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What Keeps Us from Being Our Self? finding self

What is it that holds us back…truly?

Fear? Of what?

Personally, I hate feeling stupid, so, of course, when I am in a situation I do not understand, ...

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How Can I Live with a Sense of Ease and Comfort…Now? anxiety

After years of anxiety and panic attacks, I have found ease and comfort. That journey was unnecessarily long. Had I known then what I know now about b...

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How to Dissolve the Demons of Addiction addictive behavior

She’s sitting in front of her computer. She’s supposed to be writing a blog article, but when she looks at the blank page in front of her, nothing’s c...

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A Self-Care Toolkit for the Holidays finding self healing

If the holidays are hard for us, how can we make them feel good?

What are some things that influence how we feel about the holidays? Strained relatio...

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Why Don’t I Enjoy the Holidays? finding self healing

What makes it so hard to enjoy the holiday spirit? People are smiling and getting ready for family and friends. And I just want to crawl into bed and ...

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What Is an Addiction? addictive habits

I heard once, “Addiction is any behavior you have to lie about.”

I agree.

In my world, addiction means any type of repetitive action we do to avoid ...

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Saying the Wrong Thing Can Be an Opportunity to Grow finding self

Did you say the wrong thing? I did.

Did you speak before you thought? I did.

Was that about a trigger?

How conscious are you when you speak? Do you think...

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Melting the Ice finding self healing

 

I have begun to realize that I have no idea who I am, and this fills me with fear, confusion, and sadness.

How can it be that I am older than 65 a...

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When We Stink – of Negativity addictive habits

If we were to walk into a pigsty, most of us would find the stench overwhelming. A rancid, sour, unbelievably offensive, and oppressive low-hanging sm...

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Grief as I See It grief

Life goes on, right?

My husband died unexpectedly. We were coming out of a yoga class (the way we had many times before), and he said, “I’m dizzy. I’...

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M Is for Motion - Recognize the Need for Down Time and Recharging

To be in action and moving forward, we have to recognize the need for down time and recharging. If we want to be successful in life and reap the benef...

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A Is for Attitude - Taking Responsibility for Our Moods and Actions

It may feel awkward and even threatening to take more responsibility for our moods and actions. With no one else to blame or focus on anymore, we are ...

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E Is for Energy - Connecting with Your Energy

Emotions are energy. The more we are in control of where we spend our energy, the more we are in control of our emotions, and the more we are in contr...

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B Is for Balance - Everything That Happened to You Is Stored in Your Body

If we are truly going to reach a state of complete wellness, we have to listen to our bodies. What does that mean? It means to learn to “hear” the fee...

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The Body-Mind Has a Long Memory…and Resiliency

Doug Oakley’s article in the Daily Review tells the story of Lily Dorman-Colby, a 22-year-old Yale student, who, with the help of others’ support, is ...

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But My Kids Are All Grown – Now What?

As I indicated in my previous two articles in this series (“Voyage through Chaos to Equanimity” and “Do What I Say, Not What I Did”), your personal pa...

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Do What I Say, Not What I Did

As the song in the movie, “The Sound of Music”, says, “Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start.” In my previous article in this ...

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Voyage through Chaos to Equanimity trauma

A life lived in heaven or hell on earth can boil down to a matter of nervous system regulation and chemistry. Our survival skills and ways of coping s...

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