by dmackinnon | Aug 15, 2012 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
These days, I feel good almost all of the time. And if I feel bad, it doesn’t last long. This was not always true for me. Back in the day, if I had a fight with my husband, I felt terrible—for days and days. After an argument (thankfully, a rare occurrence) I spent...
by dmackinnon | Aug 8, 2012 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
Last Saturday I took my 2 ½ year old son to the beach. I tried to pare down my load as much as possible because it was a long walk from the car to the beach. I only had: My beach chair My son’s beach chair A cooler with lunch and snacks in it Beach toys (bucket,...
by dmackinnon | Jun 27, 2012 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
This past month I decided to give up sugar. I have never been much of a sweets lover—until I had my son. Then I went on a KitKat kick. No other candy interested me, but I ate a few of those snack-sized KitKats every day. Then, one day, Peppermint Patties became my new...
by dmackinnon | Jun 20, 2012 | Healing Choices, Limiting Beliefs
I think of myself as a rule-follower, but there is one rule that I find myself breaking more and more as time goes by. The rule I break most often is the unspoken rule that says we have to “be nice.” This usually means, “keep quiet and don’t rock the boat.” For...
by dmackinnon | May 23, 2012 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
For the past few months, I’ve been asking myself the same question every morning: How do I want to feel today? Most of us ask ourselves questions all the time, and there is usually one that we ask over and over again—Susan Hyatt and Brooke Castillo call it the Primary...
