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What’s Your Lump of Coal?

Holiday seasons are prime times for exalted expectations. Amid all the hype, images of impossibly happy families, outlandish claims for owning hundreds of products, or a desire to live up to other myths, we can easily become discouraged if we don’t see our own lives living up to the big screen. A children’s story threatensContinue reading “What’s Your Lump of Coal?”

A Short Guide to Developing Denials and Affirmations

Using the power of your words to create your experiences can be very satisfying and stress relieving.  More than just positive thinking, denials and affirmations are a dynamic duo in managing our perceptions and feelings toward achieving satisfaction in relationships, work and other areas. They are based on the truth that the universe is supportingContinue reading “A Short Guide to Developing Denials and Affirmations”

Turning Resentments into Gratitude

Last week we looked at some common sources of resentments: expectations, pride and loss. Recently I saw an entry on HuffPost the related to the topic. They looked at how negatives could be turned into positives. Although they did mention gratitude, they didn’t list resentment specifically. Here is their list:

The Sources of Resentments

  “Why did she do that to me? I’ve never done anything to her!” “No one crosses me and doesn’t pay for it.”             “He may think he can do that to me, but just let him try it again.” Resentments are often called frozen rage or “drinking poison andContinue reading “The Sources of Resentments”