Sometimes, when your life sucks and you feel crappy and powerless, you don’t want to read an entire self-help book. You just want some quick suggestions of ways to feel better right now.
I can do that.
Self-help books helped me save my own life, and I’d like to share what I’ve learned.
Here are a variety of activities that have worked for me and how I used them. Every entry in this blog
- Describes a technique and how it has worked for me, so you can scan it to see if it appeals to you in the moment.
- Offers step-by-step instructions to lead you through doing it right now.
- Links to resources where you can read more about the technique and the ideas behind it.
What I offer here:
- Ways to use your body to change your mood.
- Ways to use writing to change your mood.
- Ways to talk back to the critical voices in your head, the ones that belittle everything you do.
- Ways to practice gratitude. Expressing gratitude gives us a hit of dopamine and ups our mood.
Skeptics welcome! You are my tribe.
I offer ways I’ve gotten past my own resistances to using self-help techniques and to feeling better
Congratulations! You’ve just taken the first step
Whether or not you decide to read further, you are doing something about your possibly cruddy mental state: You’ve taken charge. You’re looking for ways to feel better and making choices about what to try next.
You have begun to lift your mood out of the gutter.
Think UP! 