Recharging Energetic Power

Do you feel hopeless and tired?  Do you feel drained, joyless or anxious?  Your body and soul maybe exhausted this season. Experts call this emotional or spiritual fatigue.  Stillness is a simple way to replenish your emotional and spiritual energy. What does stillness look like?

1.      Rest. Just sit still or recline in your favorite chair.

2.      Laugh with friends. Pick up the phone and call a funny friend or watch a comedy show.

3.      Reconnect with nature.  Visit your back yard or a neighborhood park for a walk.

4.      Use touch.  A handshake, hug, massage or pat on the back will help.

Source: Psychology Today, Romans 8:14-28

Connecting to Your Inner Moma

Did you experience emotional, psychological or physical neglect as a child.  We want to blame our parents, yet now that we are adults we are responsible for raising ourselves.  Our parents or guardians may not have fulfilled all or any of our needs but you can.  How do you connect to your inner moma?

1.      Loyalty that is faithful to yourself and others.

2.      Humility that understands weaknesses and the ability to overcome.

3.      Dependability to rely and trust yourself.

The benefits include greater happiness, optimism, creativity, stronger relationships, acceptance, forgiveness, and confidence just to name a few.

Source: Psychology Today, 2 Timothy 1

Taking the High Road

“When they go low, we go high” is sound advice from Michelle Obama. Those of us who take the high road feel like we are banging our heads against the wall over and over again.  It gets old and frustrating.  What are you suppose to do?

1.      Feel and Act.  Name your feelings so you can react positively.

2.      Breathe. Pause and calm down.

3.      Practice Compassion. Be kind.

When you take the high road you feel good and nothing fazes you. You respond to your haters with patience, understanding and humor.

Source: Huffington Post, Psychology Today, Mark 2:23-3:6

Women Wonder About Our Secret

 

We salute all the phenomenal women, sisters, mothers, grandmothers, warriors, goddess and friends. 

Loving Resilience

Someone asked me the other day if I realized I was resilient.  Never thought about it until now.  What a way to love yourself! Remember to love yourself this month.

What We Can Do Now

As e celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. consider and oppose how people of color are relentlessly and routinely made the "other" by being dismissed, deemed invisible or denied humanity. Source: Tears We Cannot Stop, Michael Eric Dyson

Joy to the World

When was the last time you smiled our laughed?  Research tells us that smiling and laughing release feel good chemicals that reduce our pain, protect our heart and relax our muscles. I dare you - laugh out loud and feel better.