2GetHelp Lives!

We just changed the name of our non-profit to 2GetHelp, Inc.  Our purpose is to show the world the wonder and joy of mental health and emotional intelligence education.
Our IRS application for a 501(c)(3) non-profit status is complete and we hope to have that in place very soon.
I am very excited about moving forward with [...]

Types of Emotion

Emotion, without content, or resolution = DRAMA
Emotion, in order to release, and heal = VENTING
Emotion, for the purpose of hurting others, getting them to ‘like’ you or for emotional blackmail = MANIPULATION
Emotion, for the purpose of making things happen and changing the world = PASSION
Emotion, for the purpose of loving, giving, understanding and healing = [...]

I Wish You Happiness

My wish for you is that you succeed beyond your wildest imagination. And that you find love in places that astound you.   That you have friends who call you "just because." 
I dream that you go barefoot more than you wear shoes. That you play as hard as you work.  [...]

Conquering Fear

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you’ve imagined!”
    – Thoreau

 
“The best way out is always through.”
    – Robert Frost

"Action conquers fear."
    – Peter Nivio Zarlenga

Choosing to Care

We are different because we Choose to Care.
We open our hearts to others… why? because it’s fun, it increases the LOVE in our lives, and because we know that the People in our lives are pretty much THE most important thing to us.

So we open ourselves to love…
we open our hearts to care…
we listen, we [...]

Notice What you Feel. Not how, but WHAT, specifically.

Awareness that we Feel
What are you feeling right now?  happy, sad, calm, afraid, angry, worried, depressed?
(stop reading for a sec, close your eyes and feel.  just Notice what your body is feeling right now…. go)
Were you able to notice some things about how you feel?  Were you able to Identify which your feelings and name [...]

It’s not just how Smart you are, anymore.

“Since Daniel Goleman published his landmark book " IQ for predicting success" Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ" in 1995, the focus in psychology has shifted away from measuring IQ alone to evaluating what is known as Emotional Quotient, or EQ. 
While emotional intelligence cannot be measured as good, bad, right or [...]

Powerful vs. Powerless

We are absolutely powerless to change others.
But we are absolutely powerful to change ourselves.
- M.K. Doc Downing, Ph.D, LMFT

Love is a Decision

Yesterday we talked about Love or Fear, Take your Pick.  Well, it turns out that there are whole schools of personal growth who believe that there are ONLY 2 emotions:  Love and Fear.
One of the books that helped change my life was Gerald Jampolsky’s "LOVE IS LETTING GO OF FEAR".  This book described in a [...]

Love or Fear – take your pick

There are 2 basic ways to live your life…
FEAR-Based:  Afraid of what MIGHT happen, and what other people MIGHT think of you.
- or -
LOVE-Based: Full of life, with people around you, and oodles of love for yourself and others.
You are TOTALLY in control of which way you choose to live.
Are you gonna live your [...]

Where is your Focus?

Here’s a new one…
Guilt is about the Past. Shame is about the Present. Fear is about the Future.
* We might feel Guilty about something we DID, or DIDn’t do, in the past. * We might feel Shame about who [...]