Last week I wrote this post about how I have developed some really horrible sleep habits over the last 15 years and how my sleep hygiene is terrible and how I am addicted to watching my iPad in bed in order to get to sleep and how this routine is preventing me from getting a […]
Mental Health
50,000 Opportunities
Did you know we average like 50,000 thoughts a day? That’s more than 2000 thoughts an hour. And experts estimate that 70% of these thoughts are negative. That’s a lot of f*%$ing negative thoughts! The good thing about this is that you get to choose what thoughts you believe. Let’s say someone who has never […]
Are Your Rules Still Serving You?
Sometimes you start doing something with a specific goal in mind, and then you end up going in a totally different direction. Sometimes you have an idea and you set a goal for yourself and you work your ass off, and then in the process of working your ass off, the idea you had kind […]
Pleasure
I don’t make enough time for pleasure in my life. In fact, I hardly make any time for pleasure. Today I made time for pleasure and played golf with my parents and Number 3. The weather was great for golf, and the trees here in CT are starting to turn. My parents are so cute. […]
Scaling The Cliffs Of Overwhelm
Yesterday when it felt like the entire world was caving in on me and I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to face all the things that needed to be faced, I had a moment (or ten) of major panic and anxiety and overwhelm. And then I got my shit together. Did I […]
I CAN TOTALLY DO THIS
Today was hard. Really hard. Like I-don’t-think-I-can-do-this hard. Run away hard. Numb-yourself-with-food hard. Snap-at-your-kids-and-project-your-anger/frustration/worries/fears onto them hard. Doubting yourself hard. Questioning everything hard. Complete-and-total-overwhelm hard. Fetal-position hard. When things kind of came to a boiling point, I had a minor panic attack. Okay, I had a major panic attack. I allowed myself to completely flounder […]