I love that there is a holiday in July dedicated to letting go of regrets. The third Saturday in July is designated, Toss Away Your “Could Haves” and “Should Haves” Day. Regretting changes nothing and perpetuates painful emotions like guilt, sadness, anxiety, and anger. Holding onto regrets about the past makes it difficult to enjoy […]
July was declared Social Wellness Month designed by mental health professionals to underscore the importance of strengthening relationships and to empower people to prioritize their own mental health. There is little more important than the relationships we have in our lives. Health is important, of course, but I’ve spoken with many people near the end […]
July 7 is Global Forgiveness Day. It was created in 1994 by the Christian Embassy of Christ’s Ambassadors, but forgiveness applies to all people regardless of religion. It is a day to inspire the act and receiving of forgiveness. If you are seeking spiritual or religious forgiveness, then that is between you and the Divine. I […]
I have been studying Choice Theory for more than 30 years, and there has always been the concept that people are doing their best in any given situation with the information available to them. I ascribed to that statement for much of those 30 years. We had a colleague, Diane Gossen, who spoke of people […]
In honor of yesterday’s Global Forgiveness Day, I wanted to write about the importance of forgiveness. One of the components of Mental Freedom® is the concept of Unconditional Trust. If you know about this concept, you know I started it as the Unconditional Trust Challenge. The idea is to start trusting everyone to do one […]
Mental Freedom®: “Free your mind, open your heart and transform your life.” Our minds are filled with rules, beliefs, values and other information we picked up as children, into adulthood and still today. Some of it serves us but much of it doesn’t. I have developed a system for freeing your mind so you can […]
