Living Your Life As An Artistic Expression – The Power of Gratitude
“The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.” Friedrich Nietzsche As you look at the canvas of your life, what do you see? Are you fully experiencing all that you desire, or are you waiting for permission to live with deeper satisfaction and greater resilience? Gratitude and Dreams As children, we eagerly […]
Intelligent Action – Prevent Being a Victim By Reclaiming Your Power
How does taking full, complete responsibility for your every thought, feeling, choice, action, and reaction change your life? When you blame others or outside circumstances, you give up your ability to make change. You see yourself as a victim and feel helpless. When you stop blaming others and outside circumstances, and when you take full, complete responsibility […]
Seven Stages of Dementia and Seven Steps to Boost Your Brainpower
None of us are exempt from aging. But we can be proactive in taking care of our brain’s health. According to the Alzheimer’s Association 2011 Facts and Figures, Alzheimer’s is the sixth-leading cause of death in the country. Based on mortality data from 2000-2008, death rates have declined for most major diseases while deaths from Alzheimer’s disease have risen […]
Living Your Life From the Director’s Chair – Stop the Blame Game
Life is sometimes unfair. Bad things do happen to good people. Injustice happens. When this occurs – and it does to all of us – we understandably feel anger, hurt, frustration, and helplessness. We feel the cruelty, and we want the pain to stop. Our instinct is to protect, to lash out, to fight back. Sometimes […]
Anger Management – When Anger Feels Out of Control, How to Turn it Into an Asset
Our lives are freighted with frustrations. One at a time we might manage, but when they accumulate, it becomes overwhelming. Nerves fray. Sometimes we are shocked at our mean, vicious, and aggressive thoughts. We hurt most deeply the ones we love the most. So what is really happening? How do we manage these urges, thoughts, […]
How to Know You’re a Good Parent
The other day I had a few minutes break in between sessions with clients. So I relaxed into reading Dr. Phil McGraw’s book, “Life Code”. It’s been around for awhile, and I was just curious about what he had to say. I don’t always agree with Dr. Phil, and I certainly don’t always agree with […]
If We Had No Winter – Moving Through Grief, Loss and Suffering
The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day When the sun is out and wind is still, You’re one month on in the middle of May. But if you so much As dare to speak, A cloud comes over the sunlit arch, A wind comes […]
Pet Euthanasia – When We Must Choose to Say Good-bye
When you are at a crossroad about your pet’s well-being – whether to continue medical intervention or allow your pet to pass on, it is not an easy decision. Though your veterinarian can give you information about your pet’s physical condition, only you can best judge the quality of your pet’s daily life. As you […]
How Unresolved Childhood Trauma Raises Your Risk for Depression, Chronic Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Dementia
Bottom Line Publishing has recently reported that “medical researchers have discovered that children who endured neglect, abuse, social isolation and/or poverty have a high likelihood of developing certain medical problems now that they are adults. Understanding how this happens will reveal what specific health measures can help better the odds that such people can have […]
Nature Deficit Disorder – How Fear is Making Us Fat
Fear is making us fat, depressed, and attention disordered. Actually a social trend, not technically a clinical disorder, the issue of Nature Deficit Disorder -our disconnection with nature – is becoming a growing concern. Particularly alarming is the increase in obesity, depression, and attention distraction among children. Last Child In the Woods, by Richard Louv, […]
