Problem: I worry too much about the past or future. Solution: 1) Write in a full sentence your worry.  2) Now write down some options or solutions of what you can do to retrain this worry.  For example, I worry that I will not have enough money for rent.  Solutions:  I can look for a [...]

Do you often want to do something, but then there is a voice within that is telling you not to?  You wonder if you should take the risk and start your own business and leave your secure job.  Or maybe taking the risk pertains to personal goals like going bungy jumping.  There is one part [...]

Stress comes when you are thinking too much about things that have happened in the past or what might happen in the future.  What seems to cause stress in your life?  Do you have people causing stress in your life?  Understand that no one can stress you out.  If someone is upsetting you, you need [...]

Happy New Year! It is 2012.  I cannot believe that it has been twelve years since we entered the new millennium.  Amazing how time goes by, and we ask ourselves, where does the time go? It took me two days before I realized we had entered a new year.  And here we are, five days [...]

Problem: “I do not have time for myself.” Solution: 1) Get up a little earlier before the rest of the household. 2) Set 5-30 minutes for yourself in the evening after everyone has gone to bed. 3) Get a babysitter at least once a month for at least an hour at a time. 4) Set [...]

Problem: I have trouble breaking habits, because I am not aware of doing the habit until after I have done it or in the middle of doing it. Solution: 1) As soon as you notice yourself doing the habit, stop.  Never think it is too late. 2) Journal every time you start to do the [...]