I haven’t written in a very long time. Partially because I am semi-retired and because I have to admit, I went down a rabbit hole of semi-depression for a long time.

My father’s unexpected passing in July 2019 and the fact that my daughter has chosen not to speak to me in about three years has taken its toll.

I have allowed all the negative voices in my head to take over and have not been doing what I write about in my book “Mindset for Healing: A Profound Yet Simple Plan to See Healing from a New Perspective”. It is easy to give advice and help others and not so easy to help ourselves. Even professionals have this challenge sometimes.

During this time of staying at home, not being able to connect with people in person and not knowing what the future holds can be a time of allowing ourselves to wallow, go negative in thoughts and words, put ourselves down and end up going down the rabbit hole.

I figured it was time to pull myself out and the best way for me to do this is to help myself while helping others. So I decided to post a new blog.

Chapter Seven of my book is about positivity and addresses how we can take ourselves from a negative mindset to a positive mindset, no matter what the circumstances. “Positive thoughts actually change your physiology. They release endorphins into your body and push out the cortisol. This process lowers your stress level creating a double benefit of less stress and more healing. Part of creating a positive mindset is using positive words. As I pointed out in the beginning, if you are fighting, battling, conquering or being a warrior, you are in effect defeating the purpose of healing.” This also applies to everyday life.

Instead of using negative words and thoughts, think of ways that you can change them into a positive.

In the book, I have worksheet to help you do this.

You can make a column on the left side of a piece of paper and write negative thoughts you have like I really screwed up. On the right column write a way to create a positive thought: I made a mistake and will make changes next time this happens.  Another example: Negative: I really don’t like spending time with myself. Positive: I am grateful for this time to get to know myself better.

I know that you can do this. I myself and working on the challenge to bring more positivity back into my life so I am able to move forward. I am here if you need me. Fill out the form on my website and I will answer. Please give me at least 48 hours to respond since I am not on emails as often these days.

If you go to the front page of this website, you can click on the book to purchase it if you are interested.