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Category Archives: Choosing Perspective
Reality Check: Your Discouragement Antidote Kit
Does discouragement have a colour? If so, is it grey? How about discouraging weather? Rain, perhaps? When discouraged, does it seem like there’s a rainy, grey, discouraged filter over everything? For example, let’s say we feel happy and in control. … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing influences, discouragement, encouragement, perception
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Reality Check: The Stories of our Scars
If you’ve spent much time at all on this earth, you probably have a few scars to show for it. Some people view their scars as embarrassing. They agonize over them, and buy not-so-magical potions in efforts to get rid … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, choosing thoughts, perception, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: Our Own Reflections
After he’d spent half an hour digging in the lawn and dining on bugs and worms, the young raccoon came prancing up to the patio door. Whoa! What was that? He stopped short; backed away. Tilted his head. Backed up … Continue reading
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Tagged conflict, perception, reality
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Reality Check: Loose Ends and Everyday Anxiety
Curious things can happen if we detach ourselves from technology for a while. I call that time “vacation,” an opportunity to notice things I might not pay attention to otherwise. Knowing I’ll have no electronics, internet, or email to entertain … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, choosing actions, total behaviour
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Reality Check: I Am Only…
When I dashed into the grocery store to pick up coffee that was on sale, I fully expected to find none on the shelf. Surprise! The shelf was full. There was even a sign that showed the correct sale price! … Continue reading
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Reality Check: Onward!
Are you familiar with the joy that comes from knowing that you are making progress? I hope so. Because the satisfaction that comes with knowing that you are headed in the right direction is a powerful, motivating feeling. Life can … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, choosing thoughts, encouragement, need satisfaction
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Reality Check: Can your Belief Change your Reality?
Many of us feel stressed. Challenges, fears, upsets, and disappointments abound. People, institutions, politicians, employers and many others don’t behave as we want them to. A lot of those stressors are outside of our control. And even though we know … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, choosing thoughts, total behaviour, worry
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Reality Check: Finding the Joy
There is a woodchuck in my life. He lives close enough so I see him when he emerges from his den to sprawl on his rock in the sun. He’s far enough away, and much too wary of me, to … Continue reading
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Tagged gratitude, happiness, perception
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