Choosing your attitude. There are some days when everything seems to go wrong. No matter what I do, things happen. Thankfully, those days are fewer in number than they used to be. Now I have learned that I can choose my attitude. I can choose to be happy and look on the positive side of […]
I’m sorry I missed Monday’s post. I wasn’t able to get to the computer for the past two days. Talk about being behind. Way behind. I wanted to continue on the topic of communication from the Family to Family from NAMI. Today’s topic is reflective listening. Again, this can be used with anyone, but especially […]
Last time I talked about communication basics with dealing with the mentally ill. The could serve well with anyone also. The I-statement is the same way. If we would communicate with I-statements, there would be less arguments, less blaming, more REAL communication. I-statements start out with stating how I feel. I am making a very […]
Here are some basic communication guidelines when you are dealing with someone with a mental illness. Of course, they will work with anyone. 1. Use short, clear direct sentences. Long, involved explanations are difficult for people with mental illness to handle. They will tune you out. 2. Keep the content of communications simple. Cover only […]
This past weekend I spent over 20 hrs in training to become a facilitator for NAMI’s Family to Family classes. It was a grueling 20 hrs. Yesterday when I got home, I was exhausted, my brain was fried. I made it though. I am now certified to teach the Family to Family classes. Now I […]
“Inch by inch life’s a cinch, yard by yard, life is hard.” I don’t know where it came from. I was in fifth grade when I heard it the first time. I had a great math teacher. Every morning he would write a saying upon the board for us to copy in our notebooks. I […]
I am posting extra today about simple’ology. I checked it out once. It is a good program about getting what you want. They have a program that you go through to train yourself to do things to improve your life. I’m evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology. For a while, […]
I wanted to talk about relationships today. One of the problems that borderlines have are dealing with relationships. We tend to have unstable personal relationships. In fact, that is one of the indentifying characteristics of borderline. I have had my problem with relationships in the past. I wouldn’t work at them. I kept everyone at […]
As I was wondering what to write about today, I was thinking about yesterday. I got a lot done yesterday in some areas. I wrote a lot. I got some housework done. But I didn’t get some other things done that I needed to get done. So what did I do when I went to […]
You can change your self esteem. Why would you want to? There are consequences to low self-esteem. They are: anxiety, stress, loneliness and increased likelihood of depression problems with friendships and relationships it can even impair job performance. If you think poorly of yourself, you will not do your best at work. Poor self-esteem can […]