Anxiety & Depression

I feel the urge to apologize, ALL THE TIME, and I suspect many of you do as well. At times, I even feel the need to apologize out of fear that I'm inconveniencing something - and I haven't done anything wrong. However, there are times when most definitely DO NOT need to apologize. I was reminded of this today while reading A Dog Named Slugger, a memoir by Leigh Brill, a lady … [Read more...] about Sorry, Not Sorry

Brené Brown has defined a process that "teaches us how to own our stories of falling down, getting up, and facing hurt so we can integrate those stories into our lives and write daring new endings." THE RECKONING: WALKING INTO OUR STORY Recognize emotion, and get curious about our feelings and how they connect with the way we think and behave. THE RUMBLE: OWNING OUR … [Read more...] about The Rising Strong Process by Brené Brown

Dale Carnegie offers the following three rules for dealing with worry in his book How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. Content adapted. Rule #1 If you want to avoid worry, then follow the example of Sir William Osler and live in 'day-tight compartments.' Don't stew about the past or the future. Just live each day until bedtime. Rule #2 The next time worry backs you into a … [Read more...] about 3 Rules for Worry from Carnegie

Adapted from How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie What, then, was the secret of Sir William Osler's success? He stated that it was owing to what he called living in "day-tight compartments."  What did he mean by that? A few months before he spoke at Yale,  Sir William Osler had crossed the Atlantic on a great ocean liner where the captain, … [Read more...] about Living in Day-Tight Compartments

A few words about emotional pain ... "Physical pain is easily seen as beneficial, even though it can be very uncomfortable. It is an obvious symptom that something is wrong with your body. A pain in your right side might save your life by signaling an appendicitis attack. If you don't pay attention to it, you could die. Mental pain is just as much a 'blessing,' because it is … [Read more...] about Pain of Another Sort