I read the following quote somewhere a couple of weeks ago and it has stuck with me: “Unsolicited advice is just criticism in disguise.” And too often criticism has my inside voice shouting, “See, you are not good enough”. A couple of incidents this past week made me think about that and another thing I … Continue reading Power in the Awareness
As I continue to focus on resilience and emotional regulation, I keep reading things about energy flow. Not just the idea of where “your attention goes, so your energy flows”. I am also trying to pay attention to what increases my energy and what deletes it. I’ve been watching my energy flow more carefully this … Continue reading Energy Flow this Week
Every week I read many articles and blogs that come across my feed, from those authors I follow to those authors the algorithms toss at me. I tend to jot down notes to myself as I read these articles. It’s interesting to see what my mind has focused on, looking at a couple of weeks … Continue reading Continued Effort
It’s almost unthinkable that it has been 19 months since the hurricanes swept through our life. I recall at the time thinking it would be about a year to recover from that disaster. Now, I am hoping that by the 2-year mark we are back into our home with it fully functioning again. I thought … Continue reading A House Recovery Picture Post
I mentioned a new site I’ve been exploring – A Conscious Rethink. A couple of articles here made me realize it was time for a new Possibilities List! [Link here and here] Both articles are worth the read if you’re in the early stage of retirement. I first explored the idea of a Possibilities List … Continue reading New Possibilities
The feeling of “mattering” is a new term I’ve recently been seeing a lot (probably due to a newly published self-help book of that title; nope, I have not read the book). I was especially intrigued as it relates to retirement fulfillment. I recently came across a new site – A Conscious Rethink – that … Continue reading Mattering
As I continue doing the work of improving my emotional regulation (blog links here and here for earlier discussions), I find myself drawn to articles that begin to repeat messages. Here’s some insights from these messages the past few weeks: A Sense of Obligation? Recognizing if “you are doing something because you want to or … Continue reading Emotional Regulation Progress
Trying to shift deeply held beliefs and behavior patterns is not easy. One of the tools I’ve used in the past year (or so) is a monthly “I Did It List”. It’s an attempt at a personal celebration of what I did (accomplished) in the month to shift the deeply-held belief that I am not enough. Someone … Continue reading A Mid-winter Celebration
As I continue exploring recovery from trauma, improving my resilience, and managing my emotional regulation, it was helpful to see some different approaches to change my thinking. I was particularly attracted to ways to convince myself that “You’re never good enough” is a lie. Because a deeply-entrenched self-limiting belief like this one is a pattern … Continue reading You Are Good Enough
As I (once again) look into shifting apparently well-entrenched self-limiting beliefs, I wondered, how much have I progressed over the years? Am I moving forward in my personal development? I decided to look back on 5 years of blog posts from “this week”. Have you ever looked back on your own blog posts in this … Continue reading A Contemplative Look Back
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