Tuesday Tips | Feeling Incompetent? Limited?

Feeling Incompetent? Limited? Feeling incompetent? Limited? You can’t accomplish something overnight, or in one minute, however, you can accomplish things by reducing the mind’s input and by focusing on your achievements, one step at a time. In his day, the great Babe Ruth had the most home runs AND the most strikeouts. Fearing mistakes comes…

Tuesday Tips | Lost Hope – Found Joy

Lost Hope-Found Joy? Lost Hope – Found Joy  When they started their life together, they were young and full of hope. But as relationships often do, it slowly turned to sorrow as one or both of them began to spend more time in the mind, creating doubts and fears. What made sense at one time no…

Tuesday Tips | Looking for Joy

Looking for Joy Looking for joy! Joy: a feeling of great pleasure and happiness; bliss, blessedness, gladness; the emotion evoked by well-being, success or good fortune. Does this sound like something you’re seeking? Do you know how to find it? Oftentimes people are unknowingly listening to the mind. Are you? Are you believing what the…

Tuesday Tips | Worry – How to Stop It!

Worry – How to Stop It! Worry – How to Stop It! Worry comes from listening to the mind and the more you listen, the worse the situation becomes. When you find yourself worrying, it’s time to put things in perspective. It can be as simple as saying, “Thank goodness my heart is beating and…

Tuesday Tips | Holidays

Holidays Holidays  What’s the difference between these two outlooks for the holidays? Outlook #1: Duty – conduct, tasks  Obligation – debt, prearrangement, setup  Responsibility – mental accountability, reliability Imperative – forced, required, mandatory  Task – unpleasant, assignment, duty, chore Burden – load, weight, heavy Guilt – penalty, conduct, blame, regret, shame, fault  This first outlook…

Tuesday Tips | Stressed?

Stressed? Are you feeling stressed? Stress comes from unconsciously dwelling in thoughts about the future, the unknown. I call the mind the Dramatizer. The longer you stay in mind streams, the more the Dramatizer allows your outlook to magnify, warp, and lie to you. This causes fear and stress. A way to move past stress…

Tuesday Tips | Stumped? Confused?

Stumped? Confused? Stumped? Confused? Are you heavy-laden today? Are there too many crazy, negative thoughts and feelings going on? Did you lay in bed too long after you woke up? Were you laying there for a few minutes swimming around in turbulent waters of mind drama? Most likely, you weren’t even aware because you were…

Tuesday Tips | Grateful

Grateful Grateful When I look back at all of my trials and tribulations, I am so thankful I experienced all of those troubling times. To come full circle and understand the true perspective about my “being” versus my “person” has been a tremendous gift. I never would have dreamed I’d be in the position to…

Tuesday Tips | Pieces of the Puzzle

Pieces of the Puzzle Pieces of the Puzzle  Something from the past is usually why we don’t get along with someone. “They did this.” “You said that.” We can be unconsciously listening to our mind’s exhaustive portrayal about a situation and become emotional and defensive. We always have the option to apologize, regardless of who’s…

Tuesday Tips | Words, Words, Words

Words, Words, Words Words, Words, Words The mind is full of words. It has stored up thousands of words. It can start up a conversation the minute we wake up in the morning. The dialogue can pertain to either the future or the past. The content feels so real. We don’t realize at the moment…