The most difficult stressor for most of us is other people. We often blame other people for our feelings, thoughts and choices we feel forced to make. The truth is other people are not responsible for any of these things. When you give others control over your feelings, thoughts and…
Stress is the potential damage that our bodies undergo as we try and cope with our constantly different environment. People usually think of stress as preesure in both the work and home environment. However this is not correct. Stress is really the body’s internal reactions to these external factors. It…
Lesson # 1 Acknowledge that the simple, pure emotions of anger and sadness that children express are at the root of more complicated adult feelings. When children are traumatized, they heal from it naturally as long as there is a safe environment to do so. Many children experience a…
The benefits of doing Anger Work are beyond measure. Instead of following in the footsteps of dysfunctional family role models you can find the freedom to break out of those behavior patterns and become the “you” that you have always wanted to be. Instead of sabotaging your own happiness by…
Another popular way to do Anger Work is through scream release work. There are two ways to go about this. The first technique is rather simple: just let out a yell. In my own therapy, when I was finally able to scream, I was sure that the world was going…
For my readers who spend a lot of time in their vehicles every day, I have a couple of suggestions. First, while you are driving, you can squeeze the steering wheel and let your anger out. Or you can pound away on the seat or door next to you, or…
Hitting, shooting, and throwing things are very popular ways people do Anger Work. You can take hold of a bat and start pounding away on a bed, couch, toy, or an object that represents the person with whom you are angry. Some people prefer to use their hands instead of…
Many times people ask me how they can express their anger when overt methods would not be appropriate. This might be in a classroom or work place, or in a car with your spouse when you are angry with him or her. You do not have the level of privacy…
Read about this simple, easy to prepare tonic devised and used by yogis in India for centuries. It’s a refreshing and tasty drink that will actually help to heal nerve tissue damaged by stressful lifestyle. It is calming, soothing and has a remarkable spiritual vibration. By Yasmeen Harper Performing yoga…
Stanford Medical School and the World Health Organization agree that 90-95% of illness and dis-ease is caused by - “Stress”. What is Stress? Briefly, you have primitive fight and flight responses which are designed to effectively help you deal with immediate threats to survival. When these responses are engaged for…
Emotional stress comes from the reaction to fear. Anytime we feel threatened by situations we cannot control, fear arises. Emotional responses are expressed in many ways, such as, anxiety, frustration, anger, hatred, powerlessness, sadness, grief, depression and more. The purpose of this article is to provide quick tips to address…
“Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your Soul.” - Walt Whitman For many artists, challenges are very personal. And one of the biggest challenges is the Critic in the room, the Inner Critic. This gnarly Inner Critic is the voice of your self-doubt and fear. It is…
Artists of every kind; painters, photographers, sculptors and actors will tell me that they are blocked. When we examine their specific challenge we discover that often they are not blocked, the are really resisting moving forward. There is a vast difference between the two. If you’re struggling with your creative…
You create your life as an artist uses color. There is no experience that you cannot change. In this miraculous life you are given the gift of a creative being. And with this gift that is your birthright you create your reality according to your beliefs. It is your creative…
“Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence” - Friedrich Nietzsche While traveling the road of life’s journey of growth and fulfillment many people recite affirmations such as “I am rich without a hitch” or “I am strong, I am safe and all is well.” These…
When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: “Only stand out of my light.” Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women…
Life is a journey! It can be a easy free-flowing miraculous journey or it can be a journey of wrong turns, dead ends, crash and burns and arduous uphill routes. Some people are able to move forward in the direction of their dreams; others continue to make wrong turns or…
In today’s abundance of beauty lotions and potions, nips and tucks, that serve to resist and camouflage the signs of aging we rob ourselves of the most powerful beauty enhancement resource available to mankind. I’m speaking of the aging process itself. The prevailing and repetitive message we get in today’s…
“Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.” - Antoine Rivarol I was sitting at a local Starbucks snuggled up in a comfy chair with a good book and a piping hot latte when I heard a woman exclaim, “Traffic was…
Are you putting up with things in your life that annoy you or drains the energy right out of you? A good majority of people have been carrying around suitcases filled with unfinished projects and things they are tolerating. You could be tolerating an annoying neighbor, excess weight, or a…
As a driver myself I have to admit to not being perfect but, the standard of driving seems to have gone downhill. Nobody seems to have anytime to drive with consideration and courtesy for other drivers anymore. It is all rush; rush trying to get there before they have left…
The Mind is a wonderful tool for observation, conceptualization, processing information and in short - thinking. However, when the tool becomes the Master, stress is inevitable. Like a computer, your Mind holds lots of data. It also has a program to organize that data. Each mind programs the input it…
Tough times can bring you to your knees. They can also raise you to new heights. You can be stressed to the max on a bad day, yet, as long as life seems manageable, you don?t usually look for new strategies to get through it. The tendency is to pull…
You should never take your health for granted. This has been a hard lesson for me to learn over the years since I was the kind of person who was always so busy I didn’t give myself any time to look after my body more than downing the few odd…
Reading classic literature always calms me down. This is especially true when I read the diaries of famous writers of the nineteenth century. It seems like you have conversed with an intelligent person, who doesn?t need to make himself look better than he really is. Such reading is very comforting…
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