When I first discovered affirmations in my twenties, I was an anxious, hot mess trying to deal with all the feels from my daily empathic overwhelm. I\’d recite affirmations while driving. Self-recorded cassette tapes played on repeat all night while I slept. I\’d fill pages of my journals with positive statements. But while my mouth […]
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Shame 102: Using Creativity to Help Release Shame. Part 2 of a 3-Part blog series. Late joining this series? Catch up on Part 1! In Part 1, we deconstructed the definition of shame and introduced a three-step process to help us begin to unload the heavy-weight of shame. In Part 2, we will explore using
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As a Marriage and Family Therapist more than 40 years ago, I was invited to participate in a conference on Domestic Violence. Without the internet and eager to network, I accepted. I knew little about Domestic Violence and had not encountered it as a therapist. Pioneers in the Domestic Violence Awareness movement, such as Lenore
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Did you know that in astrology, Libra is ruled by that beautiful Roman love goddess, Venus? So that means that the Libra New Moon on October 16th is the perfect time to reflect on what’s working (and what’s not) in your relationships, particularly with an intimate partner. With Venus as its ruler, Libra is all
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Grief affects us on the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social levels. What’s difficult for most people are the feelings associated with grief. No one wants to feel sadness, anger, fear, guilt, loneliness, despair, frustration, resentment, bitterness, hopelessness. These feelings stem from the deep sense of abandonment we feel when we experience loss. We tend
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Shame 101: 3 Steps to Start Unloading the Heavy Weight of Shame. Part 1 of a 3-Part blog series In October 2018, I wrote and published a blog titled, 10 Tips to Stop Shaming Yourself. It got a lot of hits and a lot of reads. I took that to mean the topic resonated with
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This year’s World Mental Health Day, on 10 October, comes at a time when our daily lives have changed considerably as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The past months have brought many challenges: for health-care workers, providing care in difficult circumstances, going to work fearful of bringing COVID-19 home with them; for students, adapting
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The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results. – Anthony Robbins Are you tired of feeling energy drained more often than you feel energized? Thankfully there are many things in your control
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Welcome to Messages from the Light for October 2020 where on the 8th of each month, WU World Changer Marisa Ferrera shares a channeled message for the month with you! Break Free from Pain and Suffering Go about your day as usual and pay attention to all that is around you and within you. What
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Did you notice a meme going around with a photo of a pink or grey sneaker? It’s one of those optical illusions where some people see one color while others see something different. When I looked at it, I saw a grey shoe with mint laces. I showed the photo to my husband. He saw
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