Category: What Can I Do Now
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What Can I Do Now? #7 Trauma Trigger
When we have past trauma, we never know what will happen that might trigger a memory. We can be in a conversation, reading, watching or listening to something, the list goes on. Well, today was one of those days for me. I read something that brought me back to a very dark time. I’ve done…
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What Can I Do Now? #6 Eat FOR My Health
I don’t know about anyone else, but I get so overwhelmed when I think about my overall diet. I used to go on these healthy eating kicks, and then I would mess-up a.k.a. cheat, beat myself up, and then say, “screw it.” Talk about vicious cycles! I’ve decided to take my eating, one bite at…
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Do It Now Challenge #2
Do something for 10 minutes to contribute to your mental health #DOITNOW What does it look like to contribute to your mental health? Is it a walk? Is it writing? Is it telling someone how you really feel? Is it making your boundaries clear? Is it doing a mindfulness practice, meditating, or transformational breathing? You…
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Do It NOW Challenge #1
Take a few minutes to appreciate something beautiful #DOITNOW Make time to appreciate something beautiful. Don’t do it later. Do it now. Right now, look around you. Can you spot something beautiful? Breathe it in. Notice the details. Feel how your energy shifts as you really appreciate the beauty. Do you feel AWE? Be in…
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What Can I Do Now? #5 Disconnecting from Distractions
Slowing down and disconnecting is sometimes all we need to reset. When we stop running after what’s not in front us, we have the clarity to see what is. Sometimes we are so busy in everything that is not happening right now that we lose sight of what is. We get so distracted that we…
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What Can I Do Now? #4 Mental Clutter
Mental clutter is like physical clutter, we first have to see it to know if what we are investing our energy in is serving us. I used to watch a show called, Clean Sweep. I learned so much about the psychological reasons and detriments to holding onto too much stuff on that show. Peter Walsh…
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What Can I Do Now? #3 Working Out
I know I’m not alone in saying, “I’m going to start working out (fill in some time in the future)? When that day arrives, “Okay, I will start next week.” Hmmm… how many weeks or months pass before I do it? It’s alright, you can laugh if you know this routine. I can’t tell you…
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What Can I Do Now? #2 Experience my Feelings
I never knew the importance of recognizing, acknowledging, experiencing, accepting, and releasing my feelings until I experienced the damage of not allowing my feelings to take their natural courses. If you’ve read other series on my blog or taken my courses, you know how much emphasis I put on acknowledging our feelings as they come…
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What Can I Do Now? #1 Overwhelmed
The mix of feelings that makes up being overwhelmed can be paralyzing. When I try to avoid, run, or cover up when I’m in overwhelm, I go into a state of depression. This is my pattern. I go through my days in autopilot. Losing my keys, phone, and forgetting things regularly. Filling my space both…
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