Doing anything creative declares “I am” to the universe. It helps you discover who you are. It enables you to create another aspect of who you are. It shares something of yourself with the world around you. It can be a way to bond with friends. One creative act is to create a space where … More Make a space where it can happen: Being creative
A couple days ago, right when I needed it, Gabrielle Bernstein’s blog entry was delivered to me with her nifty approach to shifting an unpleasant mood immediately. I’ve been playing with it ever since. In her book Super Attractor: Methods for Manifesting a Life Beyond Your Wildest Dreams (Hay House 2019), Bernstein calls her approach … More How to use Gabrielle Bernstein’s “Choose again method” to feel better NOW
Dr. Joe Dispenza’s guided open-focus meditations changed my life. When I was stressed out of my mind, his guided meditations got me through. Open focus meditation is different from the traditional progressive relaxation visualization, so if you haven’t tried it, try one of his meditations. To start using Dr. Joe Dispenza’s meditations, I have two … More My favorite meditation scripts and guided meditations
Just because you feel unsure and lost, or even completely hopeless and self-loathing, while you’re doing something, doesn’t cancel out that You Are Doing The Thing, and possibly doing it very well. Freaking out is part of the process. And it won’t last forever. When you’re freaking out because you notice you’re having a terrifying … More Don’t freak out because you’re freaking out. It’s just part of your process
An altar is a tool. Why not use it? Here’s a strength-giving thing you can do for yourself that costs nothing, takes ten minutes or less, and gives you a hit of dopamine, plus, it’s a cool home-decor item, too: Building an altar. What counts as an altar? I use a tiny altar to remind … More How to build a tabletop altar, and why you’d want to
In this post, I’ll show you how I designed a scoring rubric that reflects my values and makes sense to me. We judge ourselves, and we judge other people, mostly instantaneously and unconsciously. That’s OK. It’s probably wired into our brains as a survival tool. We might as well admit we judge and USE it … More Give Yourself Credit: Keep score. Everything Counts.
Wiggling your ass is a great way to use your body to shift your mood. Pam Grout talks about it and the science behind it in E-Cubed, one of the books that saved my life. However, people might have blocks, both mental and physical, to wiggling their asses. I will address these in this and … More Lift Your Mood: Wiggle Your Ass, Part 2
Used to be, I never “got” affirmations, but I think I’ve finally figured out how to use them. I’m dying to share the way I found into using them, so you can use them, too. They’re free, so why not? Using affirmations is part of using a tapping script. With a tapping script, you feel … More I am a person who uses affirmations to heal
Do not ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. — Howard Thurman Do what gives you joy. Do it now. Joy, satisfaction, enthusiasm, contentment, absorption in your task: these are how the Universe tells us what … More “Because It’s Fun” Is a Great Reason To Do It
Being grateful — actually doing it, not just thinking about doing it for five seconds before moving on to criticize myself — does help me feel better. People who study brain chemistry have found that just thinking about what you might be grateful for increases dopamine, one of the feel-good chemicals in the brain (Kolb … More Gratitude 101: Getting Past Your Resistances, or The Blessing of the Coffee
Think UP! 