Self-Care

Sometimes guilt or regret over something in the past can be hard to banish from our thoughts and feelings, even with great “experience re-framing” tools such as I shared with you in Dr. Simington’s article last week. When you don’t release your sense of regret and forgive yourself – either because you don’t try the [...]

I want to talk to you about the importance of asking for help, especially when things seem overwhelming and beyond our ability to comprehend and accept. It is important to focus on how we handle feelings of grief, sadness, anger and regret. In doing so, the value of asking for help cannot be overstated! And help [...]

Are you starting to recognize that you may be indulging in the “fun avoidance” I described in last week’s post? Does it seem like too much work to deliberately create some fun when being glum is so much easier? If so, consider that almost nobody gets enough fun, relaxation and uplifting activity these days, given [...]

It may sound crazy, but all too often people are literally afraid of feeling happy. These individuals certainly didn’t start out that way – in fact, some of them were the happiest children of all. Think about how children approach life: constantly in search of more fun, play and adventure. So what happens to them later [...]