My daughter Sarina’s traumatic birth not only changed everything I thought my life was going to be, but it also turned the relationship I had with myself upside down. I didn’t know who I was anymore as the mother of a special needs child. It was Spring of 1994, and we lived in Cincinnati, OH. My […]
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Our minds are a tricky thing. And when it comes to coping with emotional situations, they don’t do us any favors. On a biological level, stress causes an increase in cortisol, a hormone that’s been linked to appetite. So, when you run to the freezer for that pint of ice cream after a tough day,
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International Day of Happiness: 10 Ways to Spread Your Happy – One of the things I love about going to concerts is feeling like I’m a part of something with complete strangers. Coming together and bonding over the love of music. Singing our hearts out, being moved by the same thing. No talks of differences or
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Do you know that guilt is not even a real emotion? Real emotions have both a positive and negative aspect. Love, for example, is positive in all the ways we humans know. But it’s negative if you are given love that you don’t want (or from someone you don’t want it from). Can you name
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When we think of wellness, the first thing most people think of is often physical well-being. But there are other areas where wellness is overlooked because unlike physical well-being, it can be avoided for long periods of time. Emotional wellness is one such area that has been unknowingly and unintentionally neglected, yet the time for
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Whether you are aware of it or not, you have a set of boundaries for yourself that are guiding you through life. You know, those invisible lines created when you establish rules and guidelines for yourself on what you will permit, accept, and allow from other people. If you’re anything like me, you’ve taken advice
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Let’s get one thing straight from the outset: The emotions you experience are not “yours!” Emotions seem like they belong to us because we alone experience them, but they really arise in us. Emotions are messengers. They come to offer a message about how to navigate our life. Which emotions reveal themselves is based on
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Grief is deep sorrow. It is deeply emotional. Other words that come to mind are sadness, pain, loss, anguish, suffering, heartache, and despair. Grief also is universal, which means everyone everywhere experiences it. Most of us are not given the skills to deal with grief when it shows up in our lives. In fact, we
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Days are busy with work and evenings are busy with family and hobbies. Everyone seems to demand more time than you have to give. And the time you do give is never as focused as you’d like it to be. This is stress. “Our greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought
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“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble, but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy.” – Norman Vincent Peale Being self-confident is a personal lifeline affirming your unique place in all of your life. The right to have and own your place with ease defines being
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