Tips for Living Bright 5/26: FOCUS ON LOVE [Taken in part from earlier posting; adapted for today.] With this week's horrific event, along with other world events that make us feel as if hate is winning, it is easy to feel angry and out of control. How do we stop these tragedies and what do … Continue reading Focus on Love
Tips for Living Bright 5/25: SURROUND YOURSELF WITH POSITIVITY Today's posting will be short and sweet--just a simple assessment of your environment. To keep blinders on (which I post about ad nauseam), it is important that we stay fueled with things that will keep us motivated, psyched, and feeling good. What are you listening to? … Continue reading Surround Yourself with Positivity
Tips for Living Bright 5/24: MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT FOR CHANGE When I started this May Challenge in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, I also challenged myself to take my own advice. My goal was to use this exercise as a way to keep my blinders on, stay focused, and ignore any of the … Continue reading Make a Concerted Effort For Change
Tips for Living Bright 5.23: BE FREE OF GUILT Earlier, I wrote about “writing about what you need to hear" and today, that is exactly what I am doing. It’s only Monday and I’m already feeling behind the eight-ball and, therefore, totally guilty. I know that I am not alone. Life can be a tornado. … Continue reading Be Free of Guilt
Tips for Living Bright 5/22: TAKE A 'WHY NOT ME?!' ATTITUDE REPOST: There is a common occurrence that often happens when we set goals. We limit ourselves and set a cap on what we think is possible . . . for ourselves. I mean, it is okay for other people to obtain these goals. Right? … Continue reading Have a ‘Why Not Me?!’ Attitude
Tips for Living Bright 5/21: DO NOT COMPARE YOURSELF WITH OTHERS REPOST: One of the most surefire ways to feel bad about yourself is to compare yourself with someone else. It is easy to do -- you see someone who seems to have it all going on. You see others with more money, career success, … Continue reading Do Not Compare Yourself with Others
Tips for Living Bright 05/20: VISUALIZE THE LIFE YOU WANT Take time to VISUALIZE what you want out of life. What does that mean? It means mentally creating the IMAGE that you want for yourself. It means SEEING how you want your life to be. Are there things you want to change? See the change. … Continue reading Visualize the Life You Want
Tips for Living Bright 05/19: BE TRUE TO YOU To Thine Own Self Be True. . . I wrote about those words a few weeks back after waking up to that phrase plastered on my mind. And since that morning, I've realized how much I was NOT being true to myself. I was allowing my … Continue reading Be True to You
Tips for Living Bright 05/18: FINDING GRACE We are all going a million miles an hour, working hard, being pulled in so many directions, doing the best that we can. As a result, it is easy to became frustrated, stressed, angry, sensitive, emotional. . . Yesterday, I was an outside witness to the above unfolding … Continue reading Finding Grace
Tips for Living Bright 05/17: DO SOMETHING NICE FOR SOMEONE ELSE The other day I was speaking to someone who was feeling anxious and sad. This person had previously admitted that someone else they knew was also struggling a bit. I asked this person to divert their focus on helping their friend (being a shoulder … Continue reading Do Something Nice for Someone Else
Tips for Living Bright 05/16: KEEP YOUR BLINDERS ON! It's Monday morning and you may be feeling the effects of a long, tiring weekend. You may have spent the previous days pumped and motivated, while today, you are pushing yourself to jump back into the week. With goals, with life, with moving forward, it is … Continue reading Keep Your Blinders On
Tips for Living Bright 05/15: GET MOVING It's overcast, your body is achy, you're feeling lazy, and exercise is the last thing that you want to do. So what should you do? DO IT ANYWAY! It's so easy to give your body a pass. And if you do, you may find yourself feeling even more … Continue reading Get Moving
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