love

what indeed is love? a warm and tender feeling in the pit of your stomach? a feeling of compassion for another?
all the above and much much more . from the rays of sunshine on your face to the breaching of a whale and the sound of a baby cooing and laughing .
it is what [...]

emotional intelligence test

Here’s a quick, 7-question quiz, to determine your basic level of EQ.
How well do you deal with your Feelings and Emotions? Rate yourself between 1 and 5 in each of the following seven areas. 1: not at all          3: so-so         5: totally and completely
1. Awareness [...]

Great Quotes

“BITTERNESS is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But ANGER is like fire. It burns all clean.” – Maya Angelou
 

“Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we’re here we might as well [...]

Happiness Quotes

"Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket, keep it
in your own."  
—
"Happiness isn't about waiting for the storm to pass…   It's about learning
how to dance in the rain" 

We Are The World

Here’s one of the greatest songs ever recorded! 

I just found this link on Twitter yesterday, but I’ve now listened to it about 10x, REALLY LOUD… and it still gives me chills (with all those amazing artists, it’s Cyndy Lauper’s climax that always gets me!).
I saved it as a Favorite, for an instant pick-me-up and [...]

It’s about us!

To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.”
- Robert Muller

Forgiveness is for US, not so much for the person we’re forgiving! Love is for US, not as much for the person we’re loving! Giving is for [...]

Feel It to Heal It.

We’ve found ways to safely & profoundly Feel & Release big negative feelings, both past and present, to bring Relief (often permanently).
These concepts were first developed by Alfred Adler, Sigmund Freud’s partner.  Adler found babies are born "clean" – happy, powerful, totally in touch with emotions – but pain builds as we grow and [...]

Blogging, the Blog Squad Way

I went to a presentation this morning at the Mendocino Coast Writer’s Conference where Denise Wakeman described how to effectively manage Social Media.
“If you can’t be found online, you don’t exist.”

Main Points:

Make the Blog the main focal point of our “platform”.
Use Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn as tools to drive traffic to the blog.
Be “Consistent and [...]

How to ‘Process’ out Negative Feelings

Step 1.  Awareness
Step 2.  Acceptance
Step 3.  Feel and Release
Step 4. Refresh and Rejoice!
"We gotta Feel it to Heal it!"
To ‘really’ get into your Feelings, ask yourself these 3 questions (slowly).
1.  Who or what are Hurt you the most? 2.  Who or what are you most Afraid of? 3.  Who or [...]

EQ is the Bomb!!

If we wanna be Happy, we HAVE to get in touch with our feelings and emotions!  (no matter how uncomfortable it can be at times.)
If we wanna be Successful, we HAVE to get in touch with our feelings and emotions!  (or we can’t be Real, even with ourselves.)
If we wanna be Powerful, we [...]