I was in a doozy of a bad mood earlier in the week. It started with a couple of nights of poor sleep; that is “Self-Care: Lift-Off from a Bad Mood?”
Category: Stress Relief
#547 – Your Beautiful Heart
Under stress, your heart rhythm shows up as a jagged line – the two branches of your autonomic nervous system (ANS) are speeding up and “#547 – Your Beautiful Heart”
Valentine’s Day – All Year!
Ahhhh – Amore! Love! L’amour! All symbolized by the month of February. Even The Heart & Stroke Foundation has chosen to make this “their” month. “Valentine’s Day – All Year!”
Helping vs Enabling
There’s a fine line between helping and enabling. Learning to discern the difference can have a huge impact upon the abilities and sensibilities of the “Helping vs Enabling”
Optimism – For the Health of It
Optimism is a good skill to cultivate, especially if you’re interested in doing what you can to improve your health in a number of areas. “Optimism – For the Health of It”
Cultivate Self-Care
“Self-Care is what people do for themselves to establish and maintain health and to prevent and deal with illness. It is a broad concept encompassing “Cultivate Self-Care”
The Language of Stress
When you are stressed, the language you use and how you use it changes. Pay attention to the words, the structure, the intonation, the tonality “The Language of Stress”
Celebrating Nature
On this first day of December, make time to get outside, if only for five minutes. Suspend your worries, put aside your to-do list and “Celebrating Nature”
The Observation Deck: How to Be in the Moment
Two upward glances, one last evening, and one very early this morning, almost brought me to tears. The sun was just setting as I pulled “The Observation Deck: How to Be in the Moment”
Awareness in Practice: Fixing
In Awareness in Practice – Part 1, I recounted how I recalibrated myself before settling in to have an enriching catch-up conversation with my friend. “Awareness in Practice: Fixing”
Awareness in Practice: Part 1
The beauty of the techniques I teach is that you can regularly practice them as you go about the business of your day. They are “Awareness in Practice: Part 1”
Nourishing Nature and a Fortifying Friendship
Nature and friendships – each are powerful in their own right, but when combined, it seems that they change into something resembling kryptonite. An email “Nourishing Nature and a Fortifying Friendship”