Success, Elbow Grease And A Little LuckWritten by Dave Turo-Shields, ACSW, LCSW
Publishing Guidelines: You have permission to publish this article electronically or in print, free of charge, as long as resource box is included with a live link to my site. A courtesy copy of your publication would be appreciated. ***********************************************************Title: SUCCESS, ELBOW GREASE AND A LITTLE LUCK Author: Dave Turo-Shields, ACSW, LCSW Email: mailto:editor@overcoming-depression.com copyright: by Dave Turo-Shields, ACSW, LCSW Web Address: http://www.Overcoming-Depression.com Word Count: 670 Category: Success SUCCESS, ELBOW GREASE AND A LITTLE LUCK I like to think that as a professional psychotherapist & coach, space in which I work in my office is a smaller reflection of our much larger culture here in USA. Let me explain. Our culture is constantly on move towards faster, more convenient ways of doing things. I'm caught up in this moving current as much as next person. For example, when I began writing and putting up websites, year was 1998. I had a pentium 120 with 24 megabyte of ram and a 2400 bps modem. As I write this article I am using a superfast AMD chip computer with 1 gig of ram and a blazing fast cable modem connection to internet. I love it! The internet connection alone has saved me hundreds of hours in my online work. But notice last word I used in previous paragraph -- "work." I put in a minimum of 10 hours per week for my online work alone. My wife edits my articles, so we'll see how accurate I am when she reads my last statement. She often says I spend much more time than that. ;-) I enjoy both new creations that make life easier, as well as researching and writing how-to articles to help people move towards success in their lives. Last week, during one of my sessions, a client was complaining that "nothing was working." She asked why there weren't any guarantees and was extremely frustrated that her doctor had not found correct medication for her illness. The psychotherapy and medical field is not an exact science. .. yet. So, I most definitely empathized with how she was feeling. On other hand, I asked her how many specific depression recovery tools she had learned about while she was in treatment. She couldn't recall exactly, so we worked together and came up with at least 12 different, proven skills she'd been taught to fight depression.
| | The 12 Birds of ChristmasWritten by Judith Pennington
The hustle and bustle of holiday season is joyful for some people and stressful for others. If you begin to feel pressured by a need to give just right gift or perfect holiday meal, perhaps these commonsensical birds of Christmas will re-mind you to peaceful balance.So often we forget that real gift of season is each and every one of us--which means you! 1. Fly like an eagle to heights of inspiration and soar into Spirit of holidays. Winging along currents of joy inspires an effortless flow of creative ideas. From eagle's higher perspective, with our hearts as big as world, we see divine right solution to any question or challenge. Don't let ducks of trivia peck at your feet. Soar like eagle that you are! 2. While gathering gifts, duck holiday rush by floating on waters of your creativity. Why not give your loved ones a basket of goodies filled with valued photographs, a card written from heart, a jar of homemade jam, movie tickets, a life-changing book from your library? Creative fun makes this gift sing. You could also duck crowded malls (unless you like them!) by ordering children's gifts from catalogues. Let your (webbed) fingers do walking by searching online for creative toys that will make a difference in lives of children you love. 3. Laugh like a cuckoo bird. My grandson, at age 3, said, "Granny! I love to laugh. Let's laugh!" and we laughed crazily at absolutely nothing--which, of course, was funny in itself. We had a rollicking good time and felt great afterward. You will, too. 4. Aware that anger and hurt distort our perceptual abilities, goose yourself when going gets rough--especially during gatherings of friends and family. This is Buddhist art of "stopping." Simply notice what upset you and later on, when you are calm, determine how to address or remedy problem. A stitch in time...uh, makes a good feather bed. 5. Be like great blue heron and fish in deep waters of meditation for food of life--comfort and companionship--when you feel hungry, angry, lonely or tired (indicators that it's time to HALT). Catching moods before they become attitudes will help you tolerate pace and avoid Scroogeness.
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