blog title!” So many of us spend a large amount of time and resources celebrating other people, which is a beautiful sentiment. What…
We do this over and over: crave change. Think about how many times in even one single month we desire the feeling of: new, exciting, different, out of the ordinary, hoping to break up the monotony. AND then in response and resonant with our desires, change actually shows up and begins shifting our lives and…
One of the joys of meditation manifests in powerful emotional strength. In our busy modern world and lives where few situations offer emotional solace, meditation reaches out and meets us where we are. It only needs a few minutes of our time. Nice. Research has shown that emotional meditation:Reduces stress response, reduces anxiety, improves mood,…
Three thousand research projects to date have extolled the benefits of meditation! The science is in: meditation practiced on a consistent basis brings over 75 researched benefits, not to mention those not yet studied. Meditation in general creates an inner balance between the various parts of our humanity: mind, body, and soul.Fortunately different methods of…
I have noticed that this month, I have felt more fatigue as I’ve had MANY more social demands… I assume I am not alone here – sound familiar?! I think the techniques will support you navigating life, or in particularly stressful times at work, in your family, or anytime that you need a little extra help….
When contraction stops working… One of the tools that I used in the past as a management tool, a strategic tool for feeling safe, managing uncomfortable situations, was contraction. I could pull myself back all around myself and create a little safe environment that gave me a sense of power, sense of strength sense of…
Applying the 90 second rule to irritation and frustration!! Some of you might remember when I’ve talked about in the past how they have tested in the laboratory that a pure emotion lasts only 90 seconds if we actually allow it to be experienced fully without judging it or trying to stop it… Sound familiar?…
Subconscious Rumblings: One of the most fascinating things about Relationship Theory is that two people come together with each partner representing an amalgamation of the other’s primary caregiver’s worst traits in order for the two to begin a healing journey together… Isn’t that simply a perfect set up? Now the part that goes deep down…
