by Heidi Light | Aug 13, 2019 | Cognition, Human Development, Mindfulness & Awareness, Psychology & Personal Development
I wanted to share this great article by Nancy Forrester, Executive Director of NeftTI (National Emotional Freedom Techniques Training Institute), with her permission of course. Thank you, Nancy! July 24th was International Self-Care Day. I guess we know a...
by Heidi Light | Jul 2, 2019 | Cognition, Human Development, Mindfulness & Awareness, Psychology & Personal Development
I’m a fan of losing your shit in a healthy way vs an unhealthy one. Beat up a punching bag or smash a tennis ball against the wall. Punch your pillow, scream into your pillow. (my own pillow takes a lot of abuse and I make sure to thank it regularly!) We all...
by Heidi Light | Apr 6, 2019 | Cognition, Human Development, Mindfulness & Awareness, Psychology & Personal Development
I see so many people struggling as they internalize the pain of the world, taking it into their own bodies and minds. We don’t have to do that. The pain doesn’t have to break us. We can sit with it, within it. We can feel the pain but not become it. Have...
by Heidi Light | Mar 20, 2019 | Cognition, Human Development, Mindfulness & Awareness, Psychology & Personal Development
“Every behaviour has a psychological reward. If it didn’t have a reward, we wouldn’t do it. The key is to replace our unhealthy reward systems with healthy ones.” The rewards can be positive or negative. Both positive and negative behaviours can give us a...
by Heidi Light | Mar 10, 2019 | Cognition, Human Development, Mindfulness & Awareness, Psychology & Personal Development
Please stop labelling normal life stuff – and poor coping skills – as a “disorder”. There is a vast difference between clinical disorders and normal mental and emotional responses to life events. So many words are being tossed around online...
by Heidi Light | Feb 15, 2019 | Cognition, Human Development, Mindfulness & Awareness, Psychology & Personal Development
This blog article is the last in a series of 4 articles about mental & emotional self-care that I’m posting, to coincide with a series of workshops that I’m offering. Our thoughts and emotions need active management – they don’t manage themselves. In...
