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 …
How to think and speak differently to create an open mind
“Mind has door. A password can open it. That word is stored safely in your heart, waiting for your willingness to retrieve it.” ~Toba Beta What most people don’t realize is that we reinforce our beliefs about things by the words that we use. “I have to do this”, “This is hard,” “I am crazy”, “I am scattered,” or ” I have no …
Learning to release expectation, 5 ways to let yourself off the hook
“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”~ Alexander Pope Last week I was trying to decide if I was going to write my weekly blog post in advance because I knew I would be out of town for a training. I was hemming and hawing about did I have the time? And then I realized that it …