Do you ever think you’re just going it alone or going through the motions? That’s what can happen if you try to do self-care without first building a foundation of self-compassion, which is our final topic this month.
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This week, our topics are fear and courage. It’s been said that having courage doesn’t mean you’re never afraid. It means you don’t let fear stop you. While fear may inhibit action, courage encourages it.
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Continuing our theme of resilience, this week’s dual topics are guilt and shame, and how to tell the difference between them. Guilt is what we feel if we do something specific that goes against our values. Shame can be the painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by our awareness of doing something wrong.
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I feel that we all need some “calm” right now. We also could use a little pep talk. Here’s a mantra that does a little of both. I’ve been saying this one all week to myself and to anyone else who will listen: I CAN DO HARD THINGS.
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Of all the goals in life, happiness might be the most universal. Who doesn’t want to be happy? But it also can be an elusive goal, and it can be hard to define exactly what it means to be happy.
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For caregivers, having compassion for others is the easy part. What’s hard is showing that same compassion for ourselves. Instead, we’re often our own worst critic.
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Having an attitude of gratitude can be HARD some days (I get it – I've been there). But it’s well worth the effort.
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” — Nelson Mandela
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Guilt and shame are very different things. We are guilty of something if we’ve broken a law or a rule, or if something we’ve done has offended or hurt someone. Nobody’s perfect, and we’ve all been guilty of something at some time in our lives, whether it was intentional or not.
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Many people believe happiness is a choice. Yet, for someone living with clinical depression … is it REALLY a choice? …
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