Courage to BE
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. – E. E. Cummings, 1894-1962, American Poet/Painter/Playwright It’s not easy dealing with your feelings. It’s not always fun, either. It takes courage, faith, hope and a strong belief that you’re doing the right thing. But it’s still gotta be done. Many people are [...]
New Directions Can Help you Heal!
As you may know, this site was started to express some of the many powerful teachings and lessons we learned while teaching our incredibly intensive, feelings-based workshops over the last 20 years. New Directions is the most challenging, life-changing, emotion-expressing, pain-healing, love-generating workshop I’ve ever seen or heard of. Here’s an unsolicited testimonial sent to [...]
Love is…
Here’s something I wrote yesterday for a dear friend’s wedding that I thought I’d share with you. We can’t go to wedding physically so she asked that I write something for them to read during the ceremony, so we could be there in spirit. Here goes… Love is … Life’s journey brings love into our [...]
Loving Yourself
“At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.” – Dr. Paul Tournier “You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha “Love really IS the answer!” – Matt Perelstein
Want to get Published?
Hi: We need to make this vital information even more accessible to the world! Now that I’m done with the "100 Emotions Lessons in 100 Days", I need to re-organize this wealth of information and put it into a more readable / downloadable medium, i.e. an Ebook. … but I need some help. If you’re [...]
Post Mania
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Are you pissed off?!?
"Resentment comes from the repression of feelings, not the expression of feelings!" – Doc Downing, Ph.D, LMFT Express your anger and resentments! Get them out of your body — if not directly to the person that you’re angry at — then to another safe person who will listen and understand, without judgment. And, if you [...]
We did it!
Day 100 of 100!! Yeehaa!! WE DID IT! 100 Emotional Lessons in 100 Days (well, about 111, but close enuf!). Let’s recap what we learned about Taking Control of our Feelings & Emotions… Feelings are a GOOD thing, not a Bad thing! (MOST important!) Feelings are a natural, God-given right that all us humans have [...]
Choose Your Battles
Day 99 of 100: We can’t get upset about Everything, right? We always have Choices, including choosing what we are going to get upset about and what to get in a fight or war over. Certainly, there are things worth fighting for in life. Many things. But there are also times when it’s best to [...]
What is Normal?
Day 98 of 100: Have you ever felt like you weren’t "normal"? Of course! Almost everyone has felt this at one time or another in their lives. Doc says "Reality is what you get used to." That means that whatever you grew up with and lived with on a daily basis probably felt Normal to [...]
1 Feeling Gets Cut Off, They all Go!
Day 97 of 100: Do you have a Feeling that is Unacceptable to you? "If you cut off one feeling, you cut them all off." – Doc Downing, Ph.D, LMFT We can’t just cut off one feeling. If one goes, they all go. Is your Anger unacceptable to you? Do you avoid your Sadness? Do [...]
Resentment can kill you!
Day 96 of 100: Are you holding on to Resentment? "Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die." "Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head." If we stay angry at someone, we are carrying that negative energy around inside of us. If we stay [...]
Be Respectful of Other’s Feelings
Day 95 of 100: Respecting other people’s feelings We keep talking about dealing with OUR feelings, but what about other people’s feelings? The better we know ourselves, the more understanding and compassionate we can be for others. Sometimes people are scared, or insecure, but they Sound angry. Sometimes people are sad, or down, but they [...]
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