Tag: Self-Awareness
I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much. ~Mother Teresa This is one of my favorite quotations, and it seems particularly appropriate for the second of our 2-part series on finding freedom from emotional overwhelm. For the record, no one is immune. […]
If I were to ask what the most common cause of emotional overwhelm is, most people would say too many responsibilities or too much work to do. On the surface that makes sense, and there’s no question that the pressures we feel from our responsibilities can weigh heavily on us. However, the conditions we commonly […]
Uncertainty and a desperate need to reclaim a sense of control over our lives have become universal themes in 2020. The tragic loss of loved ones, health, and financial worries, and the daily dose of bad news about what new crisis tomorrow may bring, has left many people struggling to deal with stress and anger. […]
We’ve all found ourselves confronting limitations at one time or another, but seldom do we recognize the extent to which these limitations are self-imposed. Throughout our lives, we interpret and internalize experiences with people, events, and circumstances, and in the process form beliefs about what we are capable of becoming and accomplishing. In time, these […]
Even if you have a knack for managing the stress of normal daily living, there are bound to be times when you could use a few moments of calm in the storm of disruption that has become the hallmark of the coronavirus pandemic. There are of course many ways to do this, but it helps […]
Focus. It’s important, it works, but even in the best of times, it’s not easy. Today we’re grappling with a prolonged period of disruption and uncertainty courtesy of the coronavirus global pandemic, and widespread demands for political and social reforms. Then there’s global warming, still very much a thing, and we’ve just entered hurricane season […]
