Self Talk
Are you your best cheerleader? Are you saying kind encouraging things to yourself? Do you feel good about yourself? How is your self-esteem? Do you feel traumatized and damaged? Are you living under a cloud? Is life a chore? Contemporary Care Centers, full service psychiatric practice specializing in treatments for severe depression and trauma. TMS […]
Be On Guard
You are responsible for yourself. There is no super adult to make choices for you. Your decisions will help you or harm you. If you know watching the news upsets you- limit the amount of news you take in each day. If you know that you have weak will power for cookies, chips, snacks, and […]
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
Most likely the last time you experienced unconditional love was as a baby. One is loved for just being themselves. Infants have no expectations of the future, no regrets of the past, just be in the moment,feeling the love, care and compassion of their mother. Somehow as we grow older other messages seep into our […]
THINK , PAUSE, ACT
When life is racing towards us making quick snap decisions can seem like the right response. Speed can be the enemy. Take a moment to think. Is my response or interpretation accurate? Are my emotions leading me instead of my intelligence? Pause to give yourself time to digest the situation and be clear what the choice […]
MOVE
Our bodies and minds are intended to move. If you are stuck and feeling like a couch potato rather than a person, get moving. Every time a TV commercial comes on, get up and have a drink of water instead of eating chips. Take a pet outside for a walk. If you don’t want to […]
Give Yourself A Healthy Lifestyle
Get outside for a walk. Exercise 3xs a week. Try Yoga to improve flexibility. Meditate daily. Have good sleep habits. Drink enough water. Have a massage. Eat plant rich foods. Avoid too much salt and sugar. Have a positive frame of mind. Laugh. Be happy. If you find some of these difficult to do there […]
Habit, Ritual, Or Compulsion
Habits like brushing the teeth, showering daily, making the bed all make life cleaner and more pleasant. Rituals of needing to do certain tasks in a particular order can simplify the task. Rituals of attendance to a house of worship, practice of yoga and meditation or meeting can enlighten one and give a sense of […]
Fear Can Lead You To Mental Wellness
Most of us if asked would say to feel fearful is bad. But there are times when feeling the fear is helpful. If we put ourselves in dangerous or precarious situations, feeling the fear may help us heighten our awareness and be more alert to protecting ourselves. Fear based on something that is unreal is […]
Keeping Our Bodies & Minds in Balance
Self care is part of having a balanced life. Self care in choices of simple things like what we eat, when we sleep, how we exercise. When we find ourselves out of balance the duality of self care must kick in. We need healing and we must also do our part as the healer. As the […]
Ways To Give Your Body Healthy Rest
Your body needs rest. By taking care of your body, you take care of you. If you stay up late every night and need to rise early you are depriving your body of the well deserved rest that it needs.Some helpful hints for getting better rest are to set a reasonable time to retire each night […]
