To live a well balanced, rewarding life of our dreams by day and sleep restfully at night.
Adrift or Anchored? It is our choice.
Published February 26, 2013 | 
We are adrift if we:
1. are busy trying to please others (at the expense of our own well-being and life’s goals).
2. frequently distract ourselves with vapid amusements (that help us procrastinate)
3. don’t believe in ourselves
4. lose our faith
5. get overwhelmed
6. over-commit ourselves…
We are anchored if we:
1. Have faith in God
2. Believe in ourselves
3. Know we are making our dreams come true
4. Get enough exercise and eat well
5. Enjoy the outdoors frequently
6. Focus on love
7. Go for what we know we want..
The choice is ours, of course… 
It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are. ~Roy Disney
In Peace,
Debra
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Act As If
Published February 25, 2012 | 
Act as if:
You are bigger than your challenges,
You are living the life of your dreams,
and you are excited about all the possibilities…
Act as if:
You enjoy radiant energy and good health,
You slept great,
and feel centered and at peace.
Act as if
Today is going to be the best day of your life…
for you are creating something new each time you focus and
each time you take a blessed breath.
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To be thankful now for things large and small: a journal writing exercise
Published May 18, 2011 | 
To be thankful for things that are easy to take for granted until you don’t have them…
Have you ever had a toothache, a bladder infection, been hung over, etc. and wish you felt better?
Have you ever had an unexpected or regular bills piling up amounting to more than what you have in your bank account?
Here’s a novel idea: how about feeling gratitude when we have our health, we are pain free, we are well rested, and we have enough money in the bank?
Let’s be thankful for what we do have NOW.
In your journal write a list of things to be thankful about now.
I am thankful for:
1. Being alive
2. My daughter being happy
3. Having enough money to send my daughter to a nice Girl Scout summer camp this July
4. My kind and loving husband
5. My students who are still learning despite it being very close to the end of our school year…
6. I don’t have a headache
7. I am centered and anxiety/worry-free at the moment…
Your turn, Dear Warm Milk Reader. What do you have going on to be thankful for? It sometimes can be the littlest of things.
Goodnight,
Debra
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Leave a commentOver thinking causes anxiety and insomnia. Here are seven ways to get off the over thinking treadmill.
Published March 5, 2011 | 
Over thinking leads to anxiety and insomnia. What do I mean by over thinking? Do any of these apply to you?
1. You can’t make up your mind about something. There’s just so many options available!
2. You worry about how people will react or what others will think about…
3. You stew in your mind and replay a social interaction that took place recently or a while ago.. (a phone conversation, a conversation at a dinner party or at work, etc.)
4. You are stuck in indecision because you want to make the right decision. What if you are wrong and you make the “wrong” decision? Horror! Better to make no decision at all, then, so your mind tells you.
5. You have a perfectionist streak in your personality and want things just so…
6. You have a hard time being in the present because you are thinking that maybe you should be somewhere else doing something else.
7. You are prone to experiencing buyer’s remorse.
8. You are prone to regret.
9. You have a fear of failing.
10. You are someone who likes to keep your options open…
If any of these apply to you, you are an over thinker. Chances are you could enjoy more peace and more sleep if you could overcome some of these
over thinking habits.
But, HOW?
Here are seven ideas on getting off the over thinking treadmill:
1. Stand tall and think confidently about yourself (you are enough, it doesn’t matter what others think)!
2. Practice making decisions. Even if it is something small like what to order on your dinner menu at a restaurant. Pick something that catches your eye and decisively with enthusiasm order it! Enjoy your meal. Don’t worry about the other things on the menu that you might have ordered or look on at your mate’s or other patrons dinner plates and worry that you could have done better in your dinner selection.
3. Wherever you are and whatever you are doing, be happy with it. You are where you are supposed to be doing what you are supposed to be doing that very moment. It is perfect.
4. If you feel you made a “wrong” decision, think of it in terms of you are getting closer to the “right decision”. Be proud that you are taking some kind of action. The only way to really fail is by practicing inaction. By taking action, you are a success- no matter what the outcome!
5. Try this little trick I learned from Eckhart Tolle’s The Now: Close your eyes and ask yourself : “I wonder what my next thought will be?”. This somehow stops your over thinking monkey mind in its tracks. Try it. It really works.
6. Learn to meditate.
7.Discover a passion and then focus on that one thing. Specialize in something. A focused mind with purpose is one at peace and sleeps well at night.
In peace,
Debra : )
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15 essential components to a good night sleep
Published January 18, 2011 | 
15 essential components to getting a good night sleep:
- Feeling good about your day.
- Having some exercise during the day.
- Eating well.
- Not having too much caffeine
- Not having too much alcohol
- Being centered
- Feeling safe, secure, and loved.
- Comfortable temperature in your bedroom
- Comfortable bed
- Comfortable sheets and blankets
- Comfortable pajamas and socks on your feet
- Comfortable pillows
- Looking forward to the next day (in a peaceful way- not overly excited way)
- Dark and quiet room
- Having no worries. Enjoying your life
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