Thanks, Anne, for asking the question of the year so far! It’s always an interesting process to look back on 15 years of writing, only to find not one whisper on the subject mentioned. With a topic that comes up almost daily, I have never thought about explaining the...
From my informal study and personal experience, many are suffering from burnout. This term is usually associated with prolonged stressors from your work or job. The signs are broken down into three dimensions related to response. Being easily overwhelmed is one symptom of a constant load to the nervous...
The more I understand my purpose and mission on Earth, the more I use reflection to process. From an energetic standpoint, I have learned to identify how I am working my energy. I am coming from the positive or the negative? We all operate in this way, except for...
I love the opening of The Twilight Zone series where Rod Serling says, “There’s a signpost up ahead.” I’m pretty sure he was alluding to a portal (tee hee). There are many definitions of portals related to technology. Today, we are looking at portals that relate to Universal structure....
I don’t have to look very far to see the hatred and prejudice behind dead land, dead water, and dead air. Covid has opened a portal that allows me to look behind the curtain of creating a new world of possibilities. Yet we seem to be dragginThe pandemic has...
Annus horribilis is a Latin phrase popularized by Queen Elizabeth. She used it in her speech on the 40th anniversary of her reign as queen. It was 1992, and the British royal family were the subject of controversy. Scandals and disasters had struck, like a fire in the castle....
At the age of 5, I developed a kidney disease. It was a shock to watch my young body respond to such a threat. Little did I know this disease was often terminal. What was in my awareness as a very sensitive child was the look in the eyes...
Do you find yourself spending time around people who don’t seem to get what you have to offer? Are you always on the defense, trying to prove yourself to this person? Does that type of incredulity make you question your own worth? If the answer is yes, it might...
Coping mechanisms are behaviors and cognitive efforts that help manage or reduce stressors in life. Modern literature would identify two types of coping styles. The first is a problem-solving style of coping. This is a mental approach to controlling the outcome in order to lower stress. An example might...
A construct is a system of ideas containing various conceptual elements. A construct is more subjective than based completely on evidence. We develop our own constructs to help see how this crazy world works. In doing so, we make sense out of our experiences. Intuition uses a construct the...
