“Think positive” sounds like a nice piece of advice to give to someone going through a difficult time. We mean well when we give it but actually it can sometimes be more harmful than helpful.

Imagine going through a really difficult...

Things are different now, but several years ago, I was really trying to lose weight. Diets. Exercise. The whole shebang.

I would stand on the scale daily so that I could track my progress.

I remember there were several days I’d get up in the...

A “control freak” is not something that one would typically want to be. But I think there is one instance in which we should all strive to be one.

When it comes to stress management, it is of utmost importance that we take control of...

Have you ever tried to word something but you just can’t seem to formulate the words into sentences?

Well, that was my problem with writing this article.

And then I found a YouTube video that said what I was trying to say.

Susan David shares...

I am reading a book called “Transform Your Beliefs, Transform Your Life”, by Karl Dawson with Kate Marillat. As the title of the book suggests, your beliefs are an extremely powerful driving force in your life - whatever you believe,...

Do you feel that time is speeding up? That there is somehow less time in a day than there used to be?

Now, maybe there is some cosmic thing going on that the earth is spinning faster and the clocks are keeping up. Who knows.

But I have another...

“I’m such an idiot.”

“I’m too fat…no donut for me.”

“Nice one, loser.”

“I’m such a screw-up.”

“He wouldn’t like me, I’m ugly.”

“I’m not...

I was 17 years old, a week or 2 after I graduated high school, before having Google maps on a phone was a thing, when I was involved in a car accident.

I was driving my family farm’s delivery van loaded with eggs to a store in a near city....

I have done a lot of reading as I work towards becoming certified in Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques or “Tapping”). It is a self-help tool that one can do by themselves or be guided in to help release emotional baggage.

One...

Moment of truth: other people’s opinions bother me. I try not to let that happen, but it still does. I am working on it and I am making progress.

There’s a term, a made-up word, that I heard somewhere - I can’t remember where....