Well, I just discovered that Yahoo spammed all my WordPress comments (sorry for not replying!) plus many of your posts. I just thought WordPress had hidden my…… Read more “Yahoo spammed all my WordPress comments!”
Tag: life
Scientifically speaking: The power of speaking kindly to ourselves and to others
The words we say to ourselves are powerful. If we speak harshly and unkindly to ourselves, we bring in anxiety and depression into our minds and hearts, while speaking gently and kindly to ourselves is healing and helps inner peace and happiness to grow.
This video shows the incredible power of words on the formation of ice crystals, and since our bodies are mostly water, words have incredible power on us too! Imagine the effect on our health too!
PTSD flare
I actually wrote this Thursday eve, but scheduled the post for Saturday morning: I had a PTSD flare last night, and today I’m going to share some…… Read more “PTSD flare”
…and I still got squirted in the eye with onion juice!
We do our best to avoid unpleasantness in life, often finding it has found a way into our lives anyway. The old me used to take things…… Read more “…and I still got squirted in the eye with onion juice!”
How would you find happiness or meaning in your life if you never HAD to work again?
Note: This post had previously been published but somehow it became unpublished, so you may have read it before! I hit publish again, since I have some…… Read more “How would you find happiness or meaning in your life if you never HAD to work again?”
Need to start over in life, or need to make life-altering changes, but don’t know how?
Starting over is terrifying for anyone who hasn’t done it, and even if you have, it is different each time, but the good thing is, now you…… Read more “Need to start over in life, or need to make life-altering changes, but don’t know how?”
Godzilla loves you and wants you to have an amazing life!
Meme taken from Facebook Saying “my life stinks” when things go wrong is self-deprecating, defeatist, and fills you with sadness. Saying “this isn’t the life Godzilla wants…… Read more “Godzilla loves you and wants you to have an amazing life!”
Saying goodbye, forever
This past week a friend buried her husband. They were together for six beautiful, love filled years. Theirs was a romantic first meeting, and what followed was…… Read more “Saying goodbye, forever”
The skinny trend… going to any extreme is unhealthy… What anorexia taught me about recovery…
TRIGGER WARNING: This post talks about anorexia and self-harm.
4) The only person who was going to step in to save me, turned out to actually be myself!
The road to recovery and the road to becoming healthy is fundamentally ours to walk, sometimes alone, sometimes with support, but ultimately, we need to do it for ourselves!
The Universe sends us a trail of breadcrumbs to follow.
We need to pay attention to the trail of breadcrumbs that the universe sends us!
The universe doesn’t always send a large magnificent solution, that everyone would ooh and aah about, a sure sign of a miracle and of God’s love and benevolence.
The fact that he doesn’t often work that way isn’t a sign of our unworthiness!
How meditative walks can help jumpstart creativity!
I’ve mentioned here before that one of the tools in my toolkit is to take meditative walks. These have been great for both my fitness and for…… Read more “How meditative walks can help jumpstart creativity!”
There is no enlightenment outside of daily life – Thich Nhat Hanh
There is no enlightenment outside of daily life – Thich Nhat Hanh “There is no enlightenment outside of daily life.” – Thich Nhat Hanh Wow! When we…… Read more “There is no enlightenment outside of daily life – Thich Nhat Hanh”
Scrolling, scrolling, scrolling…
The past few days have seen me scrolling, scrolling, scrolling through Facebook and a few media sources, looking for information to share to be able to encourage…… Read more “Scrolling, scrolling, scrolling…”
How can an ordinary person help Ukraine?
I feel gutted about what is happening in Ukraine and like many of you I wish to see what I can do. Some of my father’s family…… Read more “How can an ordinary person help Ukraine?”
For most of my life, I denied I share a birthday with a rodent!
Recently I was laughingly telling my hairdresser that for most of my life I had been in denial about sharing my birthday with a rodent, specifically the…… Read more “For most of my life, I denied I share a birthday with a rodent!”