This section will include a brief reminder to clients and students who may have forgotten about a technique that worked for them. Changing habits of thought and feeling takes time and repetition. Be gentle with yourself if you've forgotten. And now consider yourself nagged!
Let's revisit the idea that you can use your emotions as guideposts to illuminate your path. If you are feeling bad, you will attract more bad. If you are feeling good, you will attract more good. You can use this knowledge to make decisions -- if a certain choice makes you feel more peaceful, choose it!
Awareness is the key. How are you feeling today on a scale of 1 to 5 (with 5 being joyous, creative, and free)? What tools can you use to feel better? Take a walk in nature, indulge in a nice stretch, do something nice for someone else, play with a pet or a child, take a sudsy bath ... these are just a few ideas for bringing more joy into your heart.
Remember: As you take responsibility for your feelings, you bring light to a planet that desperately needs your glow.
Relationships are a constant theme in my own life and in my work with clients. That's because creating and maintaining healthy relationships is one of the hardest things to do. Why is that? Why doesn't something that is such a primal need for humans come more naturally? How do things get so screwed up?