Instead of blaming our discomfort on outer circumstances or on our own weakness, we can choose to stay present and awake to our experience, not rejecting it, not grasping it, not buying the stories that we relentlessly tell ourselves. – Pema Chödrön I understand this now. It’s about staying out of our heads, and in …
Use NVC Find Peace (my free online tool for getting to clarity and peace) Questions If this was the first time this had ever happened, would you be reacting this way? What would i have to do to make things worse? (Or, To feel worse?) What if the opposite was true? What if I focused …
Here’s a simple yet effective exercise for challenging or changing negative beliefs. In my experience, affirmations by themselves don’t work – my brain just goes “nup. nup. nup.” This is a different approach, where you kinda “weed out” the bits that are going “nup”. Give it a go. I find it extremely powerful! Find a …
“When we are overwhelmed and can’t hold presence for ourselves, nature offers itself as a grounding force. The deep silence and beauty found in the awe of nature becomes a capacious container awaiting the emergence of the long-forgotten inner young ones that carry more than they can bear.” – Annie Fisher Bookmark0
“The order of change – We may begin deep listening with the hope that something inside that is angry, scared or hurting will change. But it is not the angry, scared or hurt place that changes first. We change first, by learning to relax in the way we hold our anger, fear or hurt places. …
Be honest. When an unexpected situation arises, you stress about whether to help out or not. Maybe it involves a family member you never really got on with or strangers who are obviously, well, strangers. I used to be the same until I worked for an international aid charity and I learned an important truth… …
An online interactive thing for moving to better thoughts (“vibrations”). Focus wheel process by Abraham-Hicks … website by Jeff Tretsven Video about it here. Bookmark0
Focusing {link} “I’m sensing something in me that feels depressed … and I’m saying hello to it … “ “I’m sensing something in me that doesn’t want to feel depressed, and I’m saying hello to that too … “ Bookmark0
Those who love you are not fooled by the mistakes you have made or the dark images that you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; or your purpose when you are confused. ~ Alan Cohen Bookmark0
Having breakfast, with complex carbs and protein, within an hour of waking up, can make all the difference to my day. I discovered that by following the diet in a book called “Potatoes Not Prozac”, which stabilized my moods amazingly (when no other food-based approach had ever helped). I massively recommend it. Your well-self can …
Don’t seek happiness. If you seek it, you won’t find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness. ECKHART TOLLE, A New Earth Bookmark0
Exercise from the book Prescriptions without Pills If you were angry with someone or something other than yourself, who or what might it be? Who appears bigger, you or them/it? If them … Pump yourself up (like a balloon, or anything that works) until you’re the size you’d like to be, in comparison to them From …