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11/16/2025

Go through this decision making process: Identify the issue; brainstorm alternatives; narrow them down based upon what's important to you. Then, by all means, decide. Be sure to implement your course of action. A bit later, evaluate it and, if necessary, make changes. Which step in this process is the hardest for you? The other day on the way back from my walk, I was nearing my home and a squirrel darted out into the road....

Go through this decision making process: Identify the issue; brainstorm alternatives; narrow them down based upon what’s important to you. Then, by all means, decide. Be sure to implement you…

11/09/2025

I've been told, “When you get to the end of the rope, tie a knot and hang on.” I must admit I don't like that advice. By the time I get to the end of my rope, I haven't got any more energy to twist and turn and tie a knot, much less hang on. I think the above quote is teaching us that all relationships matter....

I’ve been told, “When you get to the end of the rope, tie a knot and hang on.” I must admit I don’t like that advice. By the time I get to the end of my rope, I haven’t got any mo…

11/02/2025

Two points. First, if you receive no response, did you ask a question? You could ask it again. What were you expecting? Maybe it's a sign the other person does not want to engage. Acceptance may be helpful here. Second, if you are unsure, not ready, or do not want to engage, consider not responding. You could also communicate why you're not responding and then let it go. ...

Two points. First, if you receive no response, did you ask a question? You could ask it again. What were you expecting? Maybe it’s a sign the other person does not want to engage. Acceptance …

10/30/2025

10/27/2025

10/26/2025

What a perfect metaphor for codependency! If you spend a lot of time focusing on another person, this may apply to you! If you do you're not focusing on the only person that you can change, you! You actually end up losing your self. So, find your self and, eat your ice cream before it drips all over! Others' sprinkles don't have anything to do with you now, do they?...

What a perfect metaphor for codependency! If you spend a lot of time focusing on another person, this may apply to you! If you do you’re not focusing on the only person that you can change, y…

10/19/2025

Those include secrets we don't share with anyone else as well as those which we keep from particular people. The corollary is, if we want to get better, we have to find safe people to share them with. Sharing can be a double bladed sword: it can leave us vulnerable and involves risking, or it can help us get free. How and when and with whom we share is critical....

Those include secrets we don’t share with anyone else as well as those which we keep from particular people. The corollary is, if we want to get better, we have to find safe people to share t…

10/12/2025

Someone once told me that if your hands are full and you want to pick up something different, duh, you've only got two hands and they're both busy. You will have to put something down/let something go in order to get what you want. It's the same with making changes in your life. Any change you want to make, you gotta let go of something that's stopping you from making that change. ...

Someone once told me that if your hands are full and you want to pick up something different, duh, you’ve only got two hands and they’re both busy. You will have to put something down/l…

10/09/2025

Below is a follow up to last Sunday's blog on "Self Sabotage." It was shared with me by Lisa D, a regular blog reader & commenter. Thank you for sharing about the "Inner Critic" that sabotages so many of us. I hope the rest of you can benefit from it. Peace, John

Below is a follow up to last Sunday’s blog on “Self Sabotage.” It was shared with me by Lisa D, a regular blog reader & commenter. Thank you for sharing about the “Inner…

10/05/2025

When this happens, we become incongruent. That's just a fancy word for saying one thing but doing something else. This creates internal conflict. For some it may have become a habit. If you don't like internal conflict you can resolve it one of two ways. First, think about what you want and are willing to do to get it and say that instead. ...

When this happens, we become incongruent. That’s just a fancy word for saying one thing but doing something else. This creates internal conflict. For some it may have become a habit. If yo…

09/28/2025

This is a follow up to last week's blog, remember? If what you're doing isn't working, stop putting it in your gas tank! One of the best ways I know to feel better, is to stop doing whatever it is that's making you sick! What's fueling your suffering? A bad relationship? Some negative talk? Some unhealthy habit? Believing falsehoods or someone else's anxieties (i.e....

This is a follow up to last week’s blog, remember? If what you’re doing isn’t working, stop putting it in your gas tank! One of the best ways I know to feel better, is to stop doi…