“Courage is about doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared. Have the courage to act instead of react.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Knowing what is right and being courageous to act on situations because of that knowledge is moral courage. Sometimes it might be easier to stand in Read More
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Does Your Confidence Propel or Sabotage You?
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ Eleanor Roosevelt I am woman hear me roar, or are you gumming yourself through Read More
Feelings or Anxiety?
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, Including you. “ ~Anne Lamott Webster defines feelings as an emotional state or a reaction to something. Emotions can be a vague or an irrational feeling. When we allow emotions to dictate, they can hi-jack good intentions. Our day-to-day lives are filled Read More
Emotionally Healthy or Faking it?
“Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.” ― Maya Angelou Ever feel like a circus clown juggling too many balls in the air? Unmanaged time can feel like we are on a merry-go-round that is spinning out of control. Fatigue Read More
Frustration and Discouragement
“If you’re going through hell, keep going!” ~Winston Churchill Here’s the zoom link for next Wed. June 2nd 7:30 PM (PST) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83913901583 The moment you start to move toward your goals and self-improvements, you will be scrutinized by those that are frustrated with their own lives. When you chose to stop sleeping through your life, Read More
Define Your Internal Dialogue
One evening, an elderly Cherokee brave told hisgrandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said “My son, the battle is between two ‘wolves’ inside us all.One is evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow,regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment,inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is good. It is joy, Read More
Learning Styles and Schooling Choices
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence and character, that’s the goal of true education.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr. Schooling choices can be one of the most difficult decisions we make. We all want the best for our little charges. Some of us take a laid Read More
Love: Getting and Giving
Love Languages “The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, And not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise, We love only the reflection of ourselves we find them.” ~Thomas Merton Join us Wed. 7:30 pm (PST) on May 19th. The lessons is below, and here’s the zoom Read More
Courage: What is it? How to get it!
“Courage is not just one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point.” ~ C.S. Lewis What exactly is courage? A feeling? An action? Looking tough? Everyone is frightened of something. You can’t change an emotional response, but you can change how you react to the fear. “For God has Read More
5 Tips for Balancing Your Life and Avoiding the E.R.
“When did the chest pains begin?” the ER doctor questioned me. “Just a couple of hours ago. I feel like I can’t breath and I haven’t done anything. I’m light-headed. I was just sitting in the car,” I said. My responses triggered a flurry of activity and medical equipment began to record information from all Read More