In my Psychology training, we were educated that responding has a more effective outcome than reacting when it comes to helping anxiety and depression. My spouse and I often talk about this, as we watch our cat, who is waiting for a hummingbird to land (she has been waiting a long time!); she would then react [...]
A road trip- great for anxiety! Recently we planned a road trip to New Mexico and had a wonderful four days in a more remote place there. It was so refreshing to be in a different landscape, and to remember that our usual perspective on life is pretty narrow. It is easy to get into [...]
We were having tea with our neighbor yesterday who was talking about her New Year resolutions. I was reminded of how often we make these ambitious statements to ourselves and then in a few months we get discouraged and anxious (“I’ll never really be able to do that!”), or life has taken over and [...]
As someone who makes my livelihood helping folks clarify issues, and often giving advice, I have been reminded recently that this is not always effective in my personal life! I got a reaction the other day from my partner that reminded me to examine my approach here. I was basically told to ‘back off’ when [...]
Over the past year it has been hard to avoid being reactive. I’ve found anger, cynicism, frustration and blame present in my thinking. Nurturing negative stories and the fears that are part of them, make one an easy target for the alarmist media.., our own inbuilt alarm signals which are finely tuned, can leave [...]
A few nights ago I woke to the sound of my cat crunching on something on our new rug. This was the third time in a week she had brought her prey in through the cat door. It was a particularly large mouse and she was starting on its skull and working her way down. [...]
The National Geographic some years ago had an article with research on longevity. There were seniors who were living into their 100’s in three different areas of the world. All these seniors agreed that one reason to stay on the planet was having friends and family around. So we know that feeling connected and loved is huge. However [...]
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