Would you ever even consider telling someone they are fat and ugly? I mean, even if you think it, you aren’t going to tell someone that to their face! Yet we easily and often tell ourselves these things all the time. We stand in front of the mirror and declare that we’re fat. We glare…
If you want to predict your life in 5 years, listen to what you are telling yourself today. Wow. Pretty profound, huh? Consider what you are speaking into your life, as what you speak, you create. Is your “default” complaining? Do you forecast the worst outcome in every situation? Do you consistently give voice…
We constantly make choices in our lives. As a matter of fact, it’s estimated by some that we make as many as 35,000 decisions a day which equates to a choice about every two seconds if we assume an average of seven hours of sleep a night. Wow! And, you want to know something else? …
How Well Do You Know You? Assessments are great tools to gain insight into our personality constructs, our state of mind or evaluate how we perceive the quality of our lives. Links to some we love, that are available free of charge, are provided below. The Wheel of Life Assessment is a quick and simple…
When triggered, we often speak before thinking. We react instantly in the moment with no consideration of the full impact of our words and behavior. These reactions can become habitual to the point of establishing patterns within relationships as well as within ourselves. I invite you to consider if default your reactions are providing you…
In my last blog, I talked about how you take your physical body with you wherever you go. But, more importantly, you take all of YOU. You take your thoughts. Your emotions. Your beliefs. You take the experiences that have shaped your life. You take your knowledge and your opinions. You take your personality, preferences,…
It is said that the only constant in life is change. And while that may be a truth, right now, I would like to explore the idea that the only constant in our lives is, well, us. We are the fundamental element in our lives. We take ourselves with us wherever we go. This is…
How Do You Speak to Yourself? Do you talk to yourself lovingly and with compassion? Or do you speak harshly to yourself and say things like “I should have done better” or “I’m such an idiot?” We all have an inner critic, of course. But for many that inner critic is the most active voice…