In August, we have been looking at ways Do Tell fans can use simple and fun techniques to change their habits. The point of this exercise is to find some fun in your world.
Do Tell Author Kathy Jacobson says, “It’s great to have routines, but they keep us from seeing other options. They keep us [...]
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Ideas for altering your patterns by small changes to your routines
Independence Day at Do Tell
Let freedom ring…It’s Independence Day…making our own Independence Day…choose to make a revolution and create a startling change that will let our personal freedom ring.
Breathe in the Smells Around You
…we can be present in our breathing is to notice the smells we inhale…suddenly are hit with memories of a trip to the country, or…the rose perfume wafting from the woman next to you smells just like your grandmother.
Breathing Can be a Brain Re-boot
…our breath can be another important tool to help us be present…focusing on breath and just noticing what goes on inside you can be really powerful…Being able to identify what our stuff is and how it is causing our physical bodies to feel can help change old… habits.
A simple way to get off the Tight Rope
…breathe on purpose, …breath is that it doesn’t cost anything. You don’t have to go anywhere to get it. It’s right there at our fingertips
Find yourself some Rose Colored Glasses
You may have heard the saying:
“They look at the world through rose colored glasses.”
Usually it’s not exactly meant as a compliment. It might even be a criticism, but here at Do Tell: The Relationship Game, we don’t think it should be. Think about it. If you look at the world through rose colored glasses, you’re probably going [...]
Appreciate what Bugs you and Lift your Spirit
…When being mad stops being okay, try turning to appreciation. Appreciation is one of the most potent tools we have for bringing positive changes into our lives. It starts with one simple step:
Focus on your relationship with what you like…read more
Appreciate Motherhood
…If you aren’t a mother, you have one: Alive/or dearly departed. The woman who birthed you/or the woman who loved you. Close in our hearts/or a struggle to overcome. This is the week that the calendar tells us to honor our Mothers. At Do Tell, it seems like a good time to start talking about one of the most potent tools we have for creating the lives we were meant to live – appreciation…read more
Happiness vs. Joy
…look at the world through the eyes of your joy, you see it’s really a funny place. You can be happy. You can get the joy you want out of life…Choose happiness and grow it until these moments become the foundation for your joy. It will build on itself…
Get on the Joy Highway
When the journey seems like a lot of hard work….. wanted to go, but it’s not nearly as joyful as it could have been if we had gone a different way.
That doesn’t mean you won’t encounter road blocks sometimes, but you’ll get where you want to go if you just keep going and enjoy the journey…read more
A Belly Laugh will do you good
Our purpose is to feel joy…Do you think your father would dance the cancan if it meant he might get to move ahead one space? Maybe he would, and maybe it would be so funny you couldn’t stop laughing…find something to laugh about…read more
Our purpose is to feel joy
There are many purposes… want to do good in the world. We want to have children and raise them well. We want to be President, or just make a little money.
Those type of purposes all weave together with our joy. When we are the happiest, we do our best work…
Spring into a New Frame of Mind by Looking for the Beauty Around You
Have you ever had a day where you carried the sun in your heart, even though there were clouds in the sky? Or maybe you’ve had the opposite experience. Either way, you can make the sun happen for you by starting with a little appreciation for the world around you…read more
Change your thinking. Change your day.
When someone is feeling helpless, a “happy” thought won’t be, “Oh, life is just wonderful!” But a better feeling thought, or a more positive direction for you thinking might be, “Well, I’ve been here before and I have gotten out of this.” Sometimes, even feeling mad because you’ve been feeling blue is going in the right emotional direction. Just take charge. Each one of us can find those more positive thoughts to turn our days around, if we just look for them.
Win Friends and Influence Yourself
“Act enthusiastic and you’ll be enthusiastic” embodies the idea that we get what we think about. Making that a reality can only begin with a greater understanding of what’s swirling around in our minds in the first place.
