On Emotions

Voices in my Head

I’m devoting March to the voice in my head. You know the one! The voice that is a running commentary in the background of your day. This month I am going to listen more closely to that voice, to what it says, how it says it, and how it would sound if someone else were saying those words to me. Then I’m going to work on changing what isn’t in my best interests.

The Power of No

How many of us were raised to know our place, to be polite, to do what we were told? Parents, teachers, even siblings, laid down the rules of behaviour for us at an early age. There is no doubt that the belief systems we were born into and have acquired throughout our lives are deeply entrenched in who we are. Yet as we get older and build lives of our own, these rules may no longer be in our best interests.