In this blog about flexibility as the hallmark of mental health, I will explain my thoughts about how increasing our awareness of our inner lives and using that awareness to be more flexible in the way we do things will greatly increase how good we feel about the direction our lives have taken. This is ...
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Flexibility: Part II, The Big Decisions
Flexibility: Part I, Flexibility is the Hallmark of Mental Health
What would it be like to have many more choices about how to respond to people in your life–your husband, wife, daughter, boss, the grocery store cashier? What if you could predict how you will feel in different situations and have a good idea of how you want deal with those feelings ahead of ...
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Our Christmas Miracle
This is a story of a Christmas Miracle about our precious little dog, Julian. For those of you who do not celebrate Christmas, either because it is not consistent with your culture or belief system, or because you for other reasons simply choose not to participate in this holiday, please bear with me. I actually ...
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Tags: community, compassion, family, feelings, process, well-being
Choose your anxiety: Focus on what you know
This blog is part of a series of blogs that begin with the phrase “Choose your (insert feeling).” These blogs are based on the concept that our entire range of human feelings are all designed to provide us important information about our experiences and situations; information which can be crucial for telling us how we ...
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