Posts Tagged ‘Acceptance’

Forgiving Your Parents

Forgive Your Parents - Cheryl Woolstone Counselling Blog

Is it necessary to let your parents off the hook?

Robert Karen PhD in his article, Forgiving Your Parents, tells us that forgiveness is the route to happiness, maturity and self-acceptance.

Check out this article if you are contemplating this question.

Viva La Difference

Viva La Difference - Cheryl Woolstone Counselling Blog

Celebrate not just tolerate difference.

This is the path to an energized partnership.

The fact that you see things differently is a strength – not a weakness. Read more »

Feeling Means You’re Dealing

Feeling Means Your Dealing - Cheryl Woolstone Counselling Blog

Pain may actually be the best thing that happens to you.

It could be the only thing that moves you forward.

Sounds so cliche, I know, trying to convince you on the benefits of pain and loss, but lets dig a little deeper. Read more »

Why Am I Alone?

Why Am I Alone? - Cheryl Woolstone Counselling Blog Post

Do not ask yourself that question.

If you do, you are headed down a path of failure and misery.

The answer propels you on a fault-finding mission, sets you up for agony and self-doubt. The result is diminished self-esteem and confidence.

The answer…you change the question. Read more »

Should You Stay or Go?

Should You Stay or Should You Go? - Cheryl Woolstone Counselling Blog Post

Relationship decisions can be agonizing.

Deciding whether or not to keep trying is hard, particularly when there are children involved.

Should You Stay or Should You Go? a Huffington Post article by Christine Carter PhD, describes four types of relationship problems in an attempt to simplify the decision-making process.

Check out her article, it may help you make sense of your situation.

Feeling Yes, Feeling No

Feeling Yes, Feeling No - Cheryl Woolstone Counselling Blog

Have you ever seen the Jim Carrey movie, “Yes Man”?

Carl, played by Jim Carrey has become withdrawn with an increasingly negative spin on life since his divorce.

A friend invites him to a “YES!” seminar which turns his life around. Carl decides that he is going to stop being a “No Man” and vows to answer “YES!” to every opportunity, request or invitation that comes his way.

How can you apply the power of “YES” to your emotional life? Read more »

Don't Worry, Be Happy

Don't Worry, Be Happy - Cheryl Woolstone Counselling Blog

Do you live on the sunny side of the street?

Do you live where the grass is always greener?

You know that you are an optimist when you consider a setback or a disappointment to be temporary and changeable.

Are we born with an optimistic temperament? Or can we learn to live on the sunny side of the street? Read more »

How Can I Forgive You?

How Can I Forgive You - Book Review - Cheryl Woolstone Counselling Blog

Cheap forgiveness is a quick and easy pardon.

There is no processing of emotion and no coming to terms with the injury.

When you refuse to forgive, you hold tenaciously to your anger. When you forgive cheaply, you simply let your anger go. Is there another way of looking at this age old dilemma?

Is forgiveness good for you? Is it necessary to forgive in order to heal? Perhaps not. Read more »

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