You know what you need to do. You know why you need to do it. You even know what steps you must take to get it done. But there’s one small problem: you can’t seem to get moving. It’s a common problem. Maybe it’s chronic procrastination or maybe you’re just so overwhelmed that you […]
Entries from July 2009
10 Ways To Give Yourself A Procrastination Inoculation
July 31st, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: For your consideration · Mental Health
The Guesthouse
July 9th, 2009 · No Comments
The Guest House
by Rumi
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
As an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark […]
Tags: Meditation · Mental Health · Spirituality
Yes, I Suck: Self-Help Through Negative Thinking
July 9th, 2009 · No Comments
Wednesday, Jul. 08, 2009
By John Cloud www.time.com
In the past 50 years, people with mental problems have spent untold millions of hours in therapists’ offices, and millions more reading self-help books, trying to turn negative thoughts like “I never do anything right” into positive ones like “I can succeed.” For many people — including well-educated, highly […]
Tags: Mental Health