Category: Everyday “Crazy”
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HOLDING on to HOPE
I often speak about hope. I talk about hope being future focused. Without hope, what do we have? I also talk about how great hope is. That is all good. It is imperative that ACTION follow hope. We cannot just hope that we will get a new car. We must be propelled into action. Start…
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The Subconscious Mind Does Not Know
The subconscious mind does not know the difference between the truth and a lie. It believes whatever we tell it and runs with it. The subconscious mind absorbs and acts on repeated thoughts, beliefs and affirmations regardless of their truth. Positive affirmations, visualization and positive self-talk are powerful tools for shaping our behaviors and our…
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Have you ever…?
Have you ever been to a place or space where you did not have to explain yourself? You might want to though you do not have to in order to be accepted. Have you ever been to a continent where you have never been where person after person said “welcome home sister” or “welcome home,…
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SELF-CARE: Are you kidding? I do not have time for that.
Often, when people are asked what they do to care for themselves, they ask “are you kidding?” Then they go on to say that they do not have time for self-care. They say that they are too busy caring for others. Does this response sound familiar to you? Are you the person responding in this…
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Invalidating Your Own or Someone Else’s Trauma: Do not do it
Before we talk about invalidating trauma, let us talk a bit about what trauma is. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) states that trauma is an event or circumstance that results in physical harm, emotional harm and/or life threatening harm that can negatively impact mental, physical, emotional health and social and spiritual…
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What impact does trauma have on us? How did Will Smith’s childhood trauma impact him?
This is an interesting article that illuminates why Will Smith might have responded the way he did when Chris Rock told a joke about his wife. The article reports that this might have been due to the childhood trauma that Will Smith experienced. When I witnessed “the slap” I thought about the trauma that he…
