Non-Speech?
Learning to pause before I speak is one of the most valuable gifts I can give myself – and others! I have all kinds of thoughts inside my head, but not all of them are worthy of being allowed to leave my mouth. Knowing what to say and what not to say gives me great...
Find Your Gratitude
I can’t feel both optimistic and pessimistic at the same time. So today I continue my ongoing practice of guiding my thinking back to the positive. As I do so, I am less able to hear the Grumbletudes. Pretty soon, I forgot what they were clamoring on about in the...
Drama Drama Drama
My mind can be a drama queen. It takes a small piece of information and blows it up to epic proportions. Proportions that are always disastrous and worst-case-scenario. And then it won’t stop talking about it. Or screaming about it. Today I tell the drama queen that...
Group Therapy
Coming together with others for a bigger purpose lifts my spirits. I may sit with others in a group meditation. I may march with others for justice and freedom. I may join with others to sing and dance. As I merge into the collective energy, I feel my own energy...
Switch It Up
If I’m feeling bad, there’s a really groovy thing I can do to switch things up. I can sing about my mood. It’s one thing to think, Everything sucks. But when I sing Everrrrry thiiiiiing suuuuuuuucks, the energy changes. I can’t help but smile, even a little. The music...