Feeling Funky?

Written by Sue Dyson


What can you do to make yourself feel more successful NOW even if you feel you aren't, even if you are so far away from where you want to be?

Whenever I was down, I used to think I just needed to wait it out. I used to think I needed to dig down and understand what my soul was trying to tell me.

I suppose it’s a fine line. You want to dig down and extractrepparttar jewels available there, but you also don't want to get buried alive. In terms of Universal Law, being down, depressed, feeling bad, will only attract more ofrepparttar 123541 same feelings. In metaphysical thinking, it is more beneficial to change your thought patterns to something 'feel good'. This will attract more good feelings towards us.

You really need to decide for yourself what you want to do with where you’re at. As I said, it’s a fine line. Acknowledge where you’re at, but don’t dwell too long down there. If you can’t mine a gem from there quickly, cannot find anything positive down there, get out. When in doubt, followrepparttar 123542 Gambler’s philosophy, "Ya gotta know when to hold em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away, know when to run."

So where do we start? Here are a few suggestions for when you're feeling down and not-so-successful. The most point is to get started. Doing something, anything, will send a message torepparttar 123543 Universe of your intentions, and more begets more.

Exercise. I know, I know. It may berepparttar 123544 last thing on your mind, however, doing anything physical, even slightly so, will improve your mood incredibly. The ol’ endorphins kick in eventually (they can’t help it) and chemical changes occur within our bodies which, in turn, elevate our mood. Even a 10-15 minute walk aroundrepparttar 123545 block will do wonders. Look at it this way, too. Ifrepparttar 123546 walk itself doesn’t elevate your mood, at least you can feel good about simply moving your body. A small success is still a success. A number of small successes increases your feeling of success exponentially.

Meditate. Connect withrepparttar 123547 Source/Universe/God/Higher Power. Most people are aware of a power outside of themselves overseeing our lives. Whatever you call it or feel it to be, there is something all knowing, other than our smaller ego selves. Connecting withrepparttar 123548 Source, getting quiet with ourselves, changes our thought patterns.

Think a good thought. Go to a good place in your mind. Imagine a good place where you can return to time and again. When you feel down, imagine that good place, go in, feel good, and get out. Visit often.

EQ--for the Agony and the Ecstasy

Written by Susan Dunn, MA Clinical Psychology, THE EQ COACH


“The Agony andrepparttar Ecstasy” isrepparttar 123540 title of a novel about Michelangelo, by Irving Stone. When I encounteredrepparttar 123541 title in middle school, I decided to readrepparttar 123542 book to find out what “agony” and “ecstasy” might be like, states of existence apparently available to uber-humans like Michelangelo. I was sure I had not experienced them.

It may have been a misperception, or it may have been a vocabulary problem.

I’m now a grandmother, and I now know what they mean. In fact I have survived both many times.

When we’re experiencing deep, intense emotions is when we feel most alive. It is also when we are most vulnerable and most afraid. When we’re in despair, terror or torture, we want to know if it is going to go on forever. When we are in bliss, we need to know that if it should end, we would be able to survive it.

Managing our emotions is part of emotional intelligence. Managing them, not controlling them. Having such high states of emotion gives us experience in handling them, andrepparttar 123543 knowledge that we can survive them. It also brings usrepparttar 123544 understanding that they don’t last. The good news is, no matter how agonizing, it won’t last forever, andrepparttar 123545 bad news is, no matter how ecstatic, it won’t last forever.

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