5 Ways To Make You Stop Worrying. Right. Now. 1. Worrying feels bad…It just does. Let’s start with the basics, shall we? Feeling good is better than feeling bad. Worry will always make you feel bad. In some cases, with trauma or a short in our thinking so to speak, it [...]
We ALL have a lot to do. Everyone is super busy. And, strangely, as soon as we aren't busy, we go crazy trying to make ourselves busy. Why? Because let's face it, "busy" has a lot of value in our society. If you're bored or chill, you leave open the opportunity to be called, "lazy," or not as "good" [...]
Hello lovely reader!If I told you to go out and fill your trunk up stress, you couldn't do it. We create stress. So, during the holidays especially, make an effort to simply stop creating stress. How?1. See it now, buy it now! If you know that you are going to eventually pick up a gift [...]
It is assumed that if you live here in America, you are busy. Remember this, if you're thinking about doing something, your brain doesn't know the difference between thinking about doing something or actually doing it. Crazy, huh? This is why you feel so awful when you put things off. Your brain thinks that it has been [...]
It’s about to be autumn...the kids are back in school and busy, busy, busy!Did you too love your school supplies???My love of new school supplies has contributed to my quest of an anti-procrastination way of living. This is something that you must refuse to outgrow! New school supplies that appeal to you may already be [...]
Hello! Is you brain holding you back from making the awesome changes in your life? Could be...Your brain has this physiological survival technique that may be hindering you from keeping up with your healthy habits. Your brain likes to regulate everything in your body so it hums and works perfectly. Unfortunately, this often includes manipulating [...]
Happy New Year! So…Now that the presents have been opened and the parties all cleaned up, what do you have left??? A brand, new shiny year, just waiting to be filled up with all of your amazing ideas coming to their fruition! We talked about the New Year’s Resolutionist’s Mistake, so I know you didn’t [...]
Procrastinators: Listen Up!A big enabler of perpetual procrastination is what I like to call, “Southern Hospitality Syndrome.” Simply put, this is when you have a habit of being kinder to others than you care to be toward yourself. It sounds like the epitome of “nice” and the opposite of “selfish,” but if this syndrome sounds [...]
Hello!Well, it is nearing the end of my maternity leave...I should be blogging and writing my newsletter much more often now. (Click here: http://www.guidinginneraction.com/newsletter.php for my newsletter, "Guiding Inner Action: Teaching you the habits you can't wait to pick up!" With tips and tricks about staying motivated, avoiding stress outs and keeping up with healthy [...]
Hello!Yes, I have a little baby now...Owen Lincoln Flake was born on July 2, 2009 at a whopping 8 lbs. 14 oz. and at 20 1/2 inches long. We're both doing wonderfully...Now, that I am using my camera phone like crazy to take pictures all the time of Owen, I have realized that in the [...]