A single thought may seem insignificant. But, did you know we have as many as 80,000 thoughts each day? Taken together our thoughts do become significant. In fact if our thoughts were written down, they would fill 6-8 books each day. What stories are you writing? Are they giving you the happily ever afters you want? If not–there is a way to edit, re-write and change the stories you’re writing without changing the characters or the the basic plot in your life.
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Kids are amazing, but they can be hard. Every mom loses her cool sometimes. There is a simple tool that can help you stay calm and be the mom you want to be in difficult situations.
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Sometimes life throws us Gordian-or unsolvable-problems. They don’t have to be impossible. There are three things keys to solving problems when you’ve tried everything else.
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Many of us believe that we’d feel better if we had a better body. This is a lie. There’s a simple explanation why, and learning it will help you learn to love your body.
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Decisions can take a lot of emotional energy—especially if it’s an important decision. Often the most challenging decisions are when it feels like both options have negative outcomes. There is a simple way to make these types of decisions easier.
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It seems sweet for a 2-year-old to have a blanket or stuffed animal, but we might think it was a bit strange to see a 32-year-old dragging around a teddy bear everywhere with her. In the same way—sometimes we outgrow our own stories about ourselves and others. Here is how to know when your “stories” aren’t helping you anymore.
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If you’re like most moms sometimes you say to yourself, “I’m such a bad mom.” But just this casual comment to yourself can have self-fulfilling effects. Most of us are doing way better than we think, but we don’t notice it because our brains only notice the negative. You might be surprised that being a “good” mom is less about changing what we’re doing and more about how we look at it. Learn how to see your mothering differently…
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I turned 40 last week. It has caused me to think about how I view time with relation to happiness. I graphed the time I have left according to 3 significant factors that bring happiness. The results might surprise you…
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Recently I felt REALLY overwhelmed. My to-do list was two pages long single spaced with double columns. I didn’t even know where to start. So I didn’t. This is the problem with overwhelm. It keeps us stuck doing nothing.
I want to invite you to think about overwhelm differently—think about overwhelm as a verb. We “overwhelm” (v.) when we choose to spend time thinking about and worrying about what we have to do, complaining that it’s hard, we don’t have time, or we shouldn’t have to do it. Overwhelm is a choice and we can choose not to overwhelm (v.)
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This is the one year birthday of The Courage to Choose Happy blog! Birthdays, Anniversaries, and occasions can provide powerful opportunities to reflect with intention.
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