I have been hard at work with my colleague of late. Our recent project is learning and developing the technology to launch a Self-Care Support Group for educators. We’ve had to learn about launch sites, internal/external links, landing pages, yada yada yada. My head swims. At the end of a work session I literally amContinue reading “I Want More of That! What Happens When We Apply the “I Think I Can!” Mentality”
Category Archives: cognitive reframing
BUILDING RESILIENCE: ONE SIMPLE TOOL YOU CAN BEGIN TO DO TODAY!
This year, like so many, I have had my challenges navigating life and a business through the pandemic. You are not alone dear ones. I would like to share my favorite, most effective tool. Hint… it has to do with filling the “empty jar” in my mind with positive thoughts, gratitude, and reframing my experiences.Continue reading “BUILDING RESILIENCE: ONE SIMPLE TOOL YOU CAN BEGIN TO DO TODAY!”
EMPOWERING YOUTH DURING THE PANDEMIC
http://www.linkedin.com/posts/unicef_mentalhealth-activity-6739176490740531200-3dHK The pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for all ages. Not only are the tips included above empowering to youth, they are empowering to parents as well. Furthermore, it can be advice for anyone juggling a life that has switched to so many daily functions taking place from home. Let’s add a few more examples.Continue reading “EMPOWERING YOUTH DURING THE PANDEMIC”
THESE THINGS DO NOT DEFINE US
RECLAIMING PERSONAL POWER: TAKE ACTION ON WHAT IS IN OUR CONTROL, LET GO OF THE REST
Thank you to those that are reaching out in response to recent posts. Keep sending me those emails (link below) and I will blog in response dear ones. I want you to know that I hear you and understand your pain. I am hearing the intense loneliness and isolation. I am hearing of lost timeContinue reading “RECLAIMING PERSONAL POWER: TAKE ACTION ON WHAT IS IN OUR CONTROL, LET GO OF THE REST”
How to Push Back and Plow Through Discouragement: Finding Your Own Power
Can you think of a moment of recent discouragement? How did you handle it? What helped? Yesterday I had one of those moments to kick start my Monday morning. The discouragement I felt about one particular area seemed to permeate into other aspects of my life. The excitement that I was feeling about certain dreamsContinue reading “How to Push Back and Plow Through Discouragement: Finding Your Own Power”
🐥🐥🐥 I DON’T HAVE DUCKS… AND I DON’T HAVE A ROW. BUT I DO HAVE SQUIRRELS AND THEY ARE EVERYWHERE 🐿🐿🐿 How to Jump Start Your “Non-Start”
For the past three plus years I have been posting “Daily Recovery Inspiration” posts on the Nicklaus Counseling Center, S.C.’s Facebook page. I started doing this as a way to encourage others on their healing, growth, and recovery journeys. What I ended up discovering is how often the prescheduled posts were just what I neededContinue reading “🐥🐥🐥 I DON’T HAVE DUCKS… AND I DON’T HAVE A ROW. BUT I DO HAVE SQUIRRELS AND THEY ARE EVERYWHERE 🐿🐿🐿 How to Jump Start Your “Non-Start””
COPING WITH THE CHANGE: HOW TO EMBRACE THE UNEXPECTED
Has your life changed because of the pandemic? Are you struggling with the changes? I think we would be hard pressed to find someone that has not experienced change in the past 9 months. I am no exception. When the world seemed to push a pause button last March because of the worldwide pandemic, IContinue reading “COPING WITH THE CHANGE: HOW TO EMBRACE THE UNEXPECTED”
MY PHOENIX RISING FROM THE ASHES
Growing up as a “People Pleaser”, by adulthood I had perfected this pattern into a finely tuned way of life. People pleasing was fully ingrained in the way I thought and it drove most of my actions. It was such a powerful force in so many aspects of my life that it is hard toContinue reading “MY PHOENIX RISING FROM THE ASHES”
Self-Care Isn’t As Effective When I Don’t “Set My Mind” To It
I’ve discovered that one of my “sure fire” ways of sabotaging my self-care time goes something like this: Me to Myself: Ugh 😫 I am spent! I really need to relax. I should really… (insert journaling or going for a walk or reading or do a puzzle or any of the other things on myContinue reading “Self-Care Isn’t As Effective When I Don’t “Set My Mind” To It”