Lori Barnett

We really do create our confrontations and dramas in an attempted to heal our pain. I know this may be hard to wrap your head around but its true. We seek to be heard and understood but instead of being honest and vulnerable about our hurt and pain we react in a scared and defensive […]

One day long ago and unbeknownst to me I was suffering in silence. I stood in front of my teacher and willed myself not to show emotion. I told myself things like “I can handle this” and “I’m not going to feel this pain” but as soon as he said the words “you’re suffering in silence”,

You’ve  heard of the armchair quaterback? That guy sitting on his couch yelling out plays and opinions to the TV.  Well, I do that! Although its not sports that I am interested in. Nope, Its talk shows and reality tv. I can hardly watch without  making comments. As I watch I imagine sweeping in like wonder woman

Does this sound familiar?  It’s Sunday evening, you’ve just had a busy but fun weekend and now this is what you start to say: “I have to go to work tomorrow … and I really have to start back on my diet … and I have to go to the gym and the grocery store

We all learn to cope. We spend pretty much our entire lives coping. Some don’t even notice this is what there doing and some find themselves deeply addicted to something. It can seem harmless or it can be very harmful. One thing is the same — however you’re coping, it is just a cover up

Sometimes we know, sometimes we don’t Sometimes we’re strong, sometimes we’re wrong Sometimes we cry Sometimes its bad when the going gets tough We look in the mirror and we want to give up Sometimes we don’t even think we’ll try Sometimes we cry  Lyric from “Sometimes We Cry” By: Van Morrison

Are We So Connected that We’re Disconnected? The technology of today was supposed to give people more time and yet no one has any time. Instead we are doing more things at once. Dads are on the phone making deals at Disneyland. Lunch with a girlfriend is interrupted by the phone that won’t stop ringing.

One evening an Old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside all people. He said “my son the battle between two wolves live inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, arrogance, self pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego. The other is good.

Weight Loss Technique Eliminates Emotional Overeating: Halts Need for Comfort Foods San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) — Most diet and exercise plans require will power – and that’s why they fail. But a simple “emotional acupressure” technique eliminates the need for will power along with the underlying causes of emotional overeating.

“The truth shall set you free.” What does that mean exactly? Who’s truth are we talking about? I think the truth — the real truth — is the same for everybody. At the core of who we really are ~ regardless of your perception ~ is where the real truth lives. It is the same