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
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
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
In all my emotional regulation understanding, my increasing resiliency exploration, and even the Buddhism meme’s I’ve been getting on my Facebook feed, there has been a consistent message of removing draining energy sources, whether it’s people, places, or activities. I’ve been struggling with a specific situation (person mostly, but in an organization and activity I … Continue reading Lean-in or Detach?
In my last blog (link here), I identified my need for more emotional regulation and what that might entail. Consistent themes emerged from my exploration into this topic - practicing breathing tools, continuing to work on shifting deeply held beliefs, and focusing my energy. It has come down to 3 basic skills to work on: … Continue reading Emotional Regulation – Part 2
Beginning this new year, I spent time reading about intentionality (my chosen WOTY – link here) and resilience as well as listening to a number of sessions on building intuition. Consistent themes have emerged from this exploration – grounding and breathing tools, continue to work on shifting deeply held beliefs, and focusing energy. All this … Continue reading Emotional Regulation – Part 1
I choose Intention as my word of the year (blog link here) to focus on Living my Life with Intention. One of the primary focuses in my Retirement Transition approach was to “create a life by design, not by default”. Living my Life with Intention right now means bringing that life design back into focus … Continue reading Living with Intention – Rebuilding Life and Home
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