by dmackinnon | Mar 12, 2018 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
We have a tendency to think other people are idiots but we are not. This is a complete generalization, but it operates in our daily lives and it causes a lot of unnecessary suffering. For example, if someone else’s phone rings while I’m watching a movie at a movie...
by dmackinnon | Oct 2, 2017 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
A client recently described a situation where she basically watched herself behave like a self-conscious, insecure teenager (she’s middle-aged) and she couldn’t stop herself. “I told myself to stop thinking about it and I did…for about 10 seconds. Then I was right...
by dmackinnon | Apr 26, 2017 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
One evening, my husband and I were cleaning up the kitchen and I noticed an empty carton of ice cream on the counter. “You finished the ice cream?” I asked. “Yup,” he said, continuing to load the dishwasher. “Wow,” I said, “that was fast.” He just nodded and kept...
by dmackinnon | Apr 1, 2017 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
For some reason—okay, maybe because I’m working on a big, scary goal—I got the image of me and fear sitting on a park bench. Or should I say Fear? Anyway, we sat down on this park bench together to talk. The sky was full of angry, dark clouds roiling in the gusty...
by dmackinnon | Jan 27, 2017 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
There’s been a lot of conflict going on in our world these days. I’ve paid as much attention as I can, although at times I’ve had to turn off the radio and turn away from the newspaper headlines. Thinking about conflict make me notice how I react (what I think, how I...
by dmackinnon | Oct 30, 2016 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
I recently sat with one of my best friends over coffee. Because I trust her so much, I told my friend about a problem I’d been having with my husband, as it bothered me deeply. She listened, as all good friends do, and then we moved on to other topics. After we left...
