Parents often believe that it is their responsibility to keep ‘adult’ things hidden from their children.  I remember my parents saying that children should never have to worry about grown up stuff – that’s a parent’s job.  Do you remember hearing that from your parents?  Or, worse yet, were you completely ignored?  What we, as parents, fail to take into consideration is that our children were able to sense when something is wrong.  Have you ever walked into a room and it seemed like everyone stopped talking?  Where did your thoughts immediately go?  Most of the time, we tend to think that the conversation was directly about us.

Have you ever gotten a small pebble in your shoe?  There is that annoying pressure every time you take a step.  After a while, the annoyance turns to irritation as that little pressure turns to pain.  Suddenly you have to stop what you are doing to take off your shoe and shake out that little pebble.  Did you ever want to laugh when you see how really small that pebble is compared to the pain it was causing? 

Relationships in our lives can often go through periods where it feels like there is a little pebble in our heart, just sitting there, rubbing us the wrong way, causing pain and sorrow.  Unfortunately, we are unable to take our heart out and shake it.  Care must be taken or that little pebble can turn into a large block or obstacle to new relationships or to the relationship you have with your inner self. 

At the beginning of every new year its nearly impossible to stop yourself from reviewing the happenings from the year that has just passed. During your review, do you find yourself second guessing the decisions you made? Do you go even deeper and subconsciously beat yourself up for your actions?

When the media starts talking about the cold and flu season, where do your thoughts go? Are you checking your medicine cabinet for an array of over-the-counter medications? Are you on the phone with your primary care physician or the local drug store getting ready for a flu shot?

What if I told you that with a few simple steps and an overall change of mind, you could avoid all of the above? Would you believe me? It’s true.