The cure for boredom is curiosity.
~Dorothy Parker
I have been a daily journaler for decades. Some days the inner world is flowing, insightful, and rejuvenative. Some days the inner world is scary, abusive, and difficult. And some days the inner world is just plain boring. Some days it all just feels like blah, blah, blah….. Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve always believed that writing could heal our wounded souls. Now there’s evidence that this may be an actual fact. And not just our emotional and our spiritual selves, but writing can heal our physical bodies as well.
The Journal of the American Medical Association recently published a clinical study showing that writing can have a big impact on physical symptoms. They found that patients who spent just 20 minutes a day for three days in a row writing about their problems felt better, took fewer drugs to relieve their symptoms and saw their doctors less often. Read the rest of this entry »
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There’s a reason the most dreaded interview question is
“Tell me about yourself?”
It’s the nagging feeling that,
despite all the self-help books out there,
we just don’t know as much as we could
about someone so close to home as ourselves.
Because of my work as a speaker and a teacher, I often receive grand introductions. I get to stand in front of people and have someone read out loud about the best of who I am, my accomplishments, my aspirations, and what I have to offer of value. I am always humbled by these beautiful introductions, even though 9 times out of 10, I write them. Read the rest of this entry »
A client just recently told me that her time is being consumed with some very difficult and demanding things that she has to deal with. These are things she doesn’t want to have to deal with – things like legal issues and some very serious health concerns. Ever have things happen that you didn’t plan and that you certainly didn’t ask for? Things you just had to get through? Of course you have, we all do. How’d you do? Read the rest of this entry »
Self-help books have saved my life. I started reading them when I was in undergraduate school and I remember the first I ever read, I’m Okay, You’re Okay by Thomas Harris. This book opened up the world of possibilities for me.
After reading this splendid book about the struggles of our inner self-images and outer judgments, I learned that I was okay and that you were too! This book changed the way I thought… and that changed my life. Read the rest of this entry »