Tagged: pain

anxiety / Blog / Happiness / happy / healthy habits / Meditation / memory / mindfulness & peace

August 20, 2016

5 Science-Backed Benefits of Meditation

“If a person’s basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience.” ~The Dalai Lama

When I finished graduate school I was a bright-eyed engineer with a …

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Blog / discomfort / enjoy / Happiness / happiness & fun / happy

August 18, 2016

Why The Old Adage “Enjoy Every Moment” May Be More Harmful Than Helpful

“In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.” ~Francis Bacon

One phrase my husband and I have heard often since becoming new parents—heck, since I was still waddling my way through my last …

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How I Healed from Depression: 5 Steps to Get Past the Pain

Blog / change & challenges / depression / Happiness / happy / healing / mindfulness & peace / Self-Care / victim

August 4, 2016

How I Healed from Depression: 5 Steps to Get Past the Pain

“Abandon the idea that you will forever be the victim of the things that have happened to you. Choose to be the victor.” ~Seth Adam Smith

I come from a history of abuse and mental illness on both sides of …

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Letters from Your Soul: On Loving Your Pain Away

feeling pain / in pain / Love / Personal Growth

August 1, 2016

Letters from Your Soul: On Loving Your Pain Away

Dear one, You were raised to believe that pain is something you need to run away from, something you should avoid and be ashamed of. But I tell you that pain, just like all the other positive and blissful emotions that you are so found of, needs to be felt. It demands to be felt! […]

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4 Ways We Resist Life and Cause Ourselves Pain (and How to Stop)

Blog / change & challenges / Happiness

July 28, 2016

4 Ways We Resist Life and Cause Ourselves Pain (and How to Stop)

“When fear wakes up inside, and there is no place to run away or hide from it, consider it a gift. In all the glory of that discomfort, know there is refuge in surrender.” ~Erin Lanahan

When I was a …

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How We Can Use Our Painful Emotions for Good

Blog / change & challenges / Emotions / Happiness / happy / lessons / meaning & passion

July 18, 2016

How We Can Use Our Painful Emotions for Good

“The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.” ~Meryl Streep

Growing up I spent a lot of time on the Internet browsing websites and looking at images. One image that stuck with me as …

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Afraid / Fears / feeling pain / painful / Poetry

May 11, 2016

My Dearest Friend, Pain

You know me all too well,

been together through the toughest times.

You’ve shown up unexpectedly,

repeatedly, we’re partners in crime. .

What should I do with your teachings?

What would I be without those mental beatings?

You’ve woke me up at night,

just out of malice, just to pick a fight.

I’ve yelled at you to go away,

but you’ve stayed at my side the whole time.

One thing I should say,

you’ve always been upfront, always trying.

There one minute, gone the next,

what am I to do, wait around thinking; “what’s next?”

You’re friends with so many people,

how did you become so popular?

You come up in conversations often,

we talk about you like you’re a bloody blockbuster.

But I have to admit we’ve been through a lot,

what’s your next move, what’s the plot?

Can you not give me sign?

Give me a sense of things to come?

You’re constantly reminding me,

of things left unsaid, left undone.

Is this what our relationship is to you?

A constant thorn of what we’ve been through?

The change…

I’m sorry to say I must let you go,

this isn’t a game, this isn’t a show.

I’m powerfully consistent, persistent,

insistent of my convictions.

You’re probably one of the worst

roommates I’ve ever had to live with.

Be gone I say, don’t you come back,

you cannot ask me to cut you some slack.

Your control over me has lost its appeal,

you lie, you cheat, there’s nothing left for you to steal.

No more mister nice guy,

you’ll get nothing out of me.

Try to save face, try it and see,

I’ve beat you before, I’m finally free.

I sense you’ve weakened since you started this game,

you should be afraid, you’re attempts are lame.

Give up already, you’ve lost the battle,

everything you say now sounds like psychobabble.

Whenever you’re around I feel like laughing,

here’s a toast to you, I’ll have whatever you’re having.

Actually, let’s toast to my freedom, just beware,

come around me again, and fists will flare.

So goodbye pain, feel free to keep clear,

If you don’t tables will turn, it’s me you’ll fear.

Martin R. Lemieux

Emotional Release / Narcissist / Narcissistic Empath / Spirituality

May 3, 2016

Burning off Energy Transferred from Others

Not all of us are aware of this, but the people we meet actually give and take energy from us. In rare occasions, some of the more negative people in the world do a little more than just give and take, they actually put their will onto you without know…

Health

February 28, 2016

20 Sources of Body Pain and Their Links to Specific Emotional States

Pain is first energy, second perception, and third physical manifestation. There is no other source of pain but energetic. Physical presentation is always secondary. Every...