Mind, Body and Soul Manifestations

I have been discussing with my Quest students this week how we have choices in controlling our emotions. We all have the ability to choose our reactions to external events. While I know that this is true, I just don't feel super in control of my emotions right now. Perhaps I am still stuck in adolescence when it comes to handling my feelings. I'm not sure why, but I have always been incredibly self-critical. It's an annoying trait that I wish I could fix. I remember being hard on myself even in Elementary School. As a teacher, we sometimes have to fill out surveys on our students with IEPs or 504 plans. One question that always reminds me of myself is "cannot get a scolding out of his or her mind."I feel like I'm a dweller. When I make a mistake or take action on something and it doesn't go the way I had hoped, I over-analyze and dwell on that thing until it drives me crazy. I am working on trying to let things go a little more, but it seems tough right ...

This may seem silly, but I watched an episode of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" this evening that just struck a chord with me. Seeing Khloe go through filing for a divorce because of Lamar's choice to stick with his addiction over her was very hard to watch, but I could definitely relate. It is so incredibly hard to put all of your effort into one person and one relationship for such a long period of time only to have it fall apart. Sometimes, no matter how much you want something to work, it just isn't in the cards. Her Mom said that she needed to focus on herself and "get happy again." I feel like that is what I've been working on for the past 6 months or so. Last year, I was in such a dark place financially and in my job. I thought I had an amazing relationship, but when that fell apart too I thought that I would just break. I felt like I was giving and giving and giving and nothing was coming back in return. However, I think I am starting to recov...