How to Control Your Emotions
Do This First, emote on demand. Feel happy now. Feel sad now. Now feel terrified, now surprised. How did you do feeling different emotions on demand? Unless you’ve been trained in the Stanislav method of acting, you probably can’t emote on demand. Maybe you know the experience of feeling scared or angry and having someone […]
Better Options for BetterHelp & TalkSpace
I provide better options for BetterHelp and Talkspace for online counseling and therapy. Here’s why. BetterHelp.com and TalkSpace.com, both founded in 2012, have boomed financially with the spread of Covid-19. While BetterHelp is the largest online counseling corporation, TalkSpace rates itself as the top-rated. BetterHelp and TalkSpcae are For-Profit Corporations They are for-profit corporations. Their primary purpose is […]
The Shadow Side of Holiday Cheer
Regardless of how we’re greeted, many of us experience the winter holiday season as a time of darkness. I’m talking about the darkness of the shadow side of the holiday season. Many suffer through the season instead of celebrating it. The shadow side of the holidays lurks just under the thin veneer of twinkling […]
Thank You for Being You!
Hello! Since November is the month of Thanksgiving, I want to share some thoughts about gratitude and giving thanks. Gratitude vs. Giving Thanks In my view, gratitude and giving thanks are two different things. Gratitude is the automatic, natural, emotional response of our own spirit to having a need met that we couldn’t meet for […]