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Taking a Break
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Postings will be sporadic over the next three weeks since Marion is taking a break to recover from some medical treatments.
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Are You Running Your life?
Is your life under your control or that of other people?
Believing that you have no control over your life can be a major source of stress and unhappiness. It’s difficult to see how to proceed when everyone else appears to be forcing the pace and pushing you along.
This may not be what really happens, although [...]
Do You Know What You Really Want?
Bad times present golden opportunities to re-assess your goals
When times are good we are busy rushing from task to task, expecting the future to be better than the past and looking forward to improving our own circumstances. We are fixated on materialistic gains and living the good life in a culture which tells us that [...]
Save Yourself From Emotional Responses
Do you know what sets you off?
If you find yourself saying, far too often, “Oh no! It’s got me again,” this is for you. Many of us are tripped up by things that spark an emotional reaction. One moment we’re sitting, relaxed and content, and the next we’re being led by the nose by an [...]
Thieves of Time
Dealing with the habits that steal your time and of peace of mind
When we look at how we manage our time, we normally focus on impersonal matters: prioritizing, organizing, various forms of distraction and loss of focus. These are all important, but can all be dealt with by training or some teachable techniques. There are [...]
Why Taking a New Direction Can Be Better Than You Think
Facing facts and making the best of things is essential to real learning
You’re probably feeling unsure about how to proceed with your life in these uncertain times. The road you chose to follow may no longer be open to you. The road you are already on may been blocked. What you thought of as a [...]
It’s Not Fair!
How to stop yourself from facing still more regrets
You are probably wondering how the present economic mishaps could have messed up your life so much, and feeling fed up and depressed at the loss of many of your dreams. Everyone else has problems too, but they are not your problems and you are really on [...]
Don’t Add To Your Troubles
In times like this, you need to keep your head—even if all around you are panicking
The world is an unfriendly place right now, and there are many of us who are worried and dismayed at the effect if has on our lives. It’s all too easy to let yourself become overwhelmed with your problems, and [...]
Why You Need a Well-Stocked Mind
“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea——especially if it’s the only one you have.”
~ ANON ~
Ideas are like tool kits. If you have too small a kit, you can be sure that you’ll never have the exact tool you need when something breaks down or needs repairing. Smart people keep a wide variety of [...]
The Importance of Trust
Trust is fundamental to life. If you cannot trust in anything, life becomes intolerable
You can’t have relationships without trust, let alone good ones. Intimacy depends on it. I suspect more marriages are wrecked by lack of trust than by actual infidelity. The partner who can’t trust the other not to betray him or her will [...]
