What is your purpose? What do we live for? It was pretty early in the morning when I opened email, and found these sentences staring back at me. I love the morning coffee time, and was preparing to dedicate my…
Author: Alison Rodgers
For “Letting Go Hurts.”
Are you ready to change how you feel inside? One of the phrases I hear often is “this hurts.” This week, several people have expressed “I am so tired. I feel out of hope.” The last thing you need is…
Learning to Trust the Journey
Trust the journey. I thought of this idea today, on the first day that I find myself back in an old familiar space…in my office, the one that my husband painted “happy yellow,” decorated high on the walls with…
Emotions in Crisis: Choices, Steps to Take and What You Can Do About It
If you’re looking for real skills and steps to take as you leave a relationship or life change behind you – or the courage to make a real decision, then this is a great place to start. There is this…
Wise Mind: The DBT Way To Balance Emotions
Wise Mind is a skill set included as part of our series of achieving mental health and stability. For more information on WISE MIND and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy,please consult the training and writings of Marsha Linehan, founder of DBT. Working Towards…
Unstuck: Choosing to Make Change Work
One of the true strange happenings of life…we learn from each other. Got this email from “Tired,” an eloquent, upfront statement of wanting to let go and finding the hardest person to convince is in the mirror. As usual, I…
How Can I Change My Life? Start with Happiness.
You’ve made a decision that will impact this moment, this day and your life. You’ve chosen to live this day. “The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.” Frank Lloyd…
Journal Thoughts: Quotes, Writing and Being Afraid
a·fraid/əˈfrād/ Adjective: Feeling fear or anxiety; frightened. Worried that something undesirable will occur or be done: “she was afraid of antagonizing him”. When you’re standing on the brink of a whole new adventure, a few thoughts might collide in…
Is it Real Love? 5 Things to Know About Soulmates
Webster’s Dictionary defines “soul mate” as an informal term referring to a “person, especially of the opposite sex, with whom one has a deeply personal relationship.” It’s the most elusive yet sought for relationship in the human life, enduring and…
Making Life Sweet: Peanut Butter Cookies
I’m making my famous peanut butter cookies tonight for the party…thought I’d share moments of sweetness and happiness. I use an organic peanut butter that doesn’t have any added sugar to amp up the peanuts without the sweet; I also…
Being Grateful
What have you learned? What guides your life? I am made whole in gratitude. It’s been an amazing day that I have been grateful to live, with the soft Indiana rain, the deep green of my backyard forest. The flower…
Reviewing Fifty Shades of Grey
It’s been the hot topic of so many blogs, newspapers, and even television shows. EL James’ book series, Fifty Shades, first came into my view before it was popular. It surfaced on the digital bestsellers landscape unexpectedly…and to be honest,…
The Secret to Living Happiness
Have you thought about the life that you lead in terms of internal peace? Do a quick check by closing your eyes and taking stock of all that is going on in you. Anxiety, confusion, a little fear over things…
It’s Not Black and White: Making Hard Decisions
“If you don’t know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else.” – Yogi Berra No matter what decisions we face, each of us feel our own specific amounts of trepidation, misgiving and excitement. Change is a big…
How To Write a Novel
It’s on so many bucket lists that it’s become a cliche’ – still, writing your novel might be closer than you think. With advanced small publishers like Mills River Press, a professional and competent novel might be closer than you…