by Christine Li | Jan 22, 2014 | Actions, All Posts, Feelings, Social, Theories
Some Procrastinators often make their already difficult schedules even more difficult, by taking on more than they need to. Although they are swamped by work and burdened by upcoming or recently passed deadlines, they offer to do more. I tend to call this affliction...
by Christine Li | Jan 15, 2014 | All Posts, Feelings, Resistance
In the middle of a recent yoga class I was in (actually, in the middle of a pose I was stretching to do), my yoga teacher said, “It’s not about the end pose, it’s about what you learn about yourself trying to get there.” I found myself struck by the wisdom of the...
by Christine Li | Jan 8, 2014 | All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Techniques, Theories
A few days ago, I wrote about getting rid of something that was nagging at you. I think the idea is important enough to elaborate on here. I have read the “unconscious” is a part of us where our unfinished business lies. In my own imagination, I think of it as a...
by Christine Li | Jan 2, 2014 | All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Techniques
I hope you have had a restful and/or fun holiday season and New Year’s celebration. I hope this year brings much happiness into your life. To start the year off in the “happy” mode we crave and tend to enjoy, here’s a list of thoughts to get us there: 1. Deal...
by Christine Li | Dec 10, 2013 | Actions, All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Theories, Thoughts
We don't really ever have as much control as we'd like or as much as we think we need. We spend a lot of time and energy trying to forget that. We try to permify the present by compiling mementos, snapping pictures, filing things, writing in journals, and perfecting...
by Christine Li | Dec 3, 2013 | All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Theories
Patience. Not my middle name. If it were my middle name, I would have been named incorrectly. Although I was not given the benefit of patience for myself by birth, I think I have learned a good deal about the process of developing patience as an adult. In my own...