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I had the opportunity to re-visit an interview I was invited to do on the  Advisor Podcast    and while listening to it again I discovered this important part of the discussion below about surrounding oneself with positivity in order to heal, recover strength and become our own friend.  “It was always striving for tomorrow – but at that point we stopped that thinking entirely.  We realized that every breath ever moment right now is the golden moment and there is no guarantee that there will be another one. And there is no quarantine that even if we make it to those so called ‘golden years’ that they will be golden. So we are living right now – right now – today. We doubled down on our passions: creating positive change, getting involved in nonprofits, changing our entire life to a more positive, a sustainable eco-friendly lifestyle.”  https://www.spreaker.com/episode/embracing-resilience-a-guide-to-overcoming-grief-and-sadness--52898603 ~~~   ...

I had the opportunity to re-visit an interview I was invited to do on the  Advisor Podcast    and while listening to it again I discovered this important part of the discussion below about surrounding oneself with positivity in order to heal, recover strength and become our own friend.  “  I found that I had to completely change my life and protect myself, so I went into overdrive and eliminated of all the magazines, all the newspapers cancelled television cancelled any relationship or any thing that was not negative in my life and just surrounded myself in a very selfish bubble like cocoon until I could heal myself.  Writing became a massive tool for me to heal during all of this. To express myself in a very private way without worrying about how it sounded to others. It was very helpful for me." https://www.spreaker.com/episode/embracing-resilience-a-guide-to-overcoming-grief-and-sadness--52898603 ~~~     Follow us & find our Books: ...

Back in August I started a series of articles about getting through darkness whether it be caused by stress, anxiety, chronic pain, illness, grief or depression.  Looking back on my life-long struggle with darkness, I could see a pattern - and by taking tiny steps toward positivity I could slowly drag myself out of the depths of the darkness and the heavy suction pull of its vacuum.  This series that I started back in August (2024) share these tiny steps that lead toward positivity. Feel free to scroll back, August - present day, to find more articles like this. Do The Purge Sharing how we feel can seem like we are imposing on others. We don't want to bring them down into the dumps with us, that is for sure. We don't want to get them worried about us, regularly expressing concern for us after we unload on them.  Sharing can be difficult simply because it is hard to put how we are feeling in word format.  One of the tricks I learned was simply purging how I felt in on...

Back in August I started a series of articles about getting through darkness whether it be caused by stress, anxiety, chronic pain, illness, grief or depression.  Looking back on my life-long struggle with darkness, I could see a pattern - by taking tiny steps toward positivity and I could slowly drag myself out of the depths of the darkness and the heavy suction pull of its vacuum.  This series that I started back in August (2024) share these tiny steps that lead toward positivity. Feel free to scroll back, August - present day, to find more articles like this. Break The Pattern Sadly when we are going through stress, anxiety, chronic pain, anger or insomnia, depression or grief... when we are going through that we tend to do so alone. We hide how we are feeling from others. We don't want to impose. We don't want to weight them down.  ...We don't want them to hold us accountable either. We fear judgement, we can't trust our bodies, and we fear estrangement. Being in da...

Back in August I started a series of articles about getting through darkness whether it be caused by stress, anxiety, chronic pain, illness, grief or depression.  Looking back on my own struggle with darkness, I could see a pattern - by taking tiny steps toward positivity and I could slowly drag myself out of the depths of the darkness and the heavy suction pull of its vacuum.  Today we continue this discussion with another simple positive habit for you, along with a few examples to help you apply it to your own daily life. Cut Out The Negativity When darkness comes in to our lives it is important to cut negative things out. Especially when we are easily triggered and feel vulnerable, susceptible to negativity. We can change this simply by feeding our minds with positivity, and eradicating anything negative.  Embrace Silence  Keep the device controls handy so that you can silence ads by pressing mute and wait patiently for them to end. Better yet, use that moment to ...

Today I'm continuing the discussion we've been having for the last couple months re: overcoming difficult stresses like moving, grief and depression.  This is the fifth installment in the Getting Out Of The Rut series.  Now that we have settled in to our home somewhat, I am able to set aside a short amount of time every morning just for myself.  Taking a cup of coffee, I take a seat on our front steps where the shade is deep due to the cascading branches above. Sipping from that cup I giggle at the girls antics (our dogs) and gaze in amusement at the chittering squirrel family rushing to and fro. The sprinkler going, of course, this early in the morning adds a certain charm to the scene.  Coffee done, I roll out the mat on the decks entry carpet and begin a series of stretches. Taking deep breaths I let go of the strain, I clean my lungs and listen to the soft peals of music. Then I start my day.  I have always found solace, comfort, a sense of solidarity when s...

-- Quote of the Day -- " You wake up in the morning, and your purse is magically filled with 24 hours of unmanufactured tissue of the universe of your life! It is yours. It is the most precious of possessions. No one can take it from you. And no one receives either more or less than you receive. " ~ Thomas Bennett -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio -- Our guest today – Howard Schubiner  - works with a Mind Body Medicine Center where the focus is on helping people overcome chronic pain as well as anxiety, fatigue and depression. Most people don't realize that cutting edge neuroscience has demonstrated that learned nerve pathways that can be “unlearned” primarily cause these conditions. His book, Unlearn Your Pain , contains the science behind these concepts as well as a 4-week program to retrain the brain for healing. Howard also recently contributed a chapter to the Standard Alternative Medicine Textbook this year.  Howard Schubiner is the MD Director at the M...

  -- Conscious Living Events -- Today is the last chance for you to take advantage of the Canadian Waste & Recycling Expo Location : International Center; Toronto ON - Canada Info : www.cwre.ca/mc1 And also the last day to take advantage of the European Paper Recycling Conference 2010 Location: Sheraton Conference Hotel; Franfurt, Germany  Info: www.paperrecyclingeurope.com -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio -- Our guest today is James Krehbiel (Ed.S., LPC, CCBT) – author, and founder of Krehbiel Counseling – As a certified cognitive-behavioral therapist he will be able to share all kinds of tips and information that will help us deal with the frozen children inside of us. Do you or someone you know suffer from depression, anxiety, pain management, an autistic disorder or addictive behavior? Join us for this fascinating discussion on Overcoming Childhood Trauma - live @ 10-11 AM (pacific), and drop in to the live chat room if you can - or access the archived...

-- Apologies... -- Apologies to our blog readers - Thanks to all who wrote to let me know that the link on yesterday's post for the interview on Book Cubby was not working correctly. I have edited yesterday's post so it should be working now. And here's that link for the interview once again... (sorry about the error!) -  http://www.thebookcubby.com/authorinterviews.htm  -- Water  Awareness -- Today, June 8th, is World Oceans Day - and we are also in the middle of Rivers to Oceans Week . Appropriate - I suppose with what is going on in the oil industry... but they are far from the only polluters. Of course this last disaster is really beyond imagining and we might look at something like that, such as industries pouring pollutions or cities and boats pouring sewage into the ocean, and we might start feeling like the little things we are doing won't make a difference. But they really do.  Awareness celebrations for waterways are a great opportunity to increa...