Collecting Thoughts – and Allowing Yourself to Let Them Go

“Our greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”  William James Do you find yourself collecting thoughts and thinking that you have to keep them all?  That’s our worry emotion + our left, analyzing brain in overwhelm.  Thousands of thoughts appear every day, sometimes relevant to our tasks, yet many … Read more

Life is Stressful Sometimes, Here’s How You Can Deal With It

self care isn't selfish

Life can be stressful sometimes. There’s daily stress, emergency moment stress, past and ancestral stress, marital stress, work stress, family relationship stress and even stress that’s innermost to you, just to name a few. No matter what label you give to it, it’s still just stress and it’s not permanent. Unless… your fight-or-flight brain gets … Read more

How to Plan Your Work Day to Do Your Best Work

The Chinese Body Clock is based on Chinese medicine and the body organ Qi(energy) cycle. It’s the idea that there is a cyclic flow of energy through the body that moves in two-hour intervals through the various organ systems. See diagram above. Click on the diagram for a larger version.  “When one organ is at … Read more

Self Care During Life’s Transitions

This summer has gone by all too quickly and we’re once again getting ready to transition into anew season-Autumn. I can’t say that I’m ready to see the leaves fall from the trees, yet thecolors are so beautiful during the fall! Speaking of transitions, those of you who have known me for a long time … Read more

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