Impulse (and Asking Questions)
Impulse is a reaction to an intense emotion. I think that there are two types of impulses. One is the impulse of survival. For example, if a person smelled smoke in their living room, they would run out of the house on impulse. Impulse can keep people alive. Also, impulse can dismantle a person’s life. [...]
Resilient Living
Resilient living is imperative to taking on a lifestyle of self-reliance. Can you bounce back from anything life throws at you? Your ability to do so is your resiliency. If you can not bounce back, then crawling into a hole might be easier than becoming self-reliant. Resiliency is your ability to quickly recover from change [...]
Practicing Unsustainable Anxiety – Breaking the Anxiety Cycle
Part of the focus of sustainable living is to create an environment that is able to renew itself. Human beings are wasteful creatures, often using more than they put back and creating materials (chemicals, plastics, etc.) that last forever and hurt both our health and the health of the planet. Sustainable living is both a [...]
Announcing the Self Reliance Works Alaska Cruise
Cruise ships are big business in my part of the world, and “theme cruises,” ships devoted to a particular interest group, are becoming more common. I’m proud to be the Self Reliance Works team member to announce the establishment of the Self Reliance Works Alaska Cruise! We have arranged for a self reliance themed cruise [...]
Personal Goal Setting – Articles Revisited
Personal goal setting is one activity that the self-reliant should be familiar with. It affords us many benefits: something to look forward to; a personal challenge for success; guideposts along the way; and, a way to focus our efforts. Here is a collection of articles that help show how some use goal setting as a [...]
Grief and Writing
Writing throughout a period of grief can be very helpful. Grief is a profound sadness that is caused by a loved one dying. Grief is a loss that provokes feelings of heartache, numbness, isolation, and many more troublesome emotions. Grief can be a tender process. Writing is a healthy coping mechanism and can assist a [...]
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