Uplifting Relationship Resources

I miss getting to walk into the post office on April 15th and commiserate with my fellow Americans… I got married. We combined finances… getting that last minute postal stamp was a ritual that bound us together as Americans…My dad used to bring out the convertible for the trip…It symbolized the shared pain of tax time…

…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.

…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…

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.

Nearly four centuries ago Rene Descartes said, “I think, therefore I am.” While this was breakthrough thinking at the time,… it does not seem complete… emotions are a part of our fiber

instead of thinking that emotions are getting in your way of making the right choices, think of them as an internal guidance system to head you in the right direction.

So, the next time you find yourself “emotional” over a situation. Don’t criticize yourself. Don’t stuff it. Stop. Pay attention and you can take a step towards connecting to a happier you.

Sometimes the greatest struggle in getting connected to yourself and opening up to the happiness that’s out there waiting for you is to just become more aware of what your body is telling you.

Mindfulness…Take a few breaths, and put a momentary silence to the constant stream of thought running through your brain. Once we slow down enough to see how we feel, we can make a decision to set our daily compass in the direction of whatever it is that we want.