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Who’s Responsible for Your Happiness?
Happiness is your responsibility. It is not the responsibility of your partner, your children, your parents, or your friends, just like you are not responsible for their happiness. Don’t expect them to rescue you from your misery or pain. And … Continue reading
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Become a Better Partner
We cause the very relationship problems we complain about but we don’t realize we’re causing it so we feel like victims and we tell our partners, it’s all the other person’s fault. – David Burns, Feeling Good Together: The Secret … Continue reading
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Good Luck, Bad Luck!
An old man and his son worked on a small farm with only one horse to pull the plow. One day, the horse ran away. “How terrible,” sympathized the neighbors. “What bad luck.” “Who knows whether it is good luck … Continue reading
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Acceptance of What Happens
Let everything happen to you Beauty and Terror Just keep going No feeling is final ~Rainer Maria Rilke There was a time when people knew that life was supposed to be hard. Their thinking wasn’t that they deserved certain things … Continue reading
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A Different View
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Have you ever thought about how green your grass may look to others?
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The Personal Coach within You
“When you begin to notice your thoughts, one of the first things you’ll see is that you’re never alone.” – Byron Katie, I Need Your Love – Is That True? Become aware of your thoughts. Though you don’t have any … Continue reading
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Managing Emotions
A formula for managing emotions can look like this. S + T = RA Situation + Thoughts about the situation = Reaction S – T = RS Situation – Any thoughts especially judgments about the situation = Response S = … Continue reading
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Directing Your Life
It’s Not What Happens to You, It’s What You Do About It – Title of a book by W Mitchell Throughout the day, all kinds of things happen. There are things that happen that you take control of without even … Continue reading
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Food for Thought
Thoughts are powerful. Just like food, there are healthy and unhealthy things that you can feed your mind. Become mindful of which thoughts you dwell on and believe. Don’t go for junk food that hurts you. Your soul craves for … Continue reading
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Working With Your Mind
Anxiety and depression are thinking disorders – Dr. Daniel Amen It’s your mind’s job to create all kinds of thoughts. Most are useless, untrue, or even crazy. Typically this is the sequence: Your mind creates thoughts; thoughts produce emotions; emotions … Continue reading
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