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Tag Archives: pain
Guilt Over Healing
Anyone who’s read my blog in the recent past likely knows that I’ve struggled greatly since my dog Sawyer died almost four years ago. I’m glad to say that the pain is almost gone, and the little bit that remains … Continue reading
Posted in Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged A Grief Observed, CS Lewis, dog, emotions, grief, guilt, Guilt Over Healing, healing, Letting Go, love, pain, Sawyer, shame
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Reviewing My 2025 Goals
It’s time to review my goals for this year. Overall, I think I did pretty well, especially considering how tumultuous 2025 was and how many major changes occurred. Let’s check out my results and see if you agree.
Posted in Adventures, Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged bully, conversations, dog, finances, goals, healing, pain, peace, Reviewing My 2025 Goals, Sawyer
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Stress During Peaceful Times
Over the last few years, I’ve noticed something odd about emotional work. Sometimes when I focus on letting go of negative emotions, I have a hard time doing so. In other situations when I’m not focused on emotions, negative emotions … Continue reading
Posted in Great Movies, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged dog, emotions, Inside Out, Letting Go, Magic Kingdom, negativity, pain, peace, Sawyer, stress, Stress During Peaceful Times
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Reflections on My Healing Journey
I started my self-improvement journey in 2017. That journey went to the next level in late 2020 when I started practicing the letting go technique that I first learned from reading Letting Go by David Hawkins in 2019. While 2020 … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged David Hawkins, dog, healing, Letting Go, pain, Reflections on My Healing Journey, relief, Sawyer
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Incentives vs Healing
There are plenty of proposed solutions for the many problems plaguing the world. From what I’ve seen, they broadly fall into one of two categories, which I’ll call the incentives approach and the healing approach. The incentives approach uses a … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged anger, David Hawkins, dog, emotions, Fear, fighting, grief, healing, incentives, Incentives vs Healing, Letting Go, MDMA, MDMA therapy, pain, peace, psychedelic therapy, psychedelics, punishment, reward, Sawyer, trauma
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My Big Reset
In Toy Story 3, Buzz Lightyear gets reset to demo mode. This makes him forget his friends, causes him to speak and act as he did for most of the first Toy Story movie, and makes him subservient to the … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Great Movies, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged anger, Buzz Lightyear, depression, Disney, dog, Fear, fun, healing, My Big Reset, pain, reset, sadness, Sawyer, Toy Story 3
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Transactions and Relationships
Much as I hate to admit it, I find transactional relationships much easier and less stressful than non-transactional relationships. Here’s what I mean. By “transactional,” I mean relationships that are mostly or even exclusively based on what one or both … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People
Tagged dog, love, pain, relationships, Sawyer, stress, transactions, Transactions and Relationships
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The Life I’ll Never Know
My maternal grandparents lived a wonderful life together. After getting married shortly out of high school, they raised two kids, moved around some before settling into their final home in rural Ocala, and managed to retire after many years of … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People
Tagged dog, family, grandparents, life, love, pain, rejection, romance, Sawyer, The Life I’ll Never Know
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Mid-Year Goal Check-in
Every December, I review how I did with my goals for the previous year. While I’m still going to do that this December, I wanted to take a look at how my goals for this year have gone so far … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged conversations, dog, finances, goals, grandparents, Mid-Year Goal Check-in, Muppets, pain, Sawyer
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More About the Calm After the Storm
Since I live in Florida, I’ve long dealt with hurricanes. Fortunately, the worst I and my close family members tend to experience are some temporary power outages and lots of debris from fallen branches. When this happens, time seems to … Continue reading
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Tagged disturbances, dog, pain, routines, Sawyer, storms, The Calm After the Storm
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