Often when we are hurt, we start to wear a suit of armour. We use this armour to defend ourselves, to block the pain. After the battle has passed we need to get help, learn that it’s okay to take off the armour and stop defending ourselves. It doesn’t mean we don’t keep our boundaries,… Read More Know When It’s Okay To Stop Defending Yourself

We can put off dreams, goals, self-care or even simple things until… The will never be right but you can still do what it is you have been putting off. Remember the right time for any journey is when we take the first step toward it.

Compassion can hurt us and others sometimes. Understanding why people act the way they do can aid us in finding compassion for them. But too much compassion won’t hold them accounting for their actions. When we’re feeling too much compassion for another person we can end up feeling victimized further. We end up resenting people… Read More Know When It’s Too Much Compassion

Intentions are a very strong combination of will, desire and emotions. They will have profound affects on our lives. So take time out to stop and think about what your intention is so far about a particular situation or relationship. What is your motive, agenda, expectations here? Is it hidden? Or are you being clear… Read More Be Clear About Your Intentions

Sometimes we deprive ourselves of what we want. We might not know what we want, or we might have shut ourselves down to being allowed to want. Yes, we may not get everything we want in life. We might even get people and things we later realize we didn’t really want in our life. That’s… Read More Learn That It Is Okay To Want

We can spend years trying to get over other people’s comments to us. We are controlled by these comments as they run around inside our heads. Sometimes we don’t even realize we are doing this, it has become so normal for us. But don’t you owe it to yourself to find out if these thoughts… Read More Remember Thoughts Can Be Powerful

We all have goals we want to achieve. We use actionable steps to do this. But we also need the quiet times too. A good time for this can be when one thing finishes and before the next thing starts. A daily meditation practice can be an action step we set in all our goals.… Read More Don’t Avoid The Quiet Times

Anger can be a very powerful emotion. But if we allow others to control us through the use of anger we are weakening our boundaries. Stop walking on eggshells with these people. Leave them if this is a dangerous situation. Hand back the rage to the bully and let them go. It’s time to move… Read More Don’t Allow Other’s Anger Control You

Letting go doesn’t mean we don’t care. It doesn’t mean we let go of being responsible either. It means we only take on what is our responsibilities and allow others do the same. Letting go means we care enough about someone else to allow them to walk their own path. We respect them and expect… Read More Letting Go Doesn’t Mean We Don’t Care

If we keep pushing the same buttons you’ll get the same results and reactions. Sometimes it’s better to step back and see if there are different options open to us. May be it’s time to walk away? Or may be it time to ask for help? Even at times it might be as simple as… Read More Stop Pushing The Same Buttons