Solid Practices
Solid Practices
Measurable Action: An Exercise in Self Discovery
It all starts with a general feeling of dissatisfaction. I feel a vague sense that I could be happier, but I do not know why I am not completely happy or how I want things to be different. When I think about my life logically, I do not see anything wrong. When people ask me about my life I tell them what is going on and I feel that I should be more joyful about the things happening in my life, but I am not. I wonder why I am not excited by my life when, on paper, it seems like everything is going great. When I sit down to journal I do not even know where to begin, nothing comes. I feel blocked and stuck in limbo, going through the motions of life but without the spark.
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Good morning world! Today’s reflections revolve around the importance of people to just take care of each other. This lead to these musings on what care means and how we know we have it? The original reason behind the blog was simple – I love how cared for I feel by this part of my family. And that care takes the form of simple things such as good food, being driven to where I need to go, great conversations, the simple things that mean SO much to me because I haven’t always felt I could count on having them.
But then of course my mind starts to think about caring, individuality versus connectedness and it spins into other areas………
Transition periods will be uncomfortable. The purpose of this article is to share tips on keeping them in perspective as we keep the discomfort to a low-level. This article refers to the transition or growth process and for it I rely heavily on both my own experience and the work of William Bridges (2004, 2009). know everybody feels as though life has its highs and lows, as part of the process. Nevertheless, today I feel as though I have more options than what were available to me over the last couple of months. If you are in that dull zone, waiting for a breakthrough then read on! Interested? Follow the Read More link.
Discover a New Way to Deal with Stress
Written by Alana
Step 1: DiscoveryThere is stress and then there is tension, the trick is in being able to tell the difference. To our body they are very similar – all stress – the difference is in how we hold them in our minds. This article explores this premise.I am a teacher, and a lifelong learner. In recent years, I have taken on several steep uphill learning curves, such as learning to live in a new country, learning advanced technology, etc. Consistently I noticed that great tension is felt just before a breakthrough in learning and understanding.
Ten or more years ago, during the process of reinventing myself from one career to another, I worked for a while with an art therapist/counselor. On the eve of a big job interview, one for which I was terrified she had me draw my fear.
I drew a bib orange spiked monster on a page that was roughly 24x30" - I felt as though I was using up all her markers as I drew those spikes - hands clenched, bearing down with all the pressure in my arm. I was tired but felt satisfied when I was done. Fear to me was hot and spikey.
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