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17 Easy Ways to Take Good Care of Yourself
Let’s just call this a list of reminders for some things you’ve been meaning to do– Stop rushing around. When will we realize that rushing here and there is an ineffective remedy for chronic lateness? Plan ahead. Plan to arrive 15 minutes before any appointment. Promise yourself 15 minutes of relaxation in your car with your favorite music for arriving early. Wake up before everyone else in your house. The more time you spend sitting quietly in the morning, just contemplating things, the wiser, wealthier and healthier...
read moreThe Amazing Power of Solitude: 7 Good Reasons to Take a Break
Why do so many of us flock to retreat centers? Why do we daydream about taking off for a weekend to a humble little cabin near the water… just Self and a good book? Why do we yearn for just a little space of time to write or to paint or to create? Is it because we instinctively know that having some alone-time is the only way to re-glue our scattered fragments of Self? Could it be that sitting in solitude is the only way we can re-connect with our all-wise Inner Woman… to find out what she has to say? If you’ve been looking for a way to...
read moreAre you speaking fear or Faith to yourself?
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Without Faith it’s impossible to please God. Taking your thoughts to the highest level of Faith is an ongoing process that results in self-acceptance, self- understanding, and self-actualization. When we find that our mind-talk consists of a lot of fear-filled negativity—be it self-criticism or self-aggrandizement—we know it’s time to stop and re-orient our inner notions. Whenever you find yourself trying to think your way through a particular...
read moreAre you ready to leave your fear zone?
Yes, our fears like to boom in our minds in a loud, action-arresting, nasty voice. Fear is definitely an attention-hog, demanding that we drop everything and listen as it warns of the impending disaster and failure and destruction that might happen. Your fear has the power (that you have given it) to derail every positive train of thought you come up with— stopping you from heeding your growing pains and taking the steps you need to be taking to move your life forward. But you can stop it from taking over if you start to develop awareness...
read moreAre you sitting still … In Trouble?
Your Trouble is a saga. It has a plot, a conflict and myriad possible resolutions. It also has an identifiable beginning (although you may not know what it is), a middle or peaking point (you probably won’t know this either, until it’s over) . . . and any number of possible endings. Whether your Trouble saga reads like a long poem, a short story, or a really drawn-out novel, what keeps you there is the fear of what-might-happen-if, and all the flamboyant drama that goes along with trying to sidestep that scenario as it plays out...
read moreDid 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...
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