Did You Inherit Your Space in Trouble?
Often, the Trouble we find ourselves in stems from fear-based mindsets that have been passed down through our families for generations. Our particular approach to dealing with the details and relationships of life is as much a part of our legacy as our family stories and our grandmother’s china. As children, we all tended to pay keen attention to the affairs of adults. We came to know the fear and the faith of our close family members, very well. We were watching as our mothers, grandmothers, aunts and sisters handled the most common...
read moreAre you moving forward… or residing comfortably on Trouble Lane?
Most of us know, or have at some time known, Trouble. Who among us hasn’t dropped our baskets at some time or another? We’ve lost jobs, flunked out of classes, spent the bill money, limped through relationships that we knew were bad, made foolish decisions . . . or whatever. We’ve all known Trouble, and so Trouble is easy to believe in. However, until we actually believe in the spiritual reality of our High Places, we won’t ever reach the understanding that our Trouble is not supposed to be our permanent dwelling place, and...
read moreLeaving Fear
For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, of love and of a sound mind. —2 Timothy 1:7 What is the first thing you fear you’ll run into when you step out of your comfort zone? And, what is the first thing you fear will run after you when you step out of your comfort zone? Fear is a quilt made up of many different fabrics, stitched together with threads of worry about the worst that could happen in any given situation. Always, our fearfulness has something to do with a presumed threat of our losing some aspect of our...
read moreHave You Built Yourself a Cozy Little Nest in Trouble?
Think about this: Whatever space you find yourself in that feels like Trouble to you—whether it’s a draining relationship, a state of lack, a struggle with depression, or a battle with ailing health—you are more familiar with your Trouble scenarios than you are with your High Places possibilities. In other words, your Trouble has become something of a comfort zone/home for you. . . . Step . . . Just for a moment or two, stop thinking about your Trouble and begin to think about your High Places. Your High Places. Who are you on your...
read moreCan You See Yourself on Your High Places?
There are several things that can keep us in a larva state of never becoming who we are really capable of being. Major on that list are the relationships that tie us to our old ways of being. By far, the most life-altering relationship we’ll ever have is the relationship we have with Self. Yet, in Trouble we tend to stop loving and accepting ourselves for who we really are. We stop supporting our real emotions and our real truths, and we put all our energy into crafting constantly evolving tactics to enable ourselves to survive our stay...
read moreAre You Ready to Make this Journey?
Each of our life-experiences has given us a platform to stand on . . . and a gift to give. Each one of us could say “I have been here . . . and I have been there . . . and . . . LOOK At ME! I have come through to a better side of things. This is what I’ve learned . . . and this is what I can share with you.” And it’s only this attitude that will set you on your path to your High Places. Self-pity will not. Fear of moving forward . . . will not. Fear of being hurt . . . again . . . will not. Your responses to your life experiences will...
read moreAre You Ready to Meet Your Joy?
Our Trouble separates us from the Joy we could experience as our High Places Self. Chances are, if you’ve never ventured a step toward your High Places, you’ve never known real Joy. You may have known some fleeting moments of happiness. You may, also, have experienced a few hiccups of exhilaration . . . and maybe even a sneak preview of hopes to come. But if you’ve never stepped out in faith toward the desire of your heart, marching confidently forward with every expectation of arriving someplace Good, you haven’t known...
read moreWhat Does Sleep have to do with Heart Health?
Read what this article by Dr. Michael J. Breus has to say about the proven connection between sleep and heart health … http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-michael-j-breus/insomnia-heart-disease_b_1083854.html
read moreTips for Handling Stress & Anxiety
Here’s a link to a great article written by Deepak Chopra about the effects of stress on the brain. The article includes several useful tips for coping with stress and anxiety: http://www.thevisualmd.com/expert_panel/deepak_chopra_md/weekly_health_tip_stress_and_the_brain
read moreToday’s Self-Questions for August 26, 2011
It would be my guess that most of us aren’t really cognizant of the personal beliefs and notions that are really fueling our day to day thoughts and actions. Asking yourself probing questions and spending the time and energy to a listen to the answers can be enlightening, to say the least. So, that being said, here are today’s questions for your womanspace: What do you want that you think you can’t have, and what makes you think you can’t you have it? What do you want to do that you think you...
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