Emotional and Spiritual Hoarding

June 4, 2016 0 Comments 10 tags

Emotional and Spiritual Hoarding (deleted non-working link to video : John Lennon ‘Just Like Starting Over’) While thinking about what to write about, I wanted to explore the idea of

You Spot It, You Got It

January 21, 2014 0 Comments 13 tags

One indirect way that fears rear their ugly head is to take the form of projection – we believe others are feeling something that we in fact are feeling, but

You find what you look for – getting past the root chakra

November 2, 2013 0 Comments 22 tags

Please watch this video before reading the rest of this post. Do you often wonder what someone else’s ‘angle’ is, finding it difficult during a conversation to take things at

rewriting history

November 30, 2012 0 Comments 14 tags

Rewriting history We all come with baggage Things that happened to us as children; as teenagers and as adults Maybe a family member was insensitive to our needs; perhaps there

how to save the world

July 19, 2012 7 Comments 10 tags

Last Sunday, my spouse and I decided to go for a late afternoon walk in the park. It was our lazy way out of doing a 3 mile run. Instead,

The Lazy Song

May 5, 2012 4 Comments 14 tags

Very cute video.  As I was on my treadmill, struggling with running after not having run for several days, I heard this song on the radio.  It struck me that

Earth Day

April 22, 2012 2 Comments 10 tags

Today is Earth Day – a day for us to renew our awareness of our connection to the Earth.  As we go through our daily routines, especially those of us

doing the next right thing

April 20, 2012 0 Comments 12 tags

Sometimes our thinking can get in the way of progress.  We complicate things beyond recognition and become immobilized.  The concept of ‘doing the next right thing’ is a way of

Cognitive Distortion – Overgeneralization

April 1, 2012 0 Comments 17 tags

Overgeneralization is a type of cognitive distortion where an individual generalizes a negative view based on one, or limited, experience. In this song, Billy Joel is singing to someone who has

secondary gain

March 18, 2012 0 Comments 14 tags

One thing to look at when thinking about unremitting problems is what is the secondary gain from staying stuck?  Just as an alcoholic who gets sober suddenly finds themselves with a