Matters of the Mind
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If It Feels Nice…Don’t Think Twice
We live in troubled times. Life is uncertain. There is social unrest and protest. Order has been disrupted. We say, “this must stop.” We cry, “no more.’ We don’t know what to do. We don’t know who to trust and what to believe. In order to create peace in the...
Stop Scaring Yourself!
Do you ever feel anxious? If so, apparently you are not alone. Do you realize that over the past eight years, Google searches for terms related to anxiety have doubled? The searches have included all sorts of anxiety: driving, flying and travel in...
Face the Strange
Embracing change is not easy. In general, we don’t like it! We do our best to avoid it! Change makes us uncomfortable and uneasy. We are unsure about what to expect. Sometimes it makes us fearful. Regardless of how we feel about it, change will happen...
Plan Backwards
When we set a goal, we think about it as a future event, situation or experience. We set a date. It is something in the distance…a destination at the end of a journey. One way to move forward to meet a big goal is to plan backwards. When your goal is...
Confine Yourself
Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) believed happiness was to be achieved by living “according to nature” in harmony with the principle which orders the universe. A Roman emperor and philosopher who composed bits of wisdom in a work called Meditations, he believed...
Understanding Your Mind
Have you ever felt like you were losing your mind? Or that you couldn’t control your thoughts…repeating hurtful comments or reviewing painful experiences? Or maybe you’re feeling fearful and worrying about the future? Perhaps you’d like to learn a little more...