I had a doctor friend who was known for his sunny disposition, always cheering people up. He was amazing – he could make even the most impossibly depressed people laugh until tears ran down their cheeks. On the darkest days ever, being with him felt like being inside one of those enormous lamps they used […]
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How Long Are You Going to Continue Being ...
What if you could top chewing on your pain? It’s tiring, boring, and it’s just spiraling you deep into exhaustion. Right now you’re probably stuck in a closed mental/emotional loop that goes nowhere, and makes you feel bad, badder, and baddest. You play your woe-is-me scenario over and over in your mind, like gnawing on […]
HE WAS ABOUT TO…
I was cruising on Facebook, when I saw that my friend, Bruce, who lives in South Africa, had posted 3 or 4 posts saying stuff like, “…Bruce Maxwell Cross …This is my journey thru an incredible life as I lay down my Cross and look forward to Heaven…….” And another post saying, “…Anxiety Depression and […]
THE REAL USE OF DEPRESSION
Depression is a sneaky bastard. I have experienced it all my life, and because I didn’t know how to handle it, I was even suicidal for years … until 20 years ago when I found EFT, the Emotional Freedom Techniques (in case you’re wondering, find out about it here). As I began to use EFT, […]
How I Ditched My Suicidal Thoughts, Shame...
For 35 years, I spent untold time every day quietly contemplating ways to do myself in. Even if the thoughts were only in the back of my mind. Thankfully, I never had even a fraction of the courage/stupidity to do it. I wasn’t ill and dying, or it might have made a little sense. I […]
That Elusive Inner Connection….
One of the most debilitating things I see happen to my coaching clients and students is temporarily losing the connection with their most sacred inner, creative selves. That inner self is the very source of creativity, love, sense of place and unbending motivation. To lose connection with that sublime, powerful self is to waver and […]