I Can’t…Can I?
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...Awake and Aware Eating
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...Expanding
This year I’ve embraced the idea of doing something scary every day. Scary in a good way, you know what I mean? Scary-exciting, not scary-creepy. For each one of us, what scares us in a, “I couldn’t do that. Could I?!” way, is different. Some...Projection
There are times when I sense a lot of disapproval coming from the people around me. This is a classic example of projection, the psychological theory that states that people project onto others traits and motivations that they themselves feel. Knowing this, when I get that feeling that others disapprove of me, I check in with myself and find that, really, I’m the only one disapproving of myself.
Dealing with Difficult People
In the last couple of months, I’ve been talking to a lot of people about dealing with the difficult people in our lives.
The biggest problem, in my opinion, is we continue to think things like:
To Send or Not to Send
I’ve been doing a lot of things that scare me lately. I’ve been speaking up and speaking out more than ever before. Even though I have thoughts like: What are they going to think of me? What if they don’t like me? What if I’m wrong?
Worry is Useless
Last night, before I fell asleep, I started worrying about a loved one. After a few minutes, I noticed I was worrying and I decided to do something different, since I believe worry is useless.
Instead of worrying, I step back and look at my thoughts. I realize they are very unlikely to be true and I decide to think different thoughts that are true. Thoughts like these:
Practice the Positive
How can you change a negative mindset to a positive mindset? Someone asked me this question recently.