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Life is too precious to waste it with worry. Anything worth having takes a considerable amount of effort. One of he most important skills that will support that effort is resilience. Being able to bounce back when things don’ t go your way. Being able to get up and try again when you fall down. It is important to understand that:
Recovery from anything is usually one step forward, two steps back.
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Posted by Lucinda Bassett in Anxiety, Coach, Depression, Grief, Health, Illness, Loneliness, Loss, Lucinda Bassett, Mental Illness, Negative Thinking, Positive Thinking, PTSD, Relationships, Sadness, Sexual Abuse, Starting Over, Truth Be Told.
WHAT IS COMPASSIONATE SELF-TALK?
Compassionate self-talk is any kind of message or dialogue with yourself or someone else that makes you feel good, strong, happy, confident, relaxed, capable, loving, energetic, peaceful, or motivated. The technique can give you energy when you think you have none, a natural high, and the strength to achieve great things. Positive self-talk can make you feel like running that mile, taking that trip, writing that report, or speaking in front of several hundred people when only ten minutes before you were certain you absolutely couldn’t pull it off.
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Posted by Lucinda Bassett in Anxiety, Coach, Depression, Grief, Health, Illness, Loneliness, Loss, Lucinda Bassett, Mental Illness, Negative Thinking, Positive Thinking, PTSD, Relationships, Sadness, Sexual Abuse, Starting Over, Truth Be Told.
In my work, I’ve noticed that people tend to be re-active in life rather than pro-active as a result of their own Core Story predetermining their responses. In other words, you spontaneously (often impulsively) react to life in your usual, predetermined ways. For example, if you typically react with anger, you will get angry. It is the same with worry, anxiety, and blame. You just don’t think it through, you don’t have a plan, and you end up frustrated, angry, anxious, depressed, out of control, and victimized.
The difference is easy to discern. When you are re-active, you are being negative and impulsive and you get the same negative results you’ve always gotten.
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Posted by Lucinda Bassett in Anxiety, Coach, Depression, Grief, Health, Illness, Loneliness, Loss, Lucinda Bassett, Mental Illness, Negative Thinking, Positive Thinking, PTSD, Relationships, Sadness, Sexual Abuse, Starting Over, Truth Be Told.
Thinking negatively affects your attitude about your future and the kind of people you attract. It also affects the opportunities you can draw into your life, so changing the way you think may be the most powerful skill you can acquire and teach to your children. If you teach your children how to be positive, optimistic, hopeful, and how to think from a place of empowerment, it can change the whole family dynamic as well as your children’s future.
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Posted by Lucinda Bassett in Anxiety, Coach, Depression, Grief, Health, Illness, Loneliness, Loss, Lucinda Bassett, Mental Illness, Negative Thinking, Positive Thinking, PTSD, Relationships, Sadness, Sexual Abuse, Starting Over, Truth Be Told.
It has been over three years since the death of my husband David, and no matter how much time goes by, it is still excruciatingly painful. The worst part is, I really have no one to grieve with. The two people that I should have been sharing the grieving process with on this painful day, my two children, simply can’t deal with the horrific memory of that day when David took his life.
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Posted by Lucinda Bassett in Anxiety, Coach, Depression, Grief, Health, Illness, Loneliness, Loss, Lucinda Bassett, Mental Illness, Negative Thinking, Positive Thinking, PTSD, Relationships, Sadness, Sexual Abuse, Starting Over, Truth Be Told.
