• Affirmations

    Affirmations

    Positive affirmations are statements that are repeated aloud or in our heads to change negative thoughts into positive ones, motivate ourselves, or boost self-esteem. I like to do affirmations in the morning while I’m making my lunch for the day. I play back affirmations that I recorded in my voice on my phone in an…

  • Breathwork

    Breathwork

    It might seem silly to someone who has never done breathwork because we all breathe naturally and without thought all the time. Why would someone want to waste precious time working on breathing? I use one form of breathwork to help calm myself down when I get agitated or angry. This form consists of a…

  • Meditation

    Meditation

    I started meditating for the first time when I began doing the S.A.V.E.R.S from The Miracle Morning that I wrote of in the last post. Meditation was a bit confusing at first but as I learned more about it I began to learn this is fairly common. There are many variations of meditation and I…

  • New Awakenings

    New Awakenings

    I started learning that my perspective and the way I observe and react to things in my life, completely changed how I experienced life. I started spending a lot of time looking for more specific answers in books and online. One of the early books I read was “The Miracle Morning”, by Hal Elrod. It…

  • Therapy

    Therapy

    I highly recommend having a therapist if you are struggling in any aspect of your life. When I was younger there was often a stigma attached to therapy, especially for men. In the past, I had thought it was for weak people who weren’t strong enough to deal with the problems in their lives. This…

  • A Great Discovery

    A Great Discovery

    I drive a lot for my work and so I have a lot of time to think. One day between waves of negativity I decided enough was enough. I was tired of not being able to control my emotions. One minute I was angry and the next I was crying. My closest family and friends…

  • First thing I did when I had lost myself.

    First thing I did when I had lost myself.

    I had spiraled down until I lost the desire to do anything. I was frustrated, angry, confused, and lost. The bottom had been coming for some time but I was in denial. Things will get better when work gets lighter. Things will get better when spring comes and I get back out paddling and getting…