Tag Archives: healing
Settle into this Moment
OK fine, be angry, be as angry as you need to be, and then settle down. Settle down into your body and your heart, settle down your angry tirade, it’s time to relax and find yourself in a better place. We are all searching for that better place, but it … Continue reading
Never Give Up
Never ever give up on yourself, or on life altogether. When the going gets rough, when anger is cutting you like a blade, when your heart is crushing with the weight of negativity, even then, especially then, don’t give up and give in to the downward pull. Lift your head and … Continue reading
Slowing Down Your Life
The breakneck speed of modern life is fueling the fire of our anger. A helpful anger management strategy is to learn how to slow down and live your days with some sense of perspective and balance. It’s actually fairly simple to do, we just need to do it. Throughout your … Continue reading
Relating with Others
Research shows that roughly 75 percent of anger happens in the context of relating with other people.* Relating with others is not easy, even for the most anger free person, and when we have problems with anger the difficulty is greatly compounded. Yet as difficult as relationships with our fellow … Continue reading
Profound Gratitude for Life
It is so very easy to forget to appreciate the gift of life, to get caught up in our worries, in our story lines, our struggles. Watching this video, it’s a little less easy to do that.
Reconnecting with the Heart
At the center of our emotional being which is our heart, we human beings are a unique combination of open tenderness and courageous strength. These two go together and when we are in touch with our inner dimensions, we have access to them both. We are by nature both gentle … Continue reading
Sherwin Nuland and Emerging through Adversity
Surgeon and author Sherwin Nuland tells his story of how he fell into severe depression and obsession, and how with the help of electroshock treatment was able to recover his mind and his life. Although the subject of electroshock is controversial, his story portrays courage and the power of the … Continue reading
Guilt, Blame, and Shame: Part 2
We continue now from last weeks post: Following is a process to help you explore where you are carrying guilt and blame, and then to let them go. This process is somewhat lengthy and may take an hour or more. It is set up in two parts so if you … Continue reading
Guilt, Blame and Shame: Part 1
Much of the anger in our lives comes from holding onto past wrongs. We carry grudges for hurts suffered, both real and imagined, long since past. We bear an ancient burden of blame in our heart, which makes us angry and unhappy. Holding onto hurts from the past shuts us … Continue reading
Ric Elias: 3 things I learned while my plane crashed
Near death experiences can awaken profound insights, where we finally see our life with a more accurate, heart based perspective. Rich Elias had such life changing insights as a plane he was in crashed. In this inspiring talk he shares what he learned. This a touching story to soften an … Continue reading
