Value-Mart, Value-Shopper…the word value has been devalued by poor use or overuse. The word obviously has a deeper more powerful meaning and you’d be hard-pressed to find in recent history such a fireworks display of values across the globe as we had this past week. “INTEGRITY”, “DIVERSITY”, “JUSTICE”…people using signs, their voice and actions to convey…
Start at your center
Today is a full moon and it felt right to start my New Year with you now. I’m changing things up a little bit. First of all, I’ll be sharing with you primarily on the new moon and full moon to work in alignment with that natural cycle as it feels like a more organic…
To react! Or not to react.
Sometimes we don’t feel we have a choice.
Do you have an old behavior that is more REACTION than RESPONSE?
You know, that thing that TRIGGERS you to do, say or be something that isn’t you anymore but you just can’t seem to stop doing, saying or being it.
Here is a simple, but powerful offering to move from reaction to response. I call it STOP, DROP and ROLL. Yes, this is the fire safety technique you were taught to use when you are literally on fire, and as most of you know, when we are in reaction that is set off by a trigger, we may as well be on fire because any aspiration for change in our life has just gone up in flames. Again.
Can love be a coping mechanism?
Maybe not in and of itself, but one could have coping mechanisms that are loving. Coping mechanism, you know…that thing…that “adaptation to environmental stress that is based on a conscious or unconscious choice and that enhances control over behavior or gives psychological comfort*.” You know…that coping mechanism. Some people exercise to cope. Some reach out to…
When your best is enough
Do you have a person in your life that if they would just go away – literally disappear – your problem would be solved AND you could graduate to a new state of enlightenment because they are the only thing standing in your way of peace and your life working out? Maybe heavy-handed, but that’s how it feels. There is…