Most mornings we wake up with the same thought(s) that generate the same feeling. If you don’t like the feeling you wake up with, did you know you can train your brain to have generally the same thought, well, at least be in the same neighborhood of thoughts; thoughts that cause pleasant feelings? But as in […]
There are patterns in every generation. In each generation there are several things that will change: economic stability/instability, social perspectives, family/spouse roles, and political perspectives. All of these factors program our brain to view ourselves living in a certain type of environment. These factors influence our perspective on what is right or wrong. Morally they […]
Just like little baby birds eventually fly from the nest, our children grow up and seem to literally fly away from home. Just like birds, they often don’t have many thoughts about what they are leaving behind. Just like birds, our children probably don’t remember a lot of the tools of life we gave them […]
Have you ever been cruzing through life when you your child tells you they’re leaving the Church? Or maybe they came out to you that they’re gay and getting married to their partner next week? Or maybe you find out your child has been taking drugs for several years and is now an addict? I call it […]
I remember a song by Michael McClain, “Which Part Is Mine?” In this song a mother asks herself in the middle of a sleepless night, “Did she give her sons too much freedom? Had she smothered her teenage daughters? Did she spoil then too much or not trust them enough to prepare them for life […]
Did you know, you are the cause of all your discomfort? I’m not talking about the pain that comes when you cut your finger when slicing onions, but the emotional pain that comes when your child makes a choice that was not in the vision you had of him. Our brains are wired to not believe that […]
I am honored to have my daughter, Jody Moore, share her thoughts about self-care on my blog this week. I am honored to be her mom. What you see and hear from Jody is the real Jody. She shows up the same as a wife, a mom, a daughter, a sister, a friend, and entrepreneur. […]
Texans have never before experienced the severe storm that has plagued their state this las week; freezing temperatures, snow, water pipes breaking, power plants breaking down causing loss of heat and light. They are suffering. They never in a million years thought this kind of storm would come to Texas. It’s interesting to see the differences […]
Love may not be convenient or easy or deserved or excepted. But love always wins. Brooke Castillo has said “why choose not to feel love towards someone? Love feels amazing. Do we not want to feel amazing? Lack of love is just you not feeling it(love)……The truth is you get to feel love whenever you want……Nothing that anyone […]
