Did you know you don’t have to act mad when you feel mad? Feeling and acting are two different things. To feel is to have an emotional response. To act is to behave in a certain way. To illustrate how acting mad can have hurtful and painful consequences I will share a story. Several years …
What images come up when you think of the words “I’m so mad?” Is it you in your car after another driver just cut you off? The emoji with the scrunched-up face and smoke coming out its ears? Is it the hulk with his clenched fists and big bare green chest ready to go and …
The cycle of suppressing uncomfortable feelings and thoughts is not a sustainable emotional strategy. I have learned these two important truths- I cannot wait until the last moment to deal with the emotional problem It is the daily practices of recognizing and processing my feelings and thoughts that lead to more emotional clarity and the …
A feeling is something you feel in response to something happening to you. The answer to your question, “can feelings be negative?” Is a resounding “NO!” Something happens and evokes a feeling within you. Subconsciously you create stories and thoughts associated with that feeling. This starts a cycle that leads you to act in certain …
Have you wondered why negative thoughts seem to have the power to bring you down and get you emotionally stuck? Do you have the same negative thoughts spinning around your head? Do you wish you didn’t think negatively but simply don’t know how to stop? WHY IT’S SO HARD TO STOP THINKING NEGATIVELY The main …
Depressed? Do you resit it? Is feeling depressed a bad and a negative thing? If you feel depressed will you become a negative person? For years and years, “depression” and feeling “depressed” have been ignored and taboo subjects. Subconsciously we have classified depression and feeling depressed as a negative and bad thing and definitely something …
This one principle can help you go from being emotionally stuck to discovering your next step & moving forward. The importance of involving God in your next step. Choosing to believe that God does not want you to stay stuck is imperative in implementing this principle. God does not want you to stay confused. He …
God is speaking, are you listening? Several months ago I received some personal revelation from God that He wanted me to learn how to speak Spanish. This was alarming for me and brought up a lot of feelings of insecurity and humiliation. I had a long list of reasons why I simply couldn’t learn Spanish, …
Daily, you and I are heavily influenced by the power of desire in our lives. That which we desire impacts our thoughts and actions and essentially the lives we live and create. In my post “When the data proves it’s impossible” I shared how utterly pathetic my efforts were in trying to learn a foreign …
Data is pretty important in proving that which is true. Every time you use your agency to do something you are collecting data whether you are paying attention or not. Over years and years, I have subconsciously and consciously been collecting data that it is practically impossible for me to learn a foreign language, especially …
