To fill your inner voids is to focus on your self. You stop focusing on others or things to do that for you. It’s so common for people to be “attached” to another person. Be it parent, child, friend, or spouse. The attachment can turn into unnecessary neediness or clingy-ness on the object of the… Continue reading Focus On Your Self
Category: Self Help
Give Your Stress Wings
“Give your stress wings and let it fly away,” once wrote Terri Guillemets. Many of us struggle with stress in personal life, work, relationships, money, among other areas Stress is a given in our human existence. Everyone experiences it, whether physical, mental, emotional, financial, relational etc. Psychotherapy is one process that can be stressful to… Continue reading Give Your Stress Wings
Make Life Rich Without Money
Do you know that you can make life rich without money? How? By living a minimalist life. A simple life. A balanced life. It’s psychologically, emotionally, and spiritually healthy. I love how Bo Sanchez once put it, “I believe we should always live below our earning capacity. Live simply so you can have more peace.… Continue reading Make Life Rich Without Money
Stop Playing Small And Bloom
Stop playing small and bloom. Pip attended his high school prom party. Despite his shyness, he went with his classmates. All throughout the evening party, Pip felt inadequate. Instead of moving around and dancing, he spent much of the time in the restroom. Under the influence of “playing small,” Pip tried to shrink, hide, and… Continue reading Stop Playing Small And Bloom
Practice Body Mindfulness
Practice body mindfulness. It’s an important mental health habit. “All diseases of the body proceed from the mind or soul,” Plato once wrote. Unresolved emotions are often stored in the physical body. There’s always a body link whenever you’re struggling with difficult feelings or thoughts. My client Rosanna has started practicing body mindfulness to manage… Continue reading Practice Body Mindfulness
Understand Your Emotions
It’s important to your mental health that you listen to and understand your emotions. Listen. Understand. Your feelings. To do otherwise is to deny your heart. The denied feelings then surface in other forms. For example, Roberta. She’s so irritable. Even with the slightest provocation, she lashes out at others. Then she blames them. Her anger… Continue reading Understand Your Emotions
Remember Consequences In Your Choices
Remember consequences in your choices. A basic fact-of-life. Two kinds: good and bad. Your choices produce eventual conditions of life, which result in certain consequences. Dr. Maxwell Maltz is founder of a mental health healing system called “creative psycho-cybernetics.” He describes the good and the bad within each and everyone of us. Through creative psycho-cybernetics,… Continue reading Remember Consequences In Your Choices
Control Your Self When Talking
In repairing a broken relationship, a basic rule of thumb is: control your self when talking. “I’ve a very hard time talking to my husband. I feel so hurt and disrespected by his affair. I get out of control even attacking him physically,” shares Tina during a Skype therapy session. Even during our sessions together,… Continue reading Control Your Self When Talking
When You’re Living Out of Balance
It’s essential that you recognize when you’re living out of balance. “Are you out of your mind?” That’s a common expression we hear. It implies imbalance in thought processes. But there are three other factors in our being that could go out of balance: body, heart, soul. You’re “out of your body” when your natural… Continue reading When You’re Living Out of Balance
Look For Meanings When Bored
Bored? Look for meanings when bored. Boredom involves a loss of energy, interest, and momentum. It may be temporary or chronic. Boredom is cured when you find meaning in the things you do. The current global pandemic has locked up or restricted a lot of people. Boredom is one of its serious side effects. A… Continue reading Look For Meanings When Bored
