Listen to a companion tapping: (Download MP3) Where do you invest your time? Where do you spend your energy? More importantly, if you could change that, where do you want to invest your time and energy? Many of you have written me about being distracted and unfocused, feeling like you’re wasting your time, getting easily… Read More »
How Can I Help?
Listen to a companion tapping: (Download MP3) “I feel so helpless…” is what I have heard time and time again in the past 2 weeks around the devastating racism we have all seen and witnessed, anchored by the story of George Floyd. “I feel so helpless…” What I know from being a psychotherapist for several… Read More »
Where Do I Start?
Listen to a companion tapping: (Download MP3) I’m sure you’ve asked so many questions over the past few months: Why did this happen? Where are we going? How do we get over this? What’s next for me? How can I get my life back? I found a much more useful question that actually has a… Read More »
Ready To Clean This Up?
Listen to a companion tapping: (Download MP3) You may have thought I was referring to your closet, your desk, or maybe your garage, but I’m not talking about those spaces. I’m talking about cleaning up that emotional conflict that keeps getting in your way. You know what I’m talking about, it keeps causing resistance in… Read More »
Can You Just Be With It?
Listen to a companion tapping: (Download MP3) No matter what you’re feeling or going through, you will become more peaceful and grounded if you can just be with your feelings … one emotion at a time. Yes it will take practice, but the rewards will be enormous – tranquility, peace of mind, stability, stillness, stamina,… Read More »
Notice and Appreciate All of These, No Matter What
Listen to a companion tapping “Notice and Appreciate”: (Download MP3) I’m sure you have noticed many of your emotional reactions to this challenging time. Maybe you’ve been surprised by some of your feelings, or repulsed by some of your reactions, or shocked, or even puzzled. Regardless of what you are going through specifically, when you… Read More »
I Remember This, Thanks To You – I Am Not Alone
Listen to a companion tapping “I Am Not Alone”: (Download MP3) Thanks to you, I remember that I am not alone. When I go on my “sanity walk” every morning, I express my gratitude and think about my next newsletter, and I remember that I am not alone, thanks to you. When I have my… Read More »
Embrace the Unknowns and the Knowns
Listen to a companion tapping: (Download MP3) I hear you – you are grappling with all the unknowns in your life. And that is understandable – even tomorrow’s schedule can feel like an unknown. Then there are the unknowns about your finances, your health, your work, your family, your immediate future, the long-term future, the… Read More »
Feeling Overwhelmed? This Will Help…
I know this might feel impossible, but it’s the best thing you can do for yourself: Just… be… still. Not forever, maybe for 2 minutes after you read this newsletter… Not forever, but maybe 10 minutes a day. It will absolutely reduce your feeling of being overwhelmed and scattered. When you are still, you become… Read More »
What’s Helping Me Right Now…
The announcement of a pandemic is presenting us with an “unprecedented” challenge – you may be feeling helpless, powerless, anxious and confused. This challenge is a difficult puzzle to solve, and the truth is, there are no easy answers because we don’t know all the pieces. Not knowing what’s coming next tends to “trigger” anyone… Read More »
