Do not ask for love unless you’re ready to be healed enough to give and receive love. Do not ask for joy unless you’re ready to feel and release…

A deadline is different from an ultimatum. Deadlines involve the use of time to get something done. Ultimatums use power. Ultimatums involve two ideas: an either and an or.…

Yesterday we talked about using deadlines to help ourselves let go. Self-imposed deadlines can also be a way to focus our energy on a task at hand, especially one…

Ultimately, to grieve our losses means to surrender to our feelings. So many of us have lost so much, have said so many goodbyes, have been through so many…

Sometimes people don’t get our one-liners. Sometimes they do and just frown with a disapproving look that makes us cringe. Sometimes we laugh at the wrong time or wrong…

People who make us laugh are bright spots in our lives. Gratitude Focus: We can be grateful for the people who help us laugh. From the book: 52 Weeks…

What makes you laugh? I love slapstick humor and really dumb stuff, like the Ernest movies, when he kept getting marker all over his face while on jury duty.…

Is laughter a regular part of your emotional diet? Inventory Focus: Are you going through such a tough, intense, or challenging situation right now that you’re forgetting to laugh?…

I went to see a therapist a few months after my son’s death. He listened to my story and carefully explained how the grieving process would take time, and…