by Laura Donnelly | Sep 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
Easiness is our natural state of being Due to stress, fatigue, injury, or fear our minds can shift to thinking repeatedly about our stress, what makes us tired, or the things that make us fearful or frustrated. Thinking and worrying about what’s going wrong...
by Laura Donnelly | Aug 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
Many people are talking about mindfulness these days. The definition I like is from www.merriam-webster.com: “a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one’s feelings,...
by Laura Donnelly | Mar 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
Read on a little before you say “Not possible!” It’s 1975, my senior year in high school. My mom drives me to school every morning because we only have one car. I cross the street, walk across the front entry, climb three steps, approach the bank of six doors, and...
by Laura Donnelly | May 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
For many involved in formal education the end of the school term is here along with the pressure to complete the dreaded “final grades.” Having returned to my normal “learning all the time” and “test by practical application” schedule, I’ve begun to observe some...
by Laura Donnelly | Mar 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Today I was talking with a friend about unraveling patterns and she lamented that she needed a few new routines to help her focus and create more order in her life. My friend resigned from a job she’d had for 23 years about 10 months ago. She’d been less than...
by Laura Donnelly | Mar 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
How often have you identified a “bad” habit, something you wanted to stop doing? Almost everyone has started a new year with a list of resolutions, many of which are aimed at changing something that had been identified as undesirable. How often have these resolutions...
