How do you use your emotions to your advantage? What if we used our emotions as guides? When we are upset, more than the situation warrants, perhaps we need to re-evaluate how we perceive the situation. My favorite example, to which many can relate, is driving in a car and…
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Magic Monday- Emotions as Guides
Are you aware of your emotions throughout the day? Are you aware of the positive and try to avoid the negative? Today notice how you react to emotions. This awareness is a necessary step in having emotions guide you to peace.
Carving Out A Life
Recently we visited another area of the country that was surrounded by water. This type of environment is very different from where we live so the contrast was noticeable. It was interesting to observe how people interacted with their environment. Water is so plentiful that folks work, commute and play…
Magic Monday – Carving out a Life
The kind of life we would like to live is very much in our control in many ways. It is dependent upon our surroundings, of course, yet we have control over that, too. Sometimes we are aware of what we are creating and sometimes we are not. Today, think about…
Relieving Stress
Stress is often caused when our brain tells us that things are not what we want. We think we want no challenges at work but if we really had no work challenges, we would become bored. We want life to be easy yet if it was we would create challenges…
Magic Monday – Relieving Stress
Some of us experience stress more often that we would like. A quick method to relieve stress it to take several deep breaths. As you breathe in and out notice your body relaxing. As you breathe remind yourself that you have handled challenges like this in the past. This…
Give Permission
There are so many happy events that happen each and every day. We often take them for granted or just don’t acknowledge them at all. If we do have something really great happen to us we may discount the joy as just a fluke. We don’t want to get to…
Magic Monday – Give Permission
Sometimes we don’t feel that we deserve happiness or good things to happen to us. Today, give yourself permission to accept good events and feeling happy. It may feel strange at first, this is normal for some. See if you can do it once a day for a week….
FUN!!!
When was the last time you had some fun? I mean real fun. Fun like you had as a child. Laughing so hard your stomach cramped struggling to catch your breath with tears streaming down your cheeks. The “time stood still” kind of fun. When we grow up we get…
Magic Monday – FUN
We need to have some fun today. Actually, we need to have some fun everyday! Even if your life is feeling overwhelming, give yourself a break and have some fun. Laugh so hard your stomach cramps and tears flow from your eyes. Do something silly and enjoy it. Laugh…