I am afraid that I am getting well- Living out of the Box

dragonfly healing

We have heard the message that thoughts become things for years. I do believe that this is  true. Have you recently been guilty of saying any of these thoughts?
I am afraid I am getting sick.
I am afraid I am getting depressed.
I am afraid that I will never feel good again.
Sometimes just changing one word around can make a difference.

Animal Totems- Living out of the Box

ICE CIRCLE

Did you know that the mouse  signifies true courage and the rabbit is the reminder to stop worrying.  I often use animal totems as a way to reconnect back to nature and my true self. Animals have been used as powerful symbols since the beginning of time. Taking the time to step outside of ourselves and our busy lives is mind altering. When we are in nature, we remember to breathe more slowly, smell the roses and walk with care on the earth.

Breathe - Living Out of the Box

Relaxed Charlie (Charlie photos by Nat Clymer)

I have a sign over the exit door in my office that says Breathe. We take our breathing for granted unless we are ill and yet focusing on the breath would help our anxiety enormously. Breathing is a very important way to clear and release stored emotional traumas. Here are several things that I know about breathing.

Gratitude is Be Coming- Living out of the Box

Lead the way

I have been thinking about all the  ways that this blog can be  even more helpful in 2014. The best way is to focus upon the theme " Living out of the Box".  This is the year to become  who we truly were meant to be. Each post will give you new ways to begin doing that in 2014. Gratitude is a powerful way to start. Gratitude helps us to feel better. When you say thank you with your heart, the world is grateful in return . Thank goodness, the brain has neuro plasticity which  means it is constantly being rewired for change. And we have control over these changes.

Loving Anxiety

Happy New Year from Charlie

Happy New Year
Although this is not the kind of topic that sounds very hopeful, I hope that you will find some hope in these words. I just finished reading an excellent  article titled Surviving Anxiety,My Anxious, Twitchy, Phobic ( somehow successful) Life by Scott Stossel, editor for the Atlantic Magazine.
Scott  comes out of the closet about his crippling anxiety by detailing how many unsuccessful attempts he made to stop these feelings. He ends up by saying that none of them worked  and in fact he believes that  his anxiety is his strength. Who would he be without his anxiety?

Who would all of us be without our anxiety. Anxiety actually helps us to feel compassion and kindness towards other. Only through our own pain, can we feel the humanity of others.
So take a moment to stop fighting and just accept your  anxious humanity.

Plan Ahead for Love in 2014

Turtle strategy-See opportunities all over the place

Thinking about 2014 and how much you  want to do it differently.  Great, then this is how you might strategize.

Reset Button

dragonfly's happiness

What if you made an agreement to behave in a certain way and you can't remember what it was about. Perhaps you agreed to always love your partner, and you wake up one day and that is no longer true. Or perhaps, in a past life, you made an agreement to live in poverty  and you can no longer remember why you made that promise.
I have encountered both of these scenarios in my life and in my practice. Have you recently heard friends and family talk about  making big changes because they are fed up?