See and Heal

Emotional and spiritual healing happens when the brain replaces painful memories and images of loss, injury or damage with restorative images of safety, growth and well-being thereby restoring the healthy functioning of the mind. 

Restorative images are drawn from the imagination of our sensory experience that is exciting, stunning, soothing or peaceful. These images remind us of what we have gained and strengthens our ability to improve and grow.

Ouch: Growing from Grief.

 This past year has been full of loss. Living losses through appointments and relationships. Dying losses through the physical death of loved ones. These experiences have changed our reality. This became a season to re-examine how we look and function in the world. We are on another healing journey. Researchers Tedesi and Calhoun (2004) have given this experience the name “post-traumatic growth” that goes beyond resilience to improvement in our ability to function and adapt.

Unity for Life

Unity is harmony, accord, collaboration, oneness, forming a pleasing whole, mutual agreement, solidarity, embracing the same purpose for advancement and representing all sides. Unity is the greatest tool we have for advancement, connection and building our tribe.
When we choose unity we can expect lower blood pressure, reduction in aches, more energy, optimism, less conflict and sadness, protection from illness and less stress. I dare you to give it a try for the holidays and throughout the new year.

Be Authentic

We invigorate our energy when we express ourselves. Your unfiltered story will free you to be an authentic person. Sharing your story builds trust, overcomes skepticism, prompts action, converts, attracts interest, inspires and lights the way for those walking a similar path.  Authentic people are able to identify feeling states such as hope, gratitude, joy and love when out of the storms of life while resolving fear, worry and tension in the storms of life.

Encouraging Curiosity

Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? The person that asks a thousand questions drives you crazy - right...before you loose your patience, know that they are practicing the gift of curiosity - the desire to find answers or learn. We are born curious. When we encourage curiosity we receive gifts of closeness, decreased anger, increased understanding, problem solving, humility, boredom relief, and elimination of the risk of selfishness. Give yourself and those around you permission to be creative.

Source: Murray Bowen, Patti Roscoe and Associates, Allina health

Notice the Good

One remedy for depression - for every mistake you spot in even the best works of others and yourself -notice all that is GOOD with your work and the achievement of others. Source:  verywellmind

Watch Out for Depression

                                              Introjective depression occurs when a person feels that they have failed to meet their own standards or the standards of important others and that therefore they are failures.  Introjective depression arises from a harsh, unrelenting, highly critical superego that creates feelings of worthlessness, guilt and a sense of having failure.  A person with this depression experiences intense fears of losing approval, recognition and love from a desired object.  Source: National Institute of Health; Huffington Post