Choosing focus and feelings (podcast)
Your focus is something you can control. You get to choose, and you can change your focus at any time. Changing the focus of your thoughts can change your feelings,…
Inner weather forecast: Choose sunshine!
“Everybody talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it.” This may or may not have been said by Mark Twain, but we all know there are things…
Focus on fun (podcast)
My nest is empty, and I am trying to get accustomed to the “new normal.” One of the ways we can cope is to shift the focus from our challenges…
The great Easter egg hunt (podcast)
In this week’s podcast, I tell the story of the great Easter egg hunt I conducted a few years ago. Who finds Easter eggs at Christmas time? The person who looks…
Learned helplessness or learned happiness? (podcast)
What can dogs teach us about depression? What is “learned helplessness,” and what does it have to do with depression? Is depression a chronic condition you have to learn to…
Easter eggs and magic markers (podcast)
Have you ever seen the Easter Bunny? Click to see if this man looks like the Easter Bunny to you, because he does to me! —MORE— This is Randall, a friend,…
Changed thinking ==> changed life
When I was in college, back in the dark ages, we did not have laptop computers to carry to class. We had to take notes by hand. I developed some shorthand for…
OMM…it’s not just for meditation anymore (podcast)
Feeling overwhelmed can be the first step in feeling anxious. Are you setting yourself up for anxiety by obsessing over the stress in your life? An OMM list (On My…
Worried about your worries?
Are you worried about your anxiety? Fearful about your fears? You don’t have to be paralyzed by your fears. Some fears can be faced and addressed head on. Others can…
Taking my own advice, imperfectly
For the last two weeks, I had a killer headache. It is better now, but my head hurt for thirteen of the previous fourteen days. I do a podcast and…