Preface: In February of this year, a close friend of the family knew she was not long for this world, having suffered through the pain of ovarian cancer. She asked her sister Karen to post the words that poured from her heart, a testament of sorts that could be passed...
This is a simple and effective form of deep breathing, which defuses the stress feedback loop and teaches your brain and body to relax. Taking a deep breath or two to relax in and of itself isn’t new. Many people take a few deep breaths when they’re feeling overcome...
Creating happy feelings on command. Is that even possible, you might ask and my answer is: Yes! There is a way of doing that, it comes from NLP and is called anchoring. You create an anchor on your body with happy memories and every time you touch that anchor, you...
Thinking has to do with controlling, directing and using information; in this way, we problem-solve, make decisions, understand and form judgements (reason) and establish concepts. Our brains go through a process of pattern recognition whereby new experiences are...
An emotion is defined as a state of mind derived from one’s circumstances, mood or relationships. The basic emotions most agree we come equipped with are anger, disgust, fear, joy, sadness and surprise. Many psychologists believe they exist as evolutionary triggers;...
