by dmackinnon | Sep 22, 2015 | Healing Choices, Process
I’ve been writing about cognitive dissonance lately, on Live to Write–Write to Live, a group blog I’m a part of with 7 other writers. You can check out those blog posts here and here. I thought I was done thinking about—and writing about—cognitive dissonance for...
by dmackinnon | Jul 29, 2015 | Healing Choices, Process
Lately, the concept of “comfort zone” has come up with multiple clients during multiple conversations. I used to think getting out of your comfort zone meant making a drastic change. Over the years I’ve come to see that if we can get out of our comfort zones in very...
by dmackinnon | Jul 23, 2015 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
Last week I gave a presentation titled: Becoming Conscious and Aware. During the presentation I talked about Wordlessness, which is when you drop out of language and enter a state of being. The participants and I did a number of exercises together and I thought the...
by dmackinnon | Jun 29, 2015 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
My husband and I got home from camping one day a couple of weeks ago and we were exhausted. We got a little snippy with each other as we were unpacking the car, and then I realized we were just tired. It had poured rain the night before and our tent leaked, so my...
by dmackinnon | Jun 17, 2015 | Healing Choices, Process
I was talking to an acquaintance at the end of a meeting recently. After we chatted for a few minutes, she asked me what I was up to. “I’m going running now,” I said. “Oh, I can’t run,” she said. “Have you ever tried...
by dmackinnon | Jun 12, 2015 | Healing Choices, Process
A couple of weeks ago, my husband and I decided to give up carbs and sugar—for three weeks. My husband has done this before; I never have. It’s now been two weeks, and I’m still off the sugar and the carbs. The first week was difficult as I had a hard time figuring...
