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 | Apr 17, 2012 | love & fear, mind & brain, tools & strategies, videos & ask gemm
Fear can be a good thing. In the early years of humanity, it protected our ancestors from saber-tooth tigers. It encouraged them to run, fight, or hide in order to save their lives. Fear is a natural and helpful feeling. It’s also one of the strongest emotions that we...
by gemma | Mar 2, 2012 | beloved & praised, inspiration & wisdom, love & fear, meaningful & life lessons, tools & strategies, videos & ask gemm
In life there are some moments that have the potential to change everything. One of my moments came when I was twenty-four, deeply depressed, highly medicated, sitting in my bathtub taking gulps of red wine between sobs of heart-breaking sorrow. Messy. When I was in...
by Matt Skoll | Feb 6, 2012 | beloved & praised, inspiration & wisdom, love & fear, thoughts & musings, videos & ask gemm
I was in Starbucks today, working while enjoying a soy green tea latte when my Barista asked me a question about self love. Her question inspired the Q&A for today. A fun way to start developing self-love is by writing a love-letter to yourself. Below I’ve...
