Celebrating 50 Years of Life
Today is my 50th birthday and I choose to celebrate my own survival and prosperity this day. I claim every good thing for myself. I look forward to a whole new decade of discovery and growth. I thank the universe for helping me to get over my self [self and negative perceptions of my personality [...]
How do I stop criticizing myself?
From B. DeRoes page on test anxiety from Edmund Bourne’s “The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook” I found these Socratic tips on countering negative self talk:
What is the evidence for this?
Is this always true?
Has this been true in the past?
What are the odds of this really happening (or being true?)
What is the very worst that could [...]
Grateful for My Mother
I have not always been grateful for my mother and when she died we were not on the best of terms. Recently my perspective has been changing somewhat as I have been helping a friend whose children keep pushing her away saying they aren’t responsible for taking care of her now that she is getting older and weaker. It [...]
My Depression - The Worlds Depression
My Depression preceded the Worldwide Economic Crisis of 2008 by a few months and for that I am grateful. I don’t think I could have taken the entire planet writhing in pain at the same time that I was. It would have made “my world” even darker.
It is interesting to compare my own crisis with [...]
The Worst or Best 8 Weeks of My Life
Recently a friend of mine has been struggling with unemployment after his company lost its biggest customer and he was forced to go to work for someone else. I have been helping him with his resume and with setting up an email account. One day as he was leaving the house he was telling me about the temporary job that he [...]
Louis Hay or Rather Louise Hay . You Can Heal Your Life
I am always checking my stats as I have always been obsessed with numbers and I find it fascinating how people end up finding my personal writings or my business directory pages. The other day I began to notice that many of you were coming to me looking for Louise Hay by punching in Louis [...]
Great Illustrations For Your Work
I just wanted to share a marvelous artist and illustrator that I found this morning; His name is Chet Phillips. You can see his work here.
Note the photo above is a stock photo from 123rf.com, a stock photo company that I use allot in my work.
Learning to Listen
One of the things that I am learning right now is how to listen.
At times when I listen to friends talk about their problems I am tempted to jump in and try to offer solutions even before they have finished describing the situation. At other times I feel overwhelmed by what they are saying and have a hard [...]
Letting Go Of Hurts
I don’t always hold onto the good things and good times. I seem to be attached to some very bad things and horrible times in my life. It is amazing how hard it is for me to let go of these old hurts; those times when I have been rejected or ignored for reaching out to someone. It is [...]