by gemma | Jun 21, 2012 | health & happiness, meaningful & life lessons, thoughts & musings, tools & strategies, videos & ask gemm
If you’ve read my story, then you know I have had a history of mental health struggles. Here’s what I do to keep myself healthy so that I can avoid the trap of slipping back into the darkness: Presence. Over and over again I remind myself that Now is not Then. And the...
by gemma | Jun 2, 2012 | beloved & praised, mind & brain, self sabotage & stuckness, thoughts & musings, tools & strategies, videos & ask gemm
Your brain is continually looking for bad news and for scary situations. As soon as it finds the scariest news, it fixates on it and shoots that information into memory storage. Later, it reactivates that information as soon as a similar situation or signal arises....
by gemma | Apr 30, 2012 | mind & brain, self sabotage & stuckness, thoughts & musings, tools & strategies, videos & ask gemm
Subconscious habits can be extraordinarily annoying. And extraordinarily helpful. Acting without thinking can be frustrating (hey, where did that piece of cake go!?) Acting without thinking can also be ultra effective. Thank goodness we don’t have to consciously...
by gemma | Mar 21, 2012 | beloved & praised, goals & dreams, health & happiness, inspiration & wisdom, meaningful & life lessons, thoughts & musings
Throughout our lives, we receive so many messages about how we ‘should’ be living our lives and what the ‘right’ goals and dreams are. The well-intentioned expectations of others can muddy our truth and cause us to lose our direction and...
