This is the third of three weeks of questions to stimulate your thought and awareness about ways in which you may be distracting yourself from greater self-understanding and knowing. 1. Do you have feelings about having feelings? Do you start to feel sad and then get angry that you are sad? Or do you feel […]
Identifying Distractions Pt. 2
Just as a reminder, over these next few weeks I will be inviting you to become more aware of and identify when you are choosing distractions rather than leaning into difficult thoughts or feelings. Write each question down on your piece of paper, then after careful thought, write down your answer! 1. Do you rely […]
Identifying Distractions Pt. 1
The pace of summer is sometimes more laid back and a little slower. An easier pace often lends itself to great opportunities for reflection. In light of this opportunity to reflect, grab your journal and keep it handy over the next couple of weeks as we take another look at things that keep us from […]
How can you start relying on yourself, while feeling capable, confident, and resilient?
How can you start relying on yourself, while feeling capable, confident, and resilient? The first step is through awareness. As soon as you increase your awareness and acceptance of the full range of your feelings – pleasant and unpleasant – your experience of yourself and your sense of being capable in the world starts to […]
Think About Your Experiences Instead Of Thinking Them Away
Hello, My focus today is to help you think about your experiences instead of thinking them away, or acting like they don’t exist. It may seem counterintuitive that allowing yourself to think about difficult life experiences and feel unpleasant feelings will make you emotionally stronger. You may prefer to believe that if you don’t think […]
Mental Health Awareness
Hello, With this month being Mental Health Awareness Month, I will be highlighting common emotional/psychological challenges and offering a different perspective for you to consider so you can see that challenge in a different light. One really common challenge is that of speaking up and feeling accepted by others. Do you fear being judged or […]
Helping You Make Sense of Unresolved Grief
Hello, Today’s post is the 4th in this series covering aspects of grief and disguised grief. This process takes time, space and the willingness to change and look at life with a different lens, so be gentle yourself as you consider the ideas below. To help guide others through their experiences of grief, I developed […]
Disguised Grief
Hello, Last week’s blog talked about loss and losses. In this week’s blog, I will deepen our conversation by describing what I call “Disguised Grief”. As I wrote last week, most people associate grief, which I typically describe as sadness, helplessness, anger, or disappointment, with more immediate or present-day losses like relationship losses or the […]
Have You Been Experiencing Loss?
Hello, As we started this week, I was left thinking about where we were this time last year and the unexpected events that occurred over the past 12 months. These thoughts prompted me to talk about loss and grief – experiences with which we can all relate. Let’s start with loss since most people associate […]
Do You Experience Fear of Failure and Fear of Taking Risk?
Hello, If asked to define failure, loss, or unexpected and un-welcomed change, how would you do so? And by defining what it means to you, and how it has impacted your life, what would you say is your relationship with failure? What stops people in their tracks from initiating and pursuing goals, is often what […]