Making friends with anxiety? What is this woman telling me to do? Yes, I promise it is possible to embrace and change ones relationship with anxiety. It is all about patience and practice. The buddhist Monk, Thich Naht Hahn, talks about showing up for feelings when they occur so that that one can be peaceful towards yourself instead of …
Why having healthy coping skills is helpful
Coping skills, what are those? Coping skills are about how you deal with what life throws at you, how you manage your stress, anxiety and internally how you respond to these challenges. So what is a good coping skill vs. a not so great one? Check out these 3 ways that you can gauge your coping skills. Life is not what …
How gratitude and compassion can help you survive these times
View PostStop forcing it and learning to accept what is
Life is not a problem to be solved but an experience to have. ~ Jack Kornfield Have you ever had one of those days where you are trying so hard to get things done, just to have none of it work? Then you feel frustrated and somewhat defeated? Usually when this happens this means you are trying to force your will on …
How to Live in Faith Instead of Fear
Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. ~Martin Luther King Jr. Prior to getting sober, I had no idea what it meant to have faith. I believed that things just happened in some random order and that sometimes they worked in my favor and others they did not. Slowly as I gained more sobriety, …
The Power of Patience
Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting. ~Joyce Meyer Eight and a half years ago at the beginning of my sobriety, I would say I completely lacked gratitude and patience. Nothing ever went fast enough and was totally dissatisfied in my life. One of my solutions to this problem was to …
Perception, the key to changing your life.
If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is- infinite. ~William Blake Perception is the way that you view our lives and that you make meaning. The way we perceive the experiences in our lives defines how we feel about them and creates our reality. So why not create a good one? With practice of …
What wolf do you feed? Choice in the way that we live.
THE TWO WOLVES – A CHEROKEE STORY A young boy came to his Grandfather, filled with anger at another boy who had done him an injustice. The old Grandfather said to his grandson, “Let me tell you a story. I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those that have taken so much, with no sorrow for what they do. But hate wears …
How to avoid an emotional hangover
Emotions are contagious. We’ve all known it experientially. You know after you have a really fun coffee with a friend, you feel good. When you have a rude clerk in a store, you walk away feeling bad. ~Daniel Goleman The other day I was so drained after work because so many dramatic things had happened, I listened to and engaged in …
The problem with Expectations
Expectations are a part our everyday lives. We expect things to work as we envision them to. We expect people to keep their word. We expect our friends to show up. Our families have expectations about who we will be and what we will do. But when things don’t pan out, we are disappointed, butt hurt and sometimes we even hold …
