Affirmations help us to affirm the way that we want to see our lives. When I was first introduced to affirmations I was not yet a therapist and I was very skeptical about them actually working for me. So lets explore the science behind positive psychology and the use of affirmations. The thought behind affirmations is that you are stating …
Taking Charge of the Inner Critic
So it is 2017, it is January so everyone is reassessing their lives and trying to make changes. So what make us not attain our goals and fall back into old patterns? One reason is not having a good action plan, with measurable steps and ways of reinforcing goals. (I will write about setting and completing goals in another blog …
5 ways to manage your anxiety symptoms
If you don’t think your anxiety, depression, sadness and stress impact your physical health, think again. All of these emotions trigger chemical reactions in your body, which can lead to inflammation and a weakened immune system. Learn how to cope, sweet friend. There will always be dark days. ~ Kris Carr Did you know that 40 million people are suffering …
Why building self trust is key
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Self trust is key to living a life that you are happy with. When we are always second guessing ourselves we are lacking self trust. Learning that we are capable of making decisions is necessary to move forward in our lives and stop living …
Transforming self-defeating beliefs
Spend an Evening helping yourself transform the cycle of self-defeating beliefs Do you notice that you have a pattern of doing things that are self-defeating? Would you like to stop these behaviors? This workshop will help you to become aware of your patterns of self-defeating beliefs and behaviors and help you get a jumpstart on changing that coping skill. In this …
Learning to love your body all the time
When sickness strikes or one begins to feel aches and pains or maybe there is some weight gain. Ad even in more extreme cases when we struggle with some time of mental illness. We may get angry at our body for “working against us.” We may say why is my body doing this to me? Why me? At these …
Thriving through transition
Life is one big transition. ~Willie Stargell Transition and change are the one constant in our lives. Things come and go. The only thing we can do about life is to embrace where we are today, instead of urning for the past. Transition is difficult because it makes us re write the story that we tell ourselves. As humans we …
Why Denial is not working for you
“Denial does not change reality for everyone else. Only for the one denying and those who are foolish enough to believe the fantasy.”~ Elle Casey Denial is an interesting defense mechanism. It helps us to survive things that are too difficult for our psyche to handle and it helps us push through. The only problem with using denial as a …
You are not your story
Holding on is believing that there’s a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future. —Daphne Rose Kingma Spring is time of new growth, transformation, and change. Why not use this time to transform old thoughts. The story that we tell ourselves about our lives sets the frame for how we view our lives. Here are five ways to …
How shame holds us back
Shame is the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging. ~Brene Brown According to the research of Brene Brown all humans experience shame. The psychologist Rick Hanson, reports that shame is a primal emotion, one of the first that we experience as children. So if this is the case why does …
