Our brains constantly forge tenacious links with real life situations that connect us to either healthy or toxic forces. If we link to cranky images fear takes hold we open floodgates to anxiety. If we choose kinder images caring takes over and we are empathetic to ourselves and others. It’s… Read more »
When we say kindness cures cruelty, we are not denying life’s tragedy or troubles. We are simply reminding ourselves to reach deeply into an inner fountain of free flowing love our world may be missing. It’s a practice that redirects our time and energy toward a reliable flow of love… Read more »
Many of us know depression while far fewer foster delight! I’ve struggled with anxiety and battled discouragement as far back as teenage years when my mom died in her 30’s and I found myself at 14, suddenly out on the street. Alone, without a penny I struggled against everyday stressors… Read more »
Where are you isolated, and what’s your frame? When we cultivate home beyond any pandemic’s panic or prickles, we rest and feel comforted and deeply content there! Sad truth also lies on the other side of this challenge as we hear S. Knezel ask further: “Why do we fight so… Read more »
Feel anxious or down? Stress defaults us to discouragement, fear or regrets, until you begin to see your world as hopeless. In contrast, curiosity opens new choices for mental and emotional growth, along a wellspring of new ventures. Make a game of looking at a pesky rut you face, and… Read more »
How do stressful settings make us grumpy, while others grin or smile and act silly as a counter to chaos and commotion? Is stress a learned behavior and is its opposite, the talent for getting silly and laughing at ourselves, innate? If not, how can we learn to replace stress… Read more »
EXCITING NEW Mental and Emotional Handbook. Fifty -Day – Guide – to discover brain based awe! Fun Daily Brain Based Tools that Reduce Anxiety and Awaken AWE during a pandemic! Check for free mindset resources for teens and parents at this TpT site Enjoy a growth mindset journey away from… Read more »
It is estimated that 1 in 3 of us lives with depression, panic, fear, or debilitating anxiety that offers no apparent exit strategy. The series first blog includes the first 10 anxiety-buster tools and is followed by the second blog with tools 11 – 20 with post 3 below, of… Read more »
Teach our brains to remove the oxygen from mistreatment, and we pound a clear path for surprisingly freer steps forward. Whether we feel spurned by a former friend or slammed online by a tyrannical leader, our brains come fully equipped to recognize our personal worth and to turn our inner… Read more »
Are you wired for anger, anxiety or payback when clashes strike on an ordinary day? Or do instant reactions for you tend to bring others together, find common ground or share assets? Remembrance Day is the perfect day to inventory our comebacks to personal assaults. A time to check our… Read more »
