What happens when you watch the news? Do you feel like everything happening in the world is grabbing you around the throat and strangling your sanity? Do you feel a low-grade (or high-grade) anxiety that simmers like an emotional crockpot whenever you think about certain government officials? Are there groups of people that you feel […]
Perspective
Whose Pain is Worse – Yours or Mine? How to Share Your Pain with Empathy
Have you noticed that pain hurts, no matter how bad it is? Whether it’s physical or emotional, whatever pain we’re having at the moment seems worse than anything we’ve had before. That’s because we’re feeling it right now, in the present. We might have actually had worse pain in the past, but it’s a memory. […]
4 Practical Principles for Thriving During Life’s Tough Times
Nobody promised that life was supposed to be easy. But somehow, we’re surprised when it gets tough. Someone said that we’re always in one of three stages: We’re in a tough period. We’re coming out of a tough period. We’re entering a tough period. Sometimes they overlap. Just as your health starts to improve, a […]