The Last Battlefield: Thoughts From Fiji
Our son is serving a two-year mission in Fiji for our Church. He wrote something really interesting to me this past week: For the first transfer in Fiji I had a really hard time as you all know. A few weeks ago I realized 9 out of 10 of my thoughts were negative… in the […]
TRAPping Negativity
Napoleon Hill said: “It is a physical impossibility for a negative mind to generate positive thoughts. When you allow yourself to dwell on the negative aspects of life, negative thinking expands to fill all of your thoughts until there is no room for positive thoughts to grow. It becomes an endless cycle. The habit […]
A Major Cause of Depression – Part 2
Medical Medium is a great book that beautifully and accurately identifies the major causes of depression. Today I will discuss the second reason this book outlines: traumatic stress. Traumatic Stress: Severe and sustained stress can create a burnout effect. Some examples would be months and months of unemployment, a lawsuit, a major illness…sometimes smaller […]
Linking Your MIND, BODY, and SPIRIT To Thrive
What is a challenge you have? Big or small, knowing how to move through the challenge and show up the way you want to is the difference between surviving or thriving. I love helping people learn how to thrive as a result of their challenges. Thriving means connecting the BODY, MIND, and SPIRIT in order to […]
A Rift In Marriage And Choice
A few days before Thanksgiving my husband and I had a rift between us. We were having a conversation and I got upset because of something he said that I knew was true–but it would mean that I would need to work some more on getting rid of a trigger point in our relationship. […]
Who Do You Want To Be?
Who do you want to be? It may seem like a silly question. It may seem like there is no hope of ever becoming who you want to be. I invite you to draw a picture of yourself on a piece of paper and write words all around the picture that describe who you […]
My Heart is Weeping for Mental Health Sufferers
I have had some recent experiences that lead me to this post today. I feel like crying because I know there are so many of you out there who are suffering with depression and/or anxiety. I feel like crying because I know how hopeless and helpless the feeling is. I know how exhausting it is […]
Acute Stress and Constant Stress
I think one of the most widely-used words today is “STRESS.” I have learned a lot about it in recent years. And I have noticed a tremendous difference in me and how I am able to handle challenges. I have come to recognize that I can do something to help my body deal better with […]
Anxiety and Relationship Betrayal
The human body does an amazing job of recording experiences and attaching emotions to them. Some seemingly innocent and “not a big deal” experiences can actually log tremendously debilitating emotions in the body that show up at the most inconvenient times!. So it’s no wonder that an experience like relationship betrayal can trigger anxiety or […]
Do I REALLY Need To Forgive?
Emotional health depends on strengthening the mind. Strengthening the mind occurs as we forgive others. How do I know? Because my own journey through life has given me opportunities to either forgive someone who has wronged me–especially unjustly–or to hold a grudge. I have seen firsthand what holding grudges does. It creates bitter, resentful, hateful […]