I found out last week that my sister in law has lung cancer. My sister called, she was crying that at times I could not understand what she was saying. I listened with compassion, to the best of my ability mirroring what I heard. She told me that Amanda was besides herself. I don’t usually
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Have you truly ever asked yourself this question? Why do I stress about all the things that I may have no control over? Take for instance, your boss making demands on your time, the family needs attention, will I have enough to retire on, the environment, global warming, how will I pay for college, my
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Have you ever noticed how the mind loves to tell you stories ? Some renew us, some truly do drain our energy. This keeps the stress response on, so the body has problems in healing itself. A few weeks ago it was a beautiful sunny warm day. It had been rainy and cold for many
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This was an article that was shared in my NVC (non-violent communication) group. I found it fascinating and wanted to share it with you to consider, do I do this? https://www.npr.org/2019/04/11/712276022/the-end-of-empathy So, we know that to be empathetic, the higher parts of our brain need to be online. What takes us off? Research has found
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A great question uh? Who’s isn’t out of sync these days? With all the demands that are placed on us from employers, employees, family members, societal issues, the economy, retirement, college…..the list goes on. Feel what happens in your body with just the thoughts of these, or what emotions begin to percolate within? Perhaps it
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