How to do we cope when life tosses a balloon full of oil-based paint into the cogs of our daily groove.
Category: Emotions
Practice
My dad is an amateur musician. He started playing the guitar when he was 14 years old, playing along with the Kingston Trio, learning finger picking from Peter Paul and Mary, taking bluegrass classes from the guy up the street, and quietly swearing through Bach. By the time I came along, he was an accomplished […]
Understanding
When we seek to understand our own motivations and inner wiring without judgment or criticism, then we will have more inner peace.
Change
It is only by tearing down the false perceptions that we can start again.
Anger
We have to acknowledge and accept that frustration and anger are the same thing.
Boundaries
Without the Values and Belief Fence, our hearts begin to resemble a flophouse, where anyone and anything goes
Walls
Love is a verb, and we need to exercise it. But we can’t if our walls are up.
Compartmentalization
When we overuse the technique to avoid the negative emotions, we inadvertently hamstring our emotional development.
Stress Reduction
Last night I was talking to my husband about feeling emotions as they come up and not carrying them with you day to day. It got me to thinking about what the Apostle Paul said about not letting the sun set on your anger. A lot of times that verse is interpreted as not going […]
Vulnerability
The other day I had to have a medical procedure done. I had this same procedure done a couple of years ago, and I remembered it not being a huge deal. I put it on my calendar and planned the rest of my day around it. My husband asked if I wanted him to go […]