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Training
IT’S EASY TO STAY CALM WHEN YOU KNOW THE SHAKING WON’T HURT YOU! A few nights ago, I put all my bread ingredients in the bread-making machine, set the delay-timer to have it done in 13 hours, and went off… Continue Reading →
You’ve probably heard the saying, “Beginning is half done.” But how do you get yourself to begin when it seems so overwhelming? Thoughts like, “It’s way too much for me!”, or “I can never finish, so why even start?!”, come… Continue Reading →
Back in Girl-Scout days we used to sing a song that started with, “I know an old lady who swallowed a fly…” Doesn’t sound very pleasant, does it? But wait, it gets worse! It goes on to state, “I know… Continue Reading →
The best leaders are those who decide to decide– and do it! If leaders don’t decide, followers have nothing to follow, which means the leader will no longer be leading. Indecision is a decision. If we don’t keep going, turn… Continue Reading →
Have you ever heard the expression, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you”? Or, “Ignorance is bliss”? Whoever says that is either unaware of, or choosing to ignore, hidden destructive elements in life. Take carbon monoxide gas, for example—we can’t… Continue Reading →
What’s wrong with this picture? It’s both blurry and incomplete—as in, we can’t see everything and what we can see is unclear. Life can get that way sometimes—situations, events, long-term circumstances, relationships, and other “externals”. Then there’s the “internals”—our thinking,… Continue Reading →
If we want the right answers, we have to ask the right questions. Otherwise we’ll get the wrong answer, or at best, an answer to a question we don’t have! Last month, I was trying to figure out how to… Continue Reading →
Indecision is a decision. If we don’t keep going, turn left, turn right, or turn around– that means we’re staying stuck! Or someone ELSE will decide for us– which will be for THEIR best interests, not necessarily or often ours…. Continue Reading →
Do you ever talk to yourself? What do you say? How do you say it? Do you listen?👂 In the past, people who talked to themselves were sent to mental institutions. Now we have a socially, psychologically, accepted term for… Continue Reading →
In Part One, we looked at the problem of distraction and how it can get us in trouble with our boss, coworkers, professor/teacher, spouse, friends, etc. We considered what makes our minds wander: External distractions: Noises, something funny happening, someone… Continue Reading →
“Self-Control” — A term that conjures up images of the use of sheer willpower to not eat that second (or third, or fourth, or…) piece of chocolate. Or to not blurt out what’s on our minds. Or to not hit… Continue Reading →
Have you ever found yourself saying, “I’m not… good at…, beautiful, smart, talented, popular, strong, (whatever I wish I were) enough”? I have. My guess is, that all of us have if we’ve lived long enough to think! What do… Continue Reading →
We can’t buy good health; we must earn it. Joel Fuhrman As the New Year approaches many people are making resolutions regarding their fitness. Sadly most people jettison their resolutions after a few weeks because it’s not part of their… Continue Reading →
“Ka-buck, ka-buck, ka-buck…”, our car complained and lurched as my husband tried to accelerate and couldn’t. “Hey, I’ve got my foot to the floor on the accelerator and it won’t speed up!”, he exclaimed. “Maybe it’s just cold. It’s freezing… Continue Reading →
If you are a parent, you realize the enormous responsibility of raising a child. We usually think of taking care of our children physically, but we also have a responsibility of nurturing them emotionally and spiritually. You take a test… Continue Reading →
