Tap Into Your Inner Resources
June e-news! I just got back from being in Switzerland for 2 weeks. What an amazing adventure I had. I did something quite different than I usually do when traveling to Europe. I went solo! Nope, didn’t get a divorce or anything similar to that. I still have my wonderful husband, it’s just that I had an opportunity to speak to a group of dental hygienists in Zurich on stress for their patients and themselves, and my husband decided he didn’t want to go. He wanted to go backpacking instead. Ok, but Switzerland…how can one…
Life Balance Quiz
How Well Do You Maintain Life Balance? by Jackie Foskett of Healing Hypnotherapy We hear how important it is to have balance in our lives. Yet what exactly does that mean? If trying to maintain balance in your life has your feeling like a tightrope walker, you are not alone! Most of us have so many demands on our time and energy, life can feel like a 3 ring circus! Take this quiz to find out how well you are doing in meeting responsibilities, while recognizing and fulfilling personal needs and wants. It will help…
The Power of a Story!
I’ve been pretty busy with all sorts of things-clients, house projects, family….and been amiss in connecting for a while. Well, that’s my story anyhow. Let’s talk about the stories we tell ourselves–and others! The Power of A Story! When you look at this picture, what comes to mind for you? Are you thinking: she’s crazy-that’s dangerous? wow, wish I had the guts to do THAT? Or that looks like fun? There are many other “stories” you could tell about this photo, and since you don’t have much information, just the photo, you really are making…
Change The Way You See It
When You Can’t Change It, Change the Way You See It Environmental Stress Environmental stress is the stress that you can do absolutely nothing about. This includes things like the weather, traffic, and being stuck in the slowest line at the post office. Since there is not much we can do about environmental stressors, an effective way to deal with them is to let go of the hold they have on us and reframe the experience. Here are a 2 simple ways to re-frame an environmental stressor: Gratitude: For example, instead of being overwhelmed…
Is it A High or Low Priority?
Oftentimes, when feeling stressed, our minds go into overdrive and everything on the “to do” list can feel like it was suppose to have been done yesterday! This naturally leads to even more feelings of distress and overwhelm. Worries will start to creep in and all those “what-if’s” will start dancing around our heads. What to do? STOP, BREATHE, ASK! This is the perfect time to STOP!! Just shouting in your head STOP!! can give you a moment’s reprieve to regain a bit of balance. Or you can imagine a STOP sign or even a…
Heart Focused Breathing For YOU!
Feeling stressed, anxious, or worried can upset your heart’s natural coherent rhythms, which in turn send electromagnetic signals to the brain to release stress hormones. By focusing in on your heart as you breathe and engaging in a positive emotional feeling, you are supporting your heart’s innate intelligence to get back into a state of coherence. This quick exercise is a modified version on “The Quick Coherence Technique” created by The Heart Math Institute, and is Stress Relief Tool #4 in my book: The Stress Relief Toolbox: For Women Who Take Care of Everyone But…