Hello Families! Do you feel like you race through your days like a Formula 1 race car? How often to you slow down and check in with yourself about how you are feeling? Do you regularly feel worn down or unhappy with yourself? Ever feel like you keep doing something the same way, even if it doesn’t work that well? Introspective practice can help you find understanding into changing the way you think, feel and act. Introspection is a...
Read MoreHello! In continuation of part 1, here is part 2 of “Handling Your Resentments Better.” Rather than broadcasting your resentment or stuffing your resentment, try accepting your partner for whom they are. Take some time to think about what you are resentful about. Is it something your partner can change? Is it something your partner can’t change? Is this even about your partner? Any way you slice it, be gentle with...
Read MoreHello! Does this happen to you? The toilet seat is left up even if you’ve asked to have it closed. The clothes are left about the room even after you’ve asked to have them picked up. Your partner, family member or others keeps making the same bad joke. Even after you have gently asked this to stop it still happens…ARGGGHHH!!!! Most of us handle our various resentments in 2 ways. We either act on our resentments...
Read MoreHello families! I recently attended a lecture by author and brain researcher Dan Siegel M.D., Interpersonal Neurobiology, Child Psychology and Psychiatry. He recently wrote, The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind: Dr. Dan Siegel Home Page Dan provided very good information in his lecture which emphasized the relationship between the child and others. Dan recommended that...
Read MoreHello! Setting many kinds of goals in your life and for your life can bring you great satisfaction. It is in the achievement–defintitely! It is in the awe and revel of vastly exceeding a goal. When you accomplish a goal your brain links it to a positive memory network in your mind that has feelings, thoughts, memories and a positive sense of being. Love, esteem, acceptance, peace, appreciation and compassion come with it....
Read MoreHello World! There are strong feelings of rage, anger, grief, fear, rejection, betrayal, violence and annihilation in the statement, “I’m not good enough”. These strong feelings are turned inward upon the self. And they are learned from an unkind world. Most of the time this statement is powerful enough to keep one from inner peace. This is called depersonalization or disassociation. It is kind of like not really...
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