Perhaps humans are always fighting residual pain that comes standard with life. Yet, when we get hit with Kryptonite we suddenly notice this background pain and can be overwhelmed.
Category Archives: Healing and Affirmation
Hibernating Introverts: Be Ready When Bears Wake Up
Introverts can suddenly go into hibernation, like a bear. But when they wake up, they’ll need our help to recharge and connect again without judgment.
Opening the Doors of Our Fortresses: When We Build Our Social Defenses Too Strong
We build fortresses to keep others out, but sometimes those walls get to high. There are times we need to throw open the gates and let people back in.
Why We Want to See Ghosts: Savannah Edition
Touring the spirit world and the real world that intersect in Savannah, I realized why we may need to see ghosts now more than ever.
Trouble Understanding Your Parents? Meet Them in the Past
If you struggle to relate to your parents, time traveling to the past in your journal may help you meet a version of your mom and dad you can understand.
Release a Bird from Your Ark
When life has set you adrift on a life raft, you may have to show enough faith to release a bird. To see what it carries back to you.
Need Some Mental Sanctuary? Stand Under a Tree
When looking for a peaceful spot to meditate, stand under a tree and look up.
The Cult of the Winter Coat
Retreating into a winter coat.
Building Your Own Helm’s Deep For Tough Times
Life will always throw storms at us and its helpful to prepare a place of retreat. Helm’s Deep offers a great blueprint for building a mental fortress to hunker down in.
Anxiety in the Multiverse
When we battle anxiety, it can feel as if we have an unwanted superpower. The power to view the multiverse and every disaster our actions could spawn. But there’s another side of the coin when facing stressful alternate realities.
Surviving Encounters with Deep Sea Creatures and Difficult People
Difficult people are a lot like the strange creatures that inhabit the deep ocean. There are reasons they develop thick armor and poisonous barbs. Examining why can help us deal with unpleasant people.
Refusing Errant Data from Your Brain on Gloomy Days
Shutting down the feed of negative thoughts from your brain on days predestined to be gloomy.
Restoring The Memories In A Spiral Notebook
Strengthening Your Memories With the Power of a Scent
What if there were a way to store memories more vividly in your brain. This method uses the strongest of our five senses for recollection. It works for the loves of your life and your special moments with family and friends.
Dogs Seek To Fill A Vacuum
Parts Per Million…Parts Per Billion: Dealing with Stress
Diluting our stress into “parts per billion.” Imagining your anxious moments as droplets instead of reservoirs. The scientific mantra I’ve been using lately.
Giving The People In Your Life A Win
People in your life won’t always meet your expectations. But before you eject them, consider their intentions. If they truly strive to please you, there’s value in that. It may be worth giving them a preemptive win and another chance.
The Truth About Gingerbread Houses
What if we told gingerbread families the truth about the beautiful homes we build for them. How to avoid “the cookie crumble” this holiday season.
Hold a Mirror To Your Narcissism
Don’t Assume You Are The Only Good In Your World
If you lie awake agonizing about all the tragedy you imagine is going on around you, change your perspective. Try to imagine what would happen if weren’t the only good person in the universe.