tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68254027422359056762011-04-21T13:45:52.769-07:00Haven Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14063660624212842495noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825402742235905676.post-29552418902937651932009-01-09T16:44:00.000-08:002009-01-09T17:14:15.027-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1B7j2t4HQs/SWf1oCt_U3I/AAAAAAAAABY/0Oe2RLLglfc/s1600-h/Fotolia_10377151_XS.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1B7j2t4HQs/SWf1oCt_U3I/AAAAAAAAABY/0Oe2RLLglfc/s200/Fotolia_10377151_XS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289466355643274098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Welcome to 2009!</span><br /><br />Most of us are praying that this year will bring some relief from the economic roller coaster we've been experiencing. So far the ups and downs and uncertainties just seem to be continuing. In my column this month "Antidotes for Financial Anxiety" I presented one way of coping with this anxiety through using the Serenity Prayer. For me figuring out what I can change and what I can't has been helpful. What I've realized since writing the column is this exercise can't be just a one time thing. It helps to do it whenever my anxiety starts to escalate again.<br /><br />I would love to hear how you are coping with financial anxiety and if you have ideas that can help other readers.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">With all my best wishes, Haven</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6825402742235905676-2955241890293765193?l=havenshealthyliving.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Haven Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14063660624212842495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825402742235905676.post-12898857043060898972008-11-22T13:42:00.000-08:002008-11-23T11:13:46.083-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1B7j2t4HQs/SSiIBwDPfqI/AAAAAAAAAAo/AnFWAv9uH5U/s1600-h/Fotolia_8208486_XS.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 202px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K1B7j2t4HQs/SSiIBwDPfqI/AAAAAAAAAAo/AnFWAv9uH5U/s320/Fotolia_8208486_XS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271612927496912546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">D</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ear Readers,</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />Welcome to my new blog which will give us a chance to communicate about the columns on my website: </span><a href="http://www.healthylivingforeveryone.com/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">http://www.HealthyLivingforEveryone.com.</span></a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Reflecting on the picture to the left from this month's column </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You Feel What You Think</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, I try to imagine what this woman climbing the rock is thinking. Surely she can't afford any negative thoughts.<br /><br />I've also been wondering whether each of us has certain reoccurring negative thoughts that plague us. I think it's helpful to trace their origin and then come up with ways to handle them. Throughout my life the thought "They're having more fun than I am" pops up repeatedly. It's guaranteed to put me in a down mood.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I remember first having this thought when I was about 8 years old and confined to bed for most of a year with a serious kidney ailment called Nephritis. My three best friends had come over to visit me. It was a beautiful, sunny day and being kids there was only so long that they wanted to stay in my sick room. They soon ran outside and I could hear their laughter through the window. All the pain of not being able to go to school or to play outside myself collided with the sound of their laughter.<br /><br />Ever since then, when I have felt left out of something that phrase "They are having more fun than I am" comes roaring in. What helps me the most is to objectively look at what I think I'm missing and how I might create that experience in my own life. Often I discover that I'm really quite happy doing what I'm already doing.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />Do you have certain reoccuring negative thoughts? How have you dealt with them?</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6825402742235905676-1289885704306089897?l=havenshealthyliving.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Haven Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14063660624212842495noreply@blogger.com3