Create a peaceful life by letting go of drama.
Drama addiction is widespread in modern culture; not just in television soap operas, but in many people’s daily lives. In order to let go of life drama, people need to first recognize that they are addicted to drama. From there they can catch themselves being drawn in to reactivity, excitement and titillation, and make other choices to find peace. Continue reading
Find your center to find your balance around other people.
It’s challenging to stay balanced and energized these days with so much going on at such a rapid pace, particularly if you’re sensitive to the energy, emotions, and problems of other people.
More than ever we need to be centered within ourselves, owning our space, and keeping our energy clear if we want to feel balanced and have enough energy to enjoy our day to day activities. Otherwise we scatter our energy in too many places, take on other people’s stuff, and feel depleted most of the time.
Here are five energy awareness tools that, if practiced, will help you to stay balanced and energized around other people and through the day. Continue reading
Set a healthy example by learning to put yourself first instead of people pleasing.
If you are a compassionate, caring person you may also be a people pleaser – continually taking care of others’ needs while denying your own. Overtime this can be draining and exhausting. It can also lead to codependency, enabling others instead of letting them take care of themselves.
Feelings of guilt, obligation and over-responsibility, along with a need to appear nice and kind, motivate people pleasing behaviors. There’s an urge to say “yes” to another’s request when deep down inside you want to say “no.” But you can’t, without feeling guilty or responsible for the other’s predicament. Yet in reality each of us is responsible for our own creations, however they turn out. Continue reading
Relationships deepen when you communicate from your heart and soul.
We all know how to communicate with our mind and body using words, tone, facial expressions and body language. But how often do we connect on a heart and soul level, expressing our higher truth, love and understanding?
Communicating from the mind offers a rational, logical perspective, but on its own it can lead to judgmental opinions and right and wrong arguments. Sharing feelings brings intimacy, but it can also lead to emotional reactions and outbursts that are hurtful if not balanced with a heart and soul connection.
When we speak from the heart we go beyond mind body communication. Continue reading
Learn to say “no” to family without feeling guilty and set yourself free.
There’s something about family that makes it hard to say “no” to requests, favors, and pressures of various kinds. Somewhere along the line we’ve all been programmed with rules around family loyalty, obligations and duty.
Yet saying “yes” to something that doesn’t feel right, good, or truly helpful can’t be appropriate. So why do we feel guilty? What stops us from honoring ourselves, our higher truth, and our gut feeling about situations when it involves family? It’s the old “blood is thicker than water” slogan we’ve been fed all these years. Continue reading
ENERGY BALANCING TOOLS
Learn how to easily:
~ Center within
~ Be grounded
~ Reclaim your energy
~ Clear foreign energy
~ Create energy boundaries
Forgive Yourself for Past Mistakes
