If you are going through a difficult time, you, like many may find the part of what is called The Serenity Prayer helpful: Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can: and the Wisdom to know the difference.
Mary Oliver’s poem, I Worried, reminds me of a Joy in the Moment article I wrote about two years ago. I wrote about how worrying and “what ifs” rob us of feeling good in the moment.
Do you ever find yourself agreeing to do something you may not really want to do? Do you think you have a problem saying “no”? Truth is, you say “yes” and “no” many times a day.
When you don’t like how you feel, you may realize you need to make a change in your life. But you may not realize the way to change your life is often to change the way you think.
The easy availability of so much ‘health’ information can often lead to trouble. Meaning it can lead to a lot of worry and fear, including self-diagnosing something that is most likely incorrect.
At this time of the year many people are making New Year’s Resolutions. Often, it’s about losing weight. I don’t make New Year’s resolutions and I teach my patients the same. Why? Because most people don’t keep these resolutions for the long term.
I like to read or listen to inspirational words to start my day. Today I listened to Oprah Winfrey’s, The Path Made Clear. She talked about how when climbing a mountain, there are valleys on the way. She used the words “Fail Up”
In this time of information overload it can be overwhelming to make even simple decisions. Here are some tips to free up your mind and time. Make a decision, stick to it and you will have more time and space and freedom in your life. Here are two examples where you may put too much time into making simple decisions.
Have you ever wanted to do something but you feel stuck? Paralyzed? You just can’t move forward on it or finish it but you don’t understand why? It could it be you want to do it perfectly.
If you have been keeping up with the presidential election, you may have had a variety of thoughts and emotions about the future. You might have been concerned or even worried about what was going on politically on July 20, 2024. But the next day, we received a much different message than we had the weeks before.
