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16
Feb
2022

What is Positive Self Talk?


What is Positive Self Talk?

The voice inside your head has a major impact on the way you feel, act and react. Sometimes, even out of habit we have negative self-talk, which can change the way you feel. Practicing positive self-talk is essential to a healthier lifestyle and reducing stress. Bring your awareness to your self-talk and create positive mantras and statements to create a healthy habit of positive self-talk.

Positive self talks statements/ mantras examples:

I can do this

I feel energetic and happy

I choose to be present

I am confident

I am beautiful

I am grateful and aware of all the beauty around me

Focus on these positive mantras and enjoyable moments in your life, be present be aware, be positive.

Posted by Colette Lopane-Capella, LMHC, D
16
Feb
2022

3 Tips for Living Mindfully


 

3 Tips for Living Mindfully

In this busy world we live in today, how can we practice living in the present? Living Mindfully

Being mindful, being in the moment, helps release our worries.

  1. Doing things that make us happy and nurturing relationships is one of the most worthwhile ways to spend you time. Haven’t seen an old friend in a while? Call them today, set a date and enjoy the quality time you can spend together.
  2. Noticing the state of your emotion is another way to live mindfully. Being fully aware of the state of emotion, your feelings, helps to ground yourself, so if your feeling love absorb that love, if your feeling grateful show that gratitude. Promoting these positive emotions can help ground yourself and practice living more mindfully.
  3. Set a daily intention, practicing mantras through out the day can help drive an intention and direct a specific energy out in to the universe and trusting that it will be received, whether the intention is a wish, a focus or a feeling, practicing these daily positive mantras can help you live more mindfully daily.

 

Posted by Colette Lopane-Capella, LMHC, D
16
Feb
2022

Guided Meditation (How To Begin!)


 

Practicing guided mediations can help ground yourself, elevate symptoms of stress and practice mindfulness.

Guided mediations can be simple, couple minute exercises to more detailed elaborate exercises.

One I often ask clients to practice is the beach-guided mediation, very simple.

To begin, sit yourself down in a quiet comfortable place. Start off with some deep breathing exercises, breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth. Use your 5 senses to ground yourself. Once comfortable envision your on a beach, It’s a beautiful, relaxing, comfortable, safe, serene beach. Use your 5 senses again and imagination to incorporate being on this beach, stay at this place for a couple minutes. Remember to consciously do deep breathing throughout the exercise.

At the end of the exercise open your eyes, and see it as taking a small little relaxing trip. Practicing mindfulness and guided mediations over time can help lower stress levels, so get started today.

 

Posted by Colette Lopane-Capella, LMHC, D
16
Feb
2022

Self-Love & How To Practice It


 

Love yourself- Love yourself each and every day!!

How can we practice self-love?

4 simple steps that can help to practice self-love:

  1. Be kind to yourself- even when we make mistakes, remember we are only human and its always a lesson learned, something to grow and develop from. Focus on all your positive qualities – your strengths, your abilities, and your accomplishments, be good to yourself, and be kind to yourself.
  2. Be Grateful- Start a gratitude journal daily- and highlight all the wonderful things you have in your life.
  3. Find or be in your happy place- think of a place that is calming and enjoyable and make it your happy place- practice mindfulness and bring yourself there whenever you may need some grounding and calmness.
  4. Practice good self-care- develop and establish healthy coping skills and practice them daily, good self-care is essential to our wellbeing.

 

Posted by Colette Lopane-Capella, LMHC, D
16
Feb
2022

Are There Things You Wished You Did? Create A Bucket List


Create a bucket list

Are there things you wished you did, or saw, or felt, or experienced? If the answer is yes, create your very own bucket list. This list can range from items or experiences you would like to accomplish or achieve on your own or with someone else. Skydiving, a color run, experiencing a different culture, going to Bali, studying aboard, learning how to surf, riding a camel, hiking a mountain, watching the sunrise with a friend or significant other, just about anything can hit your list. Do it for the enjoyment of the moment and fulfillment in your life. Plus planning these wonderful experiences is also always tons of fun. So today, create your list, make it fun, make it enjoyable, do it alone or get the whole family involved.

Posted by Colette Lopane-Capella, LMHC, D