Topics: Education on Online Counseling
Make Your Well-being Your Responsibility: 5 Tips to Get You Started
Too often we think of our happiness and well-being as by-products of our success in life – “I’ll be happy when I get a promotion” or “I’ll feel better as soon as this project is complete.” We make our well-being a goal to be reached at a later date, dependent on the actions of others or conditional to other aspects of our lives. In doing so, we deprive ourselves of the possibility of health and happiness right now.
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Topics: Education on Online Counseling
Is Your Life on Hold?
There have been numerous times in my life when I was offered an opportunity to make a change but chose to stay put, not move, keep doing what I was doing. I knew that my comfort zone kept me from exploring new horizons. I also felt that I had been called to do some really tough work with kids who had been abandoned, abused and neglected and I felt I couldn't leave them.
Over time though, my heart was no longer in my work. Not because of the kids but because of the negative energy that began to surround me from a variety of folks. I would arrive home after being in a fight or flight stance exhausted, drained and sad. It became a struggle to get up and return to an environment that I had loved but no longer served my higher purpose.
It is true that when one door closes another door opens. Once I made the decision to leave, several opportunities presented themselves to aid in my own transformation. People showed up in my life that were compatible with my vision and helped me to strategize the next steps in my life.
Here's what I would like you to do. I want you to start looking for opportunities. Ask yourself, "What is possible in my life?" "What are the nudges I have been ignoring?" "What are the messages that I have been getting that I have been pushing away?" My guess is you already know what the next step is. What are you waiting for? Let's take that step and begin a journey to your best self.
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Retrain Your Brain to Create Health and Happiness
If you're like me, you sometimes struggle with tension, stress, and negative thoughts. In today's fast-paced, complicated world, it's just not possible to avoid these things entirely. We all face struggles that can take over our minds and lead us down the rabbit hole of worries and doubts.
If you read this blog regularly, I'm sure you've started to notice a theme that runs through a lot of my work and my affiliations. I'm attracted to practices that help us embrace our inborn potential for health and happiness. Whether through “coherence” and the heart-focused communication approach of the HeartMath Institute, the techniques of The Arbinger Institute for creating clarity by addressing self-deception, or the teachings of A Course In Miracles, which help us find peace and joy through forgiveness of ourselves and others, I am drawn to philosophies and methodologies that empower people to make positive choices in their daily lives.
What are the Next Seeds in Your Garden?
Lately, I have been reflecting on my life and the different roads that I have traveled. When I take the time to really think about it, there were many seeds planted along the way that provided the growth and abundance that would lead me down my next path.
Those seeds included so many individuals, I can’t even count, including those negative folks as well. Funny how in retrospect, even the negative experiences played a role that helped me to find the right path that led me to the next stage in my journey.
What is the purpose of a seed? Seeds are a beginning of a new life. Sometimes we think that a door has been closed and we feel devastated. I know that when I experienced that feeling, it was usually because I had invested such a depth of myself into a part of my life that had needed to end. The original seeds had sprouted but eventually had withered and died. Parts of myself had also died and had become numb to life over time.
I am so grateful that I paid attention to the nudge that came and said, “It’s time to plant new seeds.” My seeds grew and prospered. Now it’s time to plant a new crop. I have been thinking about the next garden in my life and as Romeo Marquez says, “It’s time.” Stay tuned for the next beginning.
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A Conversation with Myself
I’ve noticed lately that many folks are uncomfortable having the needed and necessary conversations with self that open up the possibilities for a different life. For the most part, we are creatures of habit. We settle in and begin a day to day journey that doesn’t change much over time. We get up, go to work, come home, have dinner, numb out through TV, food or some other means, go to bed and then start it all over the next day.
We get nudges, inklings, ideas that things could be different but we shove it down hoping that things will stay the same and continue the way it has always been.
I suppose you could continue to live your life this way but at what expense? What is the real cost to your true self that occurs over time? It is time to begin the conversation.
Find a quiet place where you can sit comfortably and allow your mind to clear itself of the daily trials and tribulations that are wearing you down. Your questions are exactly that, your questions.
I can suggest some to get you started but you already know the questions that have been pushing at you for quite some time. Who are you? Who do you pretend to be? What is the first thing you think about in the morning when you wake up? What is possible right now in your life? What are the possibilities that are waiting for you to arrive? When will you begin? What are you waiting for? Let’s begin right now. Stop waiting. The conversation is ready for your best self to emerge. It’s time.
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Lafayette Movie Theater shooter had a history Mental Health Issues
According to the Wall Street Journal John R. Houser ,“the gunman who police say killed two women and wounded nine other people in a Louisiana movie theater Thursday night had a history of legal problems, as well as mental health issues.”
“ Family members stated in court filings that Mr. Houser had committed violence against the family in the past and had ‘a history of mental health issues, i.e., manic depression and/or bi-polar disorder.’ They also stated that he ‘exhibited extreme erratic behavior and has made ominous as well as disturbing statements” to family members.’”
Topics: Depression