What is Love? Pondering the Age-Old Question
I hope you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day yesterday! To me, Valentine’s Day is no longer about just romantic love. It’s a day to spread love wherever you go and to all the people that matter to you, including yourself. It’s something that I was reminded of when I...
Make a List and Check It Twice
If you’re looking for love, make a list of all the qualities you want in a partner. Looking to move? Visualize the house you want to live in. Not satisfied with your job? Write down what your ideal job will be like. Be as detailed as possible. Suggestions like...
When Being a Victim Creates More Victims
Tell me if you recognize this situation. Someone in your life does something that makes you feel hurt, so you tell that person how you feel. All you want is an apology, but what you get instead is an excuse, maybe even an accusation that it was really your...
Gratitude Journal
Since we celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday here in the United States, I think it’s a perfect time to take a deeper look into keeping a gratitude journal. I hope you got a chance to get together with someone you care about yesterday, and that you got to appreciate what you...
Road to Self-Acceptance
Self-acceptance is a must in regaining control over your life from your survival instinct, or your ego. But it doesn’t come at a snap of a finger. I struggled with this for years! Deep down, I didn’t think I deserved self-acceptance. I would talk about the need for self-acceptance...
Don’t Underestimate Your Survival Instinct
***NOTE*** I believe our survival instinct and what people call “ego” are one and the same. I’m choosing to use the phrase “survival instinct” because people have such a negative connotation of the word “ego”. I didn’t want the repulsion of the word to influence your understanding of my...
Write Down Your Emotions
If you’ve never journaled before, the place to start is writing down every emotion you notice within yourself. Most of us have emotions that we’ve tucked away, too afraid to look at them. It might be because we feel guilty about harboring these emotions. We might believe we don’t...