Daily transitions are constantly happening in your life, often barely noticed. Think about all the steps in your day, from getting out of bed to getting back in. Change often adds stress, and regular self-care activities help reduce that. So, while living life and moving through daily transitions mindfully and planfully can be a challenge…
How Can I Befriend Myself? Try Empowered Compassion™
I recently had an e-mail from a reader named Tina who is striving to befriend herself in the midst of a busy life. Chronically having too much on her plate, she struggles with frustration and fatigue. Her expectations for herself are high, and she almost never meets them. Maybe what Tina shared will sound familiar…
There’s Room for Humor, But Aging Isn’t a Joke
Indeed, aging isn’t a joke. When you’re busy and stressed, feeling like you have slowed down is difficult. Getting things done is a challenge that can be heightened as we adjust, each of us, to our own aging processes. So, how do you adjust to aging? Is it an issue that you grapple with? How…
Paula, Time Carries Me Forward, But I Don’t Feel 65!
Time can be so mysterious. It looks different to us, depending on our age, and on what we believe about it. That’s what struck me when I read a recent e-mail from one of our e-zine subscribers. Her particular challenge is about turning 65 — and her quandary illuminates a universal experience. Time, since it’s always…
Gratitude, Even in the Hardest of Times? Ask Paula…
Gratitude is a feeling, and it is also a choice. In truth, it’s one of the most powerful and life-enhancing choices you can make. As Eckhart Tolle has said, “It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.” In my recent post titled Gratitude Changes Everything: 5 Powerful Tips to…
Ask Paula – I’d Like to Savor My Time, But How Can I? I’m Just Too Busy!
Yesterday I shared 5 Tips to help you savor your moments while you traverse transitions. That prompted the following question from Nancy in Rockport, Massachusetts: I love autumn, and appreciate your encouragement to enjoy it. But my business is tourist-based, and I feel swamped with special demands. How can I find time for myself when I’m working double-time to…
Overwhelmed and Wondering — Is Self-Care Just Pie-in-the-Sky for Me?
Self-care is all too often a commitment that we make to ourselves and then don’t follow through on. Other priorities bump it out of the way, and it’s easy to start thinking that we’ll NEVER find time for ourselves. Well, yesterday we shared a post about time myths that we tell ourselves. And we offered some…
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