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How To Have Peace During The Holidays
Around the holidays, I was listening to Robert Earl Keen’s Happy Holidays Y’all. It’s funny and reminded me of the craziness that sometimes occurs during the holidays. Keen’s deft story telling sure paints a clear picture of holidays many of us have experienced. It’s funny and sometimes not so much. If you're worried you might be headed for a Robert Earl Keen holiday, this post is for you. "If you think you're enlightened go spend a week with your family." - Ram Dass Stay Centered Around … [Read more...]
Practice Loving Completely
The people we spend our lives with day in and day out usually reflect facets within ourselves. It doesn’t matter if they’re loved ones, co-workers, or regular customers. If we feel a charge from them over and over again it’s usually a blessing in disguise trying to teach us about a facet within us. The people in our lives can be the most amazing teachers - if you let them. They can also teach you to love completely even if you don’t completely understand them. When you begin consciously … [Read more...]
How To Be A Compassionate Listener
Depending on your family or cultural norms, stuffing your emotions can be the proper way to behave; there might be great pressure to prevent you from allowing your emotions to flow. When you freeze your emotions long enough, it can be hard to get in touch with how you really feel, and this creates another set of challenges. Eventually, these emotions need to be released. Many times they can be out of proportion to what is occurring. If you notice yourself emotionally over-reacting to a … [Read more...]
Letting Go To The Heart
Here’s the first of many free Alignment Process sessions. We hope it brings you some peace of mind this week. If it does, please consider sending this to someone you think could use the support it provides.To benefit from this AP session, simply read the De-Energizing and Energizing statements and then do the Alignment Completion at the end. Letting Go To The Heart There’s much change swirling in our world - both at the macro level and in our own personal lives. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by … [Read more...]
Life Doesn’t Have To Be So Serious.
We all know people who see life from the perspective that their glass is always half-full and not half-empty. Their perspective defaults to an upbeat way of looking at life. Are you drawn to people like this or do you see it as a “Pollyanna” approach that’s annoying and not realistic? Your perspective will determine how joyful you are in life. You can choose to moan about reality or take the route Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) did in the classic film, Dumb and Dumber. It’s up to you. We … [Read more...]
Are Your Feeling Out of Control?
We all have periods in our lives where it feels like we’re emotionally out of control. It’s as if our emotions are running the show and others are responsible for how they play out. We’re simply at the mercy of our emotions. We are their victim. If you recognize this happening in your life, try grounding your emotions. Being accountable for your own emotional reactivity is tricky business. What do you do when the emotions just seem to overwhelm you and you don’t want to be reactive? You … [Read more...]
Are Your Emotions Frozen?
Emotional reactivity in our selves and those around us has a cost. It limits our abilities to choose differently. When you begin making your needs a priority, this change can create reactivity in others. You’re no longer predictable emotionally and your new inner strength can be unsettling. When we are anxious about how others will react,we don’t pursue our needs because we’re afraid of getting their reactivity thrown at us. It’s just easier to keep pleasing others. This is especially true … [Read more...]
Life at The Speed of Technology
When someone is impatient and says, "I haven't got all day," I always wonder, How can that be? How can you not have all day? - George Carlin We all at times try to jam too much into every moment feeling irritated when the world isn’t fitting our timing. It truly feels like 24 hours isn’t enough and we just don’t have enough time. We get many opportunities to be aware of our impatience, be it the traffic jam when your late for work or an appointment, or the chatty checkout person at … [Read more...]