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Embracing Our Anger to Understand It Better
Embracing Our Anger to Understand It Better
Anger’s a highly misunderstood and underappreciated emotion that’s simply doing its job and trying to get our attention to consider what may not be working so well in our life. Instead of embracing our anger and trying to learn from it, we’ll do other things, like let it run wild, try to bury it, and even run from it. Anything to avoid having an honest conversation about it.
So…let’s have an…
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#Anger Management#Authentic#Authentic Living#Awareness#Growing and Learning#Growth#Life Experience#Life Lessons#Life Transitions#Mindfulness#Personal Development#Personal Power#Self-awareness#The Journey of Life
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The Beauty of a Fresh Start
The Beauty of a Fresh Start
Every single morning is a new beginning. A fresh start to give our best effort and be our best self ❤
As we say goodbye to 2021, and two very, very, challenging years, I look towards 2022 with hope. It may be the fact that I slowed down this past month to take self-inventory. It could have been spending more time with my family and friends (my blog paying the price 😉 ), enjoying the true meaning…
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#Authentic Living#Awareness#Begin Anew#Fresh Start#Growth#Happy New Year#Hope For The New Year#Mindfulness#New Beginnings#New Year&039;s Resolutions#Optimism#Personal Development#Personal Power#Positive Attitude#Self-awareness
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Seeing Red: Is There an Upside to Anger?
Seeing Red: Is There an Upside to Anger?
Anger is treated like an evil force in nature. Dark. Destructive. Scary.
Psychologists describe it as an emotional response to a real or imagined “wrong” or injustice or when things don’t go the way we’d like, and we resist present-moment reality. Typically, it’s experienced as a secondary emotion when our feelings are hurt, and we feel inadequate or fearful. Our attention is turned inward which…
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#Anger Management#Authentic#Authentic Living#Awareness#Constructive Tools for Growth#Emotional Responses#Feedback and Change#Growth#Motivation for Change#Personal Development#Personal Power#Positive Attitude#Protective Emotions#Self-awareness#Upside of Anger
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Handling Rumination on the Road to Change
Memories keep our pain alive! In-reality, they’re the unresolved injuries we’ve yet to learn from. So, confront the painful emotions and give them the release they’re crying out for. Let them go, with love!
My last blog highlighted seeing our undesired behavior in others. What starts as a lesson in grace and patience for others and ourselves, can quickly morph into a dark battle within us if left unchecked. How? Because, in noticing these unwanted behaviors playing out around and within us, we can fall into a loop of self-punishment.
My friend, here lies a most dangerous place on our path of growth…
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#Authentic Living#Awareness#Forgiveness#Forgiving Ourselves#Growth#Life Experience#Life Lessons#Life&039;s Journey#Mindfulness#Personal Development#Personal Power#Punishing Ourselves#Regret#Rumination#Self-awareness#Self-Loathing
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Being a Loving Witness to Undesired Behavior
As I travel the road of healing and growth, I witness behaviors I’m trying to rise above. It can be overwhelming because I’m not only trying to change these very behaviors, I’m coming face to face with how I used to unknowingly impact others firsthand. Let me just say, I feel a sense of “yuck”!
There’s something to be said about embracing who you are.Jeff Probst
Lots of feelings surface. Like…
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#Authentic Living#Awareness#Difficult People#Growth Process#Managing Our Weaknesses#Mindfulness#Negative People#Personal Development#Personal Growth#Personal Power#Personal Progress#Positive Attitude#Self-awareness#Self-Reflection
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Dissolving Criticism to Clear a Better Path and Illuminate a Better Choice
Dissolving Criticism to Clear a Better Path and Illuminate a Better Choice
Ok, last blog I talked about self-criticism which pretty much happens to all of us at one time or another, but to varying degrees. Some people can use it constructively and take steps to apply changes to their life whether changing gears, direction, or approach. Some dive into reflection and observation to figure out the root of their criticism for generating a plan of change. And some people…
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#Analyzing Self-Talk#Authentic#Authentic Living#Awareness#Breaking Bad Habits#Disapproving Behavior#Dissolving Criticism#Failure#Growth#Habits#Mindfulness#Personal Development#Personal Power#Positive Attitude#Positive Emotions#Self-awareness#Self-Criticism#Self-Discovery
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The Good and Bad of Self-Criticism
The Good and Bad of Self-Criticism
Self-criticism is a common aspect of our personality that most people will wrestle with in life. I certainly do, and let’s be honest…it can be brutal. While I believe self-criticism helps keep me dialed into life assessment, including my faults and limitations, it’s a double-edged sword that can be disastrous if I don’t keep it in check.
