How’s the beginning of your new year going so far? Are you excited about what is possible? Or are you in “wish” mode? Are you wishing you’ll: Feel less overwhelmed this year? Be more in control of what feels like a chaotic life? Finally not have all that anxiety and unease sitting on your shoulders? Lose that darn 10, 20, 30 pounds you wished you lost last year? Find yourself having more fun and enjoying your life this year? Wishing and hoping won’t change what you want to change or have happen in this…
In July’s Mind Matters, I offered you some resources to support you in keeping in the summertime mode: Audios! Listen to relaxing guided hypnosis while creating new neural pathways in your brain for your health and well being. This month I’ve added in a special summer discount on the downloads, too! WooHoo! Each download/mp3 is $5.00 off. The Promotional code is: Summer2016 Enter the promotional code at check out and you’ll instantly receive your discount. Once you’ve checked out, you’ll be directed to a page to download your audios. Reminder: This discount is ONLY for…
Summertime Mode Adventures! In my book: The Stress Relief Toolbox: For Women Who Take Care of Everyone But Themselves, 2 tools for cultivating self care and long term stress relief are “tools” that will support you in having adventures this summer. Try this: Get out in Nature! To make it an adventure, engage your creative mind by paying attention to the colors you see, the textures of plants, what wildlife might be present, even the uniqueness of rocks. If you are with family or friends, you could even play a game of inspiring one another…
What do a boss who’s always yelling at you, your mate’s over-spending habits, a cluttered house or office, tight shoulders and a ho-hum (or bad) relationship have in common? They’re all tolerations, those little or big things we put up with-often without realizing it-that sap our energy and drain our life force. Every time we tolerate something, we deplete the energy we could be using to make desired changes or to simply experience joy in our life. It’s like living with a low-grade fever or pain that somehow dulls our experience and…
As the author of more than 30 books, including the bestselling series Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff, Dr. Richard Carlson helped millions of people create lives of greater peace, connection and caring by focusing on the more important things in life. The last chapter of one of his books is titled “Live This Day As If It Might Be Your Last. It Might Be!” Ironically and sadly, Carlson died unexpectedly at age 45 on a plane flight to New York. How better to drive home his point? We really don’t know how long…
Happy New Year! I love how the change of one day suddenly gives us permission to begin anew, create new goals or just feel “now is the time”. Of course we can always create new goals and beginnings at any time during the year, but somehow when the clock strikes 12 midnight, and it’s a new year, it opens up a whole new slate of opportunities. I find it very freeing and refreshing. With all the excitement of the possibilities that we can create for our new year, it can often be too easy to…