26 Weeks to Half Marathon My goal is to run the Valley Harvest Half Marathon, on Sunday, October 11th, 2020 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. 21.1km. Everything About This Week Was Out-of-Sorts This blog won’t follow my usual format of writing about my weekly exercise progress, getting to October and running the Valley Harvest Half Marathon. I…
Tag: calm
Just For Today – I Will Not Worry
Fear robs me of perspective and insight. When I am in fear I enter a state of fight, flight or freeze. Fight = angry, resentful, I’m right – you’re wrong, grudge-filled thoughts Flight = anxiety – can’t breathe – have to get away Freeze = numb, shut-down, dissociated, dulled senses, tired, lethargic, can’t think The…
Just For Today – I Will Do My Work Honestly
Just for today, I will work with a calm, self-confidence. Employment is a place where I can exercise my skill set with certainty, mixed with laughter and a mindset to grow and learn from my mistakes. Just for today, I will do my work honestly, with a calm, self-confidence. S, ❤️
Personal Development and Appreciating Authentic Moments
To me, at this time, an authentic moment is when I’m free from my mind – free of the maladaptive coping skills I blogged about yesterday. Here is the link if you’d like to know more about what that means: Approaching 50 Years Old…… In an authentic moment, I am free of toxic guilt and…
Managing Anxiety and the Mind of Choice
It’s an odd thing, that moment when I realised at any given time I can make a choice to keep me safe and avoid anxiety. I’m not talking safe to avoid anxiety as in deciding not to walk, alone, through a dangerous neighbourhood at 2:00am, safe. I talking about that inner feeling of safety because I’ve…