Where wisdom fuels change
Posted in Change & Growth, Protecting our Power on Jun 27th, 2008
Have you ever seen an animal whose fur matches the landscape so well that it is hard to spot them at first? Have you seen chameleons on a nature show blend into their surroundings? Or how about those walking stick insects that you can barely distinguish from a branch or plant?
These creatures have the ability [...]
Posted in Change & Growth, Internal wisdom, Protecting our Power on Jun 25th, 2008
What triggers your fears, insecurities, and anxieties? What stresses you out? Once you know, what can you do about it? How do these triggers that create stress happen and how can they be “deactivated?”
It’s hard to relax and take life in stride with poise and confidence if our minds are full of emotional land mines [...]
Posted in Change & Growth, Protecting our Power on Jun 23rd, 2008
When we seek to change our lives for the better, excuses can rise up screaming from our guts telling us all sorts of doubt-inducing tales of why we can’t move forward. Defensive justifications that kill our momentum and motivation often come from how we define who and what we are.
I wrote about Three Things That [...]
Posted in Meaningful Relationships, Protecting our Power on Jun 20th, 2008
Marriage is the supportive and uplifting bond between two lives, two hearts, and two egos. I have found, though, that egos don’t always like to bond. Control, maybe; get attention, perhaps; but bond in a way that uplifts? Not always. After 14 years, my husband Greg and I have found a few ways to [...]
Posted in Protecting our Power on Jun 17th, 2008
Healthy boundary setting empowers us and sets us free from relationship entanglements that don’t work. They give us self-control and an empowering sense of personal responsibility. Unfortunately, emotional baggage can keep us from setting boundaries, especially when it comes to giving.
This is another in a series of posts on boundary setting. In their book [...]