Hi, friends! I wanted to do this list of positive affirmations for anxiety management because with social and political issues, personal issues, and more, it seems like more people than ever are coping with stress or dealing with anxiety. Positive affirmations aren’t a cure-all, but in my own experience, they can help. Using them is kind of like intentionally brainwashing
Category: Semi-Charmed Life
Why am I writing about romantic things to do for your wife, husband, or partner? (Or girlfriend or boyfriend?) Well, my wedding anniversary was last Sunday, and that always makes me think about ways to be more romantic. (I’ve shared marriage advice before, but my best advice is to get in the habit of kindness and realize that very few
I’d scheduled this article about gratitude journal prompts a while back… And it just so happens that yesterday was a tough day in many ways. Everyone has them, right? I unfortunately had this one on only a few hours of sleep, and when I finished my workday at 6:30. I went out and laid down on our concrete patio and
Hey there, brilliant, funny, good-looking reader! I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how to compliment people. Even though we all know how to compliment someone, it’s easy for me, at least, to forget to do it when I get too focused on my work. But I know how a compliment can make someone’s day. Some of us have gotten
As I’m writing this on Sunday, I’m looking forward to visiting my brother and his family. For the past two weeks, we’ve all been anxious about his daughter, one of my favorite people in the world (seriously; I dedicated my last book to her), who’s been sick with COVID-9 symptoms: fever, cough, body aches, shortness of breath, and exhaustion. The
Hey, everyone! Lately, because things have been stressful, I’ve being doing a lot of journaling. It’s sort of a cross between a spiritual exercise and therapy for me, and coming up with my own journal ideas helps me not obsess too much on the news. I thought I’d share some of my mindfulness journal prompts with you. I love journaling
I feel embarrassed writing about this, but if you can’t be honest in your blog, where can you be, right? I’ve always had some workaholic symptoms, like many writers with full-time jobs, and I’ve written about work/life balance before. But in the past almost-three years, I became a full-blown workaholic. Some people describe themselves this way as a brag. I