Surviving Ups and Downs Do we have control over the ups and downs of life? What do you think? This life can be pretty crazy. This morning I was just thinking, Can my life get any nuttier? My laundry piled high, dishes left in the sink, worry about loved-ones and the state of the world, […]
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Learning how to cope with difficult people is an attitude adjustment. On your part. Difficult people can shift the energy of a place I have been around my share of difficult people. People who are so miserable, that negativity oozes out of their pores. They are passive-aggressive, mean-spirited, grumpy, judgmental, and often humorless (unless it’s
Stress and anxiety don’t feel very good When you’re always going, going, going and struggling to balance your work and home lives, it may be hard to tell whether you’re stressed or just worrying too much. You’re not alone in trying to figure out the difference between stress and anxiety. Stress and anxiety are relative terms, so
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Build Self Confidence and Create Happiness. Build Self Confidence, Stress Less Do you want to know how to build self confidence? I used to constantly think, “There is not enough time. There is not enough time!” when my kids were little. It was a BUSY time for our family. Thinking this was heavy on my
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Let Go of Anxiety in 2017! Because, let’s face it, you are not getting any younger. Time is not stopping until you feel more confident and calm to start again so you don’t miss anything while you are feeling anxious and out of control. And there is nothing for YOU in the anxiety and struggle.
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How to be a really good, optimistic friend Saying “I understand.” and giving a hug is NOT a negative response. This is what people need more than your too-soon optimistic advice. When people are hurt, sometimes they need to get out their feelings. Expressing them takes the pressure off the heart and mind. Inside the
People with anxiety feel isolated. (Anxiety wants us to be isolated because then it has more power over us without you there to pull us out of it.) But this makes us feel like no one feels as bad as we do. We tend to pull away from people that we love even though this is the worst
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Doing positive affirmations for 30 seconds in the morning can’t possibly counter the 24 hours of self-berating most of us do. We are so damn hard on ourselves. Positive Affirmations Sometimes Don’t Work We are so pervasively hard on ourselves that we don’t even notice the thoughts as negative self-judgments, we just think of them
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