by Carla | Feb 16, 2023 | Anxiety & Worry, Shifting Perspective
I CAUGHT MYSELF DOING IT AGAIN: looking ahead to the future, wondering when ‘the other shoe might drop’ after considering how great something was – thus allowing my own thoughts to steal joy from the moment. We’ve all done it Those ‘what happens if’ and ‘what...
by Carla | Feb 9, 2023 | Self-Worth & Self-Esteem, Shifting Perspective
WE OFTEN WANT TO BE THE PERSON ANOTHER CHOOSES – as a friend or confidante, for a job, as a partner, as a preferred practitioner – the ego wants to be chosen and to be the favourite. But we might not be chosen in every case, because the other person has their own...
by Carla | Feb 9, 2023 | Getting Through Difficult Experiences, Inspiration
EXPECTATIONS ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN AND REARRANGED into something different and even better. Continuing and persevering on what feels like a difficult, unclear, fuzzy path sometimes involves pausing for a time to determine – to notice, to sense, to suss out...
by Carla | Feb 9, 2023 | Getting Through Difficult Experiences, Interactions & Communication
WHEN SOMEONE ELSE IS WOUND-UP OR UPSET about something – they might just need for us to bite our tongue, stop offering advice or solutions or even reasons why something is the way it is, and instead: ask them to share more, then say little and listen a lot....
by Carla | Feb 9, 2023 | Comparison to Others, Food for Thought
WHEN WE START COMPARING OURSELVES TO OTHERS because their path seems more exciting, more secure, easier, flashier – it would be worth asking ourselves: ~ do we really want the things for which we are envying them? ~ are we aware of all that comes with what they do,...
