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.
How often do you count your blessings?…that I can either look at what’s not working, or I can make a conscious decision to look at what IS working…I count my iPhone as a blessing… |
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A Breath of Fresh Air…There is nothing that can regenerate the soul as quickly as a few moments connecting to the natural world – breathing it in can be a potent tool…clear your mind and focus on your breath. Play with it, become a part of the natural world around you, or just visualize.. |
Do Tell Cards – #1 What do you appreciate about yourself?…Name three things you appreciate about yourself.” Now, on a good day, that’s an easy card to answer. It didn’t even occur to me that there would be a time when I couldn’t find an answer to this… |
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. |
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 GlassesYou 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 [...] |
Appreciation and Compliments go togetherAppreciation changes us, and that changes the way we see other people. It is a mindful choice about how to interact with the world. And you’ll find that you literally uplift the energy that belongs to a relationship or situation in your life, when you think about and speak appreciation. Your new reactions may change others. Your compliments certainly will begin to build a bridge… read more |
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 HighwayWhen 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 goodOur 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 joyThere 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… |
Focus on the WhyWhat we think about is what we get. When trying to “get” good things you’re your life, focus on the “Why” instead of the “When” or “How.” …thoughts that affect your whole being, and change your perspective…read more |

