War and political calamities threaten a worldwide deep-freeze of dystopia.
Here are three vital guide posts for survival in 2023.
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Anxiety
How Mentally Strong Folks Escape Traumatic Blowups
Mentally strong folks are not perfect.
They’re in balance.
Able to balance emotions with rational thinking.
This formula led Simone Biles to high honor.
Instead of pushing ahead with the “twisties,” she . . .
- pulled back
- re-centered
- won a medal
You don’t have to be flawless to succeed.
Just refuse three mental traps ready to devour your sanity.
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Daily rituals rid our lives of anxiety.
The cardinal by my window knows it.
Every summer morning, cardinals sing a melody before starting the day.
What a great ritual for success!
- Sing
- Plan
- Build
See how three rituals reward every day with peace.
Continue Reading “How Rituals Crush Anxiety in a Hectic Life”How America Can Rescue Tragedy for Triumph
This tragedy, the brutal murder of George Floyd, is horrific.
And then we watched mobs. . .
- beat old women
- shoot police officers
- steal everything in sight
How many innocent Americans have they hurt?
How many have they murdered?
How do we put our society back together?
For some reason, Tyler Perry popped into my head.
No, not Madea. Tyler Perry.
Tyler was born into the tragedy of a raging alcoholic father.
Abuse swarmed him and his mother day and night.
He didn’t even finish high school, so he cornered a GED.
And yet Forbes listed Tyler Perry as the highest paid man in entertainment by 2011.
“My childhood was a story of discouragement, belittlement and unthinkable abuse, and yet I rose above.” Tyler Perry, Higher is Waiting
More than ever, folks in America are growing up in abusive homes.
I did. That’s why I admire Tyler Perry. He navigated abuse for 21 years before leaving home.
Racism and inequality are bad enough, but pile on abuse, and success is much harder.
Tyler Perry overcame all three.
Continue Reading “How America Can Rescue Tragedy for Triumph”Banish Anxiety in 12 Minutes Every Day
Nothing rattles anxiety like a sudden illness.
Especially when you don’t know what it is.
It was a happy uneventful day on February 24, 2019.
Suddenly, every nerve in my body lit up like a July 4th sparkler.
My body flared like a fireworks show!
Pain shots and tingling in my feet, hands, face and lips and it didn’t stop.
Think I was anxious?
- Do I have diabetes?
- Parkinson’s?
- Guillain-Barre syndrome?
Of course, the next step is to Google all the symptoms and diagnose yourself with every possible disease known and unknown to mankind.
In my case, it was Neuropathy.
But, I discovered a three step formula that led to healing.
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