Our Thoughts and Feelings Our Responsibility

Anxiety, Failure, Fear, Self Responsibility, Self-Confidence, Self-Esteem, Uncategorized

Feelings – Good or Bad

We all have many feelings some are happy, joyful, sad, angry, frustrated, scared, and anxious to name a few. It’s how we view them or think about them that make them good or bad.  It’s what we do with these feelings that will determine whether we live in a world of possibilities with high self-esteem and powerful self-confidence or not.

It’s perfectly okay to have and to feel each and every one of our feelings. However, none of these feelings should be considered good or bad.

Another way to understand these feelings is to look at what events we feel caused a particular feeling.

The events that happen are neutral. Continue reading Our Thoughts and Feelings Our Responsibility →

Your Mindset In Today’s World

Belief Systems, Fear, Goals, Self-Confidence, Self-Esteem

Today I want to talk about mindset. How your mindset can determine what kind of life you live. And, with all that’s going on in the world these days why it’s vitally important that you understand what your mindset is and where it comes from. The important question is, can we change our mindset if we don’t like what our mind seems to be focusing on?  Or, are we stuck with whatever our mind decides it wants to think about? Continue reading Your Mindset In Today’s World →

Humans Make the Impossible, Possible

Anxiety, Fear, Gratitude, Self-Confidence, Self-Esteem, Uncategorized

Sadly, COVID-19 is still with us and with following all the proper protocols according to where you live hopefully you’ve managed to stay healthy as well as all of your family.

 

At a time when it seems like hope is slowly vanishing or there is no hope it’s important to remember that as humans we are an amazing species. If we look at all the things that we have accomplished to date it should give you hope that we will be able to figure out a way to get our lives back to a more normal way of living.

The Pandemic is not a good thing but, how can we make the best of this situation we find ourselves in? Continue reading Humans Make the Impossible, Possible →

Fear/Anxiety-The Daily Talk

Anxiety, Change, Fear, Self-Confidence

 

Let’s face it we are in a time where fear or anxiety seems to be a normal part of our everyday life. If you avidly listen to the news your whole body may feel like it’s on high alert.

According to the dictionary the meaning of fear –

Fear is an emotion induced by a perceived danger or threat, which causes physiological changes and ultimately behavioral changes, such as fleeing, hiding, or freezing from perceived traumatic events.

The meaning of the word anxiety –

A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.

Looking at the meaning of both fear and anxiety they are emotions or feelings. Our emotions or feelings are a result of the thoughts we are having about a particular event that may happen or the meaning we assign to it – essentially, our thoughts create our fear. Continue reading Fear/Anxiety-The Daily Talk →

Brain Development and Your Tween/Teen

Belief Systems, Change, Goals, Integrity, Self Responsibility

There has been much scientific study on the brain. A few decades ago, scientists believed that the brain was finished growing around the age of two. It was thought that after the age of two, the child’s brain was like “data entry” and the child just absorbed and continued learning, that the brain was fully developed. Through advanced medical imaging techniques, it is now known that the brain has another large growth spurt around the age of 12 and finishes up in the early to mid 20’s.

As anyone who has, or has had a child in their tweens know they get hit with a lot of changes, body, hormones, behaviors, and interests. Many of these changes have been blamed on hormones but as science has discovered most of the changes are due to the growth spurt in shiny new neurons and hard-wiring going on in your adolescents brain.

Understanding the three main areas of your adolescents brain that are affected will help you, so you can help them navigate this time in their life with skills that will go with them into adulthood. Continue reading Brain Development and Your Tween/Teen →