Life is too busy. Life is hard. Life is unfair. Life is… (fill in the blank). What we believe becomes our truth. That’s not to say that life isn’t too busy, hard or unfair at times. It is. But, if that becomes the story we tell ourselves, over and over, that will begin to become our reality. I know this because those stories are my own. I was just wallowing in some self-pity last night as I told my husband, “There is just too much going on, I can’t keep up. Life is way too busy!”. As I pulled myself eventually out of the story, I realized that I am in control of my reality. I make decisions each and every day about how I spend my time, where I spend my time and where my energy goes. I also k
Now that I have your attention, let’s talk about the F word. Or, words, to be exact. I’m not talking about the F word you are likely thinking of - get your mind out of the gutter. I’m talking about the stress induced F words that keep us in a state of anxiety and depression. The F words that keep us on high alert so that we can’t calm our bodies or minds. The F words I’m speaking of are: Fight, Flight, or Freeze. Maybe you’ve heard of them. It’s possible your yoga teacher, therapist, or a well-intended friend have mentioned them to you. These three words explain what happens to us when we are stressed-out, overwhelmed, or angry. We experience them when we are anxious and feel our heart racin
I am a perfectly imperfect human. I am flawed and I make mistakes. I I do my best to be compassionate, caring, and loving towards the people in my life. But, when I “mess up” and do or say something that doesn’t align with my values, it is really hard to forgive myself. I’ve learned that it is so much easier to forgive others than it is to forgive ourselves. Forgiving the people we care about might be as easy as letting things go because we know their intentions are honest or pure. It might be recognizing that they are only human as well and might have said or done something out of anger or frustration. If we can forgive others so easily, why is it that it’s so darned hard to forgive ourselv
