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Accepting powerlessness
Back to back Melody Beattie! Here she writes: Since I’ve been a child, I’ve been in an antagonistic relationship with an important emotional part of myself: my feelings. I have consistently tried to...
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Self approval
Melody Beattie writes: Most of us want to be liked. We want other people to think of us as nice, friendly, kind, and loving. Most of us want the approval of others. Since childhood, some of us have...
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6 Ways to Decrease Your Suffering
“The world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming it.” ~Helen Keller You’ve probably heard the saying “Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.” For a many years, I didn’t understand...
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Expect Nothing; Get Everything
Life is rarely what we expect it to be. Sometimes, it’s better than we expect. Other times, it just is as it is. Set your expectations to zero, show up at 110% every day, and your positive attitude...
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The Frustration Situation
Craig Harper shares these thoughts: Frustration: it affects all of us at some stage. It’s a part of the human experience and it’s an emotion that doesn’t discriminate. We often find ourselves...
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You’ll Make It When You Fake It
Psychology Today reports: In a newly released study subjects were given stressful tasks while holding chopsticks in their mouths to form a smile, and another group was asked to maintain a smile while...
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Why We Need to Have Compassion for Our Inner Critic
Kristin Neff writes: We know how much it hurts. “I’m an idiot!” “I’m disgusting.” “No one will ever love me.” “What a lame-ass.” So why do we do it? As soon as we ask ourselves this question, we often...
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Emotional Abuse
Steven Stosny writes: Emotionally abusive behavior is anything that intentionally hurts the feelings of another person. Since almost everyone in intimate relationships does that at some time or other,...
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Change Your Life In 2 Seconds
Pema Chodron writes: One of the lines that I really like in Gaylon Ferguson’s book Natural Wakefulness is “Distraction is married to discontent.” You could test this out in your own experience....
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Can People Choose Their Emotions Like Spock?
Troy Campbell writes: In Star Trek Into Darkness, Spock claims he can choose whether or not to feel an emotion. He makes a good case that in certain situations feelings would not functionally help him...
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Does Self-Esteem Function as an Emotional Immune System?
Interesting perspective from Dr. Guy Winch: People usually wish they had higher self-esteem because they want to feel more confident and assured. But having higher self-esteem can do much more for us...
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Emotion must lead, reason must follow
Image via Wikipedia Something to ponder… Are you about to start a conversation with a statistic? Stop. Emotion must lead, reason must follow. Because that’s how you commune with the human brain....
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