The good side of self-criticism is that I see where I can…
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#Authentic#Authentic Living#Awareness#Critical Self-Talk#Criticism#Mindfulness#Negative Self-Talk#Personal Development#Personal Power#Positive Attitude#Positive Choices#Responsibility#Self-awareness#Self-Criticism
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Setting Effective Goals is Key in Promoting Our Success
Setting Effective Goals is Key in Promoting Our Success
Setting goals helps us move through daily life with purpose and thrive! Studies show that when effectively setting challenging goals we’re more likely to stay motivated and persistent in completing our tasks. Why more challenging goals? Higher goals drive us to step up with our personal best, as determined by Doctors of Industrial Psychology, and cornerstone researchers in goal-setting, Locke and…
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#Achieving Goals#Achieving Our Dreams#Aim High#Authentic Living#Awareness#Goal Actualization#Goal Setting#Personal Development#Personal Power#Positive Attitude#Promoting Our Success#Self-awareness#Setting Goals#SMART Goals#Thriving in Life#Tools for Change
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The Beauty of Practicing Self-Compassion
For most people, it’s a sad and undeniable truth, we lack having compassion for ourselves. We easily shine it on others but struggle giving it to ourselves.
For most people, it’s a sad and undeniable truth, we lack having compassion for ourselves. If we’re capable of showing compassion, “sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others”, we easily shine it on others but struggle giving it to ourselves. I believe compassion is what connects us to our humanity and, showing it for others and ourselves, is an essential element to…
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#Authentic#Authentic Living#Awareness#Compassion#Life Balance#Loving Life#LovingKindness#Mindfulness#Personal Development#Personal Power#Personal Responsibility#Positive Attitude#Self-awareness#Self-Compassion#Self-Criticism#Self-Doubt#Self-Kindness#Self-Love#Ups and Downs
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When Feeling Hyperaware is a Good Thing
When Feeling Hyperaware is a Good Thing
We’ve got to be vigilant of not only negative behavior in us but also in other people and it’s not being mean, it’s being aware. Hyperawareness is kind of an alert system to help keep us on track!
When I’m working on personal change, as I assess myself and the world around me, a lot of things start happening.
I’m hyperaware of people behaving the way I’m trying to change. I see it everywhere. In fact, I can’t not see it! So, I get a little irritated by their poor choices. Then, I get embarrassed getting a glimpse of how I used to behave. And, ultimately, I feel guilty because I no longer…
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#Accurate Assessment#Authentic#Authentic Living#Awareness#Beneficial Choices#Mindfulness#Personal Change#Personal Development#Personal Growth#Personal Power#Personal Responsibility#Progress#Responsible Choices#Self-awareness#Self-Improvement#Smart Choices
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Nudged out of Neutral
Nudged out of Neutral
Our values set the standard in what we choose each and every day. They provide clarity which empowers us to make a decision that leads us towards being our best self and living our best life.
There’s an unexpected and strange happening as we walk the path of growth and healing. What once sat well with us, no longer does. The disruption, chaos, or discomfort that didn’t bother us before, now causes irritation, frustration, and anger. And we may even find times we can’t understand the sudden sadness, resentment, or fear that seems to have bubbled up from nowhere in particular. It can…
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#Accurate Assessment#Authentic#Authentic Living#Choices#Empowerment#Intentional Living#Life Perspective#Mindfulness#Personal Development#Personal Power#Personal Responsibility#Positive Choices#Self-Assessment#Self-awareness#Self-Control#Self-Discovery#Self-Improvement#Value Oriented Living
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We Reap Where We Sow
We Reap Where We Sow: Take stock of what dreams have ripened and what dreams have spoiled. Celebrate the dreams you’ve triumphantly realized but take note of how and why other crops failed. Lack of effort, interest, necessity? Time. Energy. Love
Brilliant success is a result of the hard work that goes into producing it. Like any crop, we reap what we sow. If nothing goes in, nothing comes out. As much as we wish to have spectacular results in our life, it’s a childish dream to believe it happens merely from wishing and wanting it to be so!
Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted.David…
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#Achieving Dreams#Authentic Living#Goal Actualization#Harvest Season for Our Personal Life#Life Growth#Personal Development#Personal Power#Personal Responsibility#Prioritize Your Life#Realizing Our Dreams#Reaping Our Efforts#Setting a Priority
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Why We Need Outward Assessment for Living a More Peaceful and Satisfying Life
Why We Need Outward Assessment for Living a More Peaceful and Satisfying Life
What happens when we reach a point where what’s going on around us is instantly put through a filter to process its impact on us? Is this a positive or negative event? Is this an act of judgment or a process of sensible and healthy differentiation?
After the shift in self-awareness on my journey of self-discovery, I had spent months observing my thoughts, feelings and actions and then…
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The Beauty of Endings and Beginnings
The Beauty of Endings and Beginnings:
All endings usher in opportunities for new adventures, new discoveries, new experiences, and new memories. All things are special because they don't last forever & shouldn't be taken for granted!
Endings are considered the finish, closing, conclusion and resolution of something. It can be a period of time, a book or movie, and activities. So, when what you’re doing lifts you up, brings you joy and entertainment, stimulation and growth, connection, satisfaction and fulfillment, endings can stir feelings of sadness.
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.Seneca
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#Changes#Life Perspective#Life Transitions#New Beginnings#New Experiences#New Tomorrow#Optimistic Outlook#Personal Growth#Positive Outlook#Sad Endings#Saying Goodbye#Saying Hello
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How Fear of Shame Influences our Choices
How Fear of Shame Influences our Choices
exploits our desperate need to avoid embarrassment or social retaliation.
Learn to dissolve the source of shame and take charge of your choices to nourish your spirit and growth!
Shame is a powerful tool and millions of people use it to control others. It’s oppressive, and it exploits our desperate need to avoid embarrassment or social retaliation. It can hold us captive in a state of fear of humiliation and distress with no hope or belief in our ability to recover.
I’ve been on the receiving end of shame used to control and manipulate me to do what they wanted me to do.…
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#Being Controlled by Others#Being Manipulated#Boundaries#Emotional Blackmail#Fear of Embarrassment#Feeling Exploited#Feeling Unworthy#Guilt#Healthy Choices#Shame#Social Pressure#Unworthiness
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Priority is a Singular Word, Not Plural
Priority is a Singular Word, Not Plural
There can only be ONE thing that is the most important thing in our life.
Focus there and THERE you will thrive!!
I have no idea when priority, meaning “prime concern, first concern, matter of greatest importance” and “a thing that is regarded as more important than another” or the British definition of “the right to take precedence or to proceed before others”, became accepted as a plural word.
By definition, and for all practical reason, only one thing can be a priority. To think we can focus on a…
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#Awareness#Balanced Decisions#Choosing What&039;s Essential#Dissolving Overwhelm#Essentialism#Life Balance#Minimizing Pressure#Personal Development#Personal Power#Positive Attitude#Positive Choices#Priority#Reducing Stress#Self-awareness#Setting a Priority
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Taking Time for Things that Bring us Joy Each and Every Day.
Taking Time for Things that Bring us Joy Each and Every Day.
Doing things that bring us joy is self-care and helps balance the giving and receiving in our daily lives.
Self-care is Self-love and is a vital ingredient for a life that thrives
Between the many “to-dos”, and “must-dos”, and “have to-dos”, it’s important to remember to take time to do something, simply for the joy of it! Joy is a vital ingredient we must deliberately add to our day. It can feel like a magic pill, a breath of fresh air, a warm hug and lovingly says, “You matter too!”
Do anything, but let it produce joy. Walt Whitman
Something small. Something indulgent.…
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#Authentic Living#Awareness#Daily Balance#Finding Joy#Happiness#Mindfulness#Personal Development#Personal Power#Personal Responsibility#Positive Choices#Self-awareness#Self-Care#Self-Priority#Taking Time for Yourself
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