Category Inndex

There are many more entries. But this is what I have so far. For the rest of this inndex, I need to change the links to the address of this inn. For now, they are connected to the old address of this inn and don't work. I need to make the time to convert the links.


    Being Gentle With Self

Connecting with Emotionally Mature Others: When To Be Vulnerable 
Creating a Better Today 
Developing our Personal Community
Dealing With Disappointment
Do We Know What It Means If We're Too Busy? 
Exercising Our Voice: Boundaries
Gentle With Ourselves, When We're Wrong
Keeping Our Balance, Not Being Triggered By Others
Life Isn't a Correspondence Program and Staying in the Solution 
Not Allowing Others to Define Who We Are or Determine Our Moods
Not Allowing Others to Define Who We Are, Part II 
Not "Lone Rangering" Life
Our Ideal Self Isn't
Patience With Our Growth
Progress Not Perfection
Service, Its Value
Slowing Down Life's Frantic Pace
Slowing Down Life's Frantic Pace Part II Spiritual Weightlifting III (Taking Care of Life, Sometimes 15 Minutes at a Time
Squirreling Away Provisions for Upcoming Stormy Days
Standing for Our Values
Standing for Our Values Part II.
Taking Care of Loved Ones, When Done from a Healthy Perspective, Can Be Form of Taking Care of Ourselves
Taking Care of Self
Taking Care of Self: Preparing for Demands We Face
Taking Care of Self Part III, Using Perseverance
The Results of Not Taking Care of Self
Using Emotional Aikido  

II.            Celebrating Life

The Aim of All Guests of This Inn
Celebrating A New, Saucy, Raven-Haired Friend
Celebrating Love From Others Even When We're Wrong
Celebrating Life To the Very End
Celebrating Life While at Death's Door
Happiness Is Where I Choose to Focus
Having a Spiritual Awakening
Small Touches and Words of Gratitude Can Mean Much
Sweet Times with Family and Friend
We Get More Out of Life When We Aren't Passive

III.        Courage to Change

Awareness, Acceptance and Action--Working On Ourselves Is Necessary for Characterological Growth
Courage Faces Fear & Thereby Masters It
Courage Overcomes Fearful Dragons From the Past
The Demon of Denial
Doing What It Takes to Succeed
Getting Off the Hamster Wheel--The Disease of Busyness
Going Beyond Our Fear (And how we can get the support we need.)
Going Beyond Fear Part II
Growth, Going Beyond Denial
Happiness Is Where I Choose to Focus
Let It Begin With Me, If I Want to Improve the World
Moving Beyond Passivity
We Need God's Help


Dealing with Difficult People

Arguments are Pointless
Bookending a Problem: A Good Way to Deal With Them (See point 6)
Boundaries: Critical When Relating With Emotional Bullies or Manipulators
Boundaries: Dealing With Rude Manipulators
Boundaries Keep Us Sane
Boundaries Keep Us Sane Part II
Boundaries, Practicing Them for Our Safety
Characteristics of Unsafe People
Dealing with an Emotional Bully Part I
Dealing with Bullies Part II
Dealing with Bullies Part III
Dealing with Disappointment
De-escalating Agitation
Defensive Hope (Not Seeing Reality in a Negative Relationship)
Emotional & Verbal Aikido (Martial Arts)
Finding Our Voice When With Emotional Bullies
Forgiveness Frees Us (Emotionally and Psychologically)
Gaining Perspective
Good Friends
Handling Conflict With Grace
Having Our Own Voice---Ya ay!
The Need for Character Discernment
Not Accepting Unacceptable Behavior
Not Allowing Others to Dictate Our Mood
Not Allowing Others to Dictate Our Responses
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Quotes from the Posts

"I'm mindful that our thoughts affect the words we use, our words influence our actions, our actions shape our character and our character determines our destiny."

From "My Character Determines My Destiny." To read it, please click here.

"Progress not perfection, is better than no progress at all, especially when we're trying to rid ourselves from unwelcome dragons that dwell within the closets of our soul."

From, "Still Learning" which, within four days, became the most popular post written. To read it, please click here.

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its trouble, but it does empty today of its strength"
From the post: "Life Is Not a Correspondence Program." Click here to read it.

"Even though we cannot control our circumstances, we can control how we choose to respond to them."

From, "Handling Stress and Dealing With an Emotional Bully."Click here to read this post.

"Nope, being busy isn't exciting. Boring is good. Because boring is not boring; boring is being healthy, living a balanced life that has serenity"

From: "Do You Know What It Means If You Are Too Busy?" For more, please click here.

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