Author Archives: jlbrou

Managing Mental Health: From Suffering to Solace

Sometimes, in our suffering, it can be overwhelming to know how to proceed in order to manage our mental health so that we may experience greater ease and peace.  Here are a few suggestions to help you manage your mental health, especially anxiety. With a few small adjustments to your daily routine, you can transformContinue reading “Managing Mental Health: From Suffering to Solace”

Movement to Promote Improved Mental Health

POWER WALK I proceed with a don’t fuck with me, power walk posture. Evidence I’m not available to entertain any threatening nonsenseor shenanigans. Carrying tokens of protection along the way. Jingling, heavy metal keys, I hold, …trusting the potency of this spiritual weapon… like when I was a kid, trusting,knowing, no evil spirit would harmContinue reading “Movement to Promote Improved Mental Health”

Indulge in Daily Delight to Better your Mental Health

I think we underestimate the power of joy to heal what is bruised and broken in us. In my perfect world, doctors would scribble a prescription for their repeat patients to experience joy on a daily basis instead of pushing so many pills. In schools, we would be taught and encouraged to define and doContinue reading “Indulge in Daily Delight to Better your Mental Health”

Improving Mental Health by Practicing Self Awareness

I recently had the intuitive hit:”Don’t fear fear”. Since then, I have been taking time to notice whenever anxiety arises and respond to it swiftly so it doesnt stick around so long. It is only in the resisting and repressing that challenging feelings remain. When I instantly exercise some self care by simply noticing theContinue reading “Improving Mental Health by Practicing Self Awareness”

Self Acceptance Serves to Enhance Personal Growth

One of the best approaches to Personal Growth is simple self acceptance. Practice trusting that you are enough, exactly as you are. Trust that your worth is inherent. It doesn’d depend on your weight, your looks, your “success” as we have been deeply conditioned to believe. You are always worthy. Practice deeply FEELING and acceptingContinue reading “Self Acceptance Serves to Enhance Personal Growth”

Personal Growth Strategy: The Do-Over

… to help you BLOSSOM into your Truth 🌺 The Do-over:  Try this strategy  when you have felt dissatisfied with the way you responded to any given situation. Personal Growth is a process. Sometimes we wish we had responded differently. In this strategy, the Do-Over, provides you with another opportunity to imagine and visualize aContinue reading “Personal Growth Strategy: The Do-Over”

Personal Growth Strategy: A Box of Worth

Whenever you receive a card, letter, email, evaluation, recognition at work/school, add it to your box or journal.  When people give you compliments, put a little note in your phone or directly in your box/journal of what they said. Then, whenever you are struggling in your ability to remember and recognize your inherent worth, pullContinue reading “Personal Growth Strategy: A Box of Worth”

Synchronicities and Signs can Guide Personal Growth

     I believe the Universe is very aware of the personal growth we need to accomplish and the  lessons we need to clearly understand them.  Synchronicities, signs and Totems are one way the Universe might tutor you in your lessons to facilitate personal growth. For instance, the other day I was taking a walk,Continue reading “Synchronicities and Signs can Guide Personal Growth”