Category Archives: be calm

How To Be Understanding: Comforting your consuming emotions

We all have the experience with being afflicted by the ravages of consuming emotions: Guilt.  Envy.  Bitterness.  Worry.  Despair.  These are the emotions that feed on the goodness of our hearts, bit by bit taking from the heart’s abundant energy.  … Continue reading

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How To Be Lazy: Put “Do Nothing” on your to-do list

I have a hard time sitting down.  I think it’s genetic.  Really. James and I always chuckle when we remember a time when my mother had suffered a back injury (no, the injury was not the least bit funny, just … Continue reading

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How To Be Understanding: Worry wants to be your friend, it just doesn’t know how!

I come from a long line of worriers.  Worrying in my family was a way of showing you care.  If you love someone, you naturally worry about them.  You want the best life for them, so you try to prevent … Continue reading

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How To Be Patient: Seek the sacred space within

Patience can seem elusive.  Just when we need it most, we cannot seem to find it.  Like the car keys that seem to hide themselves when we are late for an appointment, patience is an energy that we often scramble … Continue reading

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