Let that S*^T GO!
Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect. Margaret Mitchell
If I could name one emotional well-being superpower, it would be mastery of ‘letting it go’. When others’ behavior or unchangeable circumstances gnaw at us, we imprison ourselves. By quickly accepting and releasing what we cannot control, we alleviate so much suffering and unlock human potential. It is an act of self-compassion. Learn to LET. IT. GO.
PS: this is not an invitation to ignore problems or take a passive role in our own lives, rather it’s to maximize our personal power.
PSS: I’ve been at this awhile and making steady improvements. Practice works!
Wellbeing Resources
Feeling low or need a pep talk?
You can share your feelings and rant to this AI bot. It’s designed to sweetly reflect back what you’re feeling and offer encouraging “compliments.” It never fails to make me smile
Emotional Sobriety
This is the best description I’ve heard on the topic (emotional maturity). You need not be in recovery to find this hour long podcast worth a listen.
Building High Performing Teams
Along with colleagues, we published a peer-reviewed article in Nursing Administration Quarterly, The Nurse as Coach: Building High Performing Teams.
If interested, here is the abstract.
O’Grady, Eileen PhD, RN, NP, PCC; Johnson, Jean PhD, RN, FAAN, ACC; Hassmiller, Susan RN, PhD, FAAN, ACC. The Nurse as Coach: Building High Performing Teams. Nursing Administration Quarterly 48(3):p 218-224, July/September 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/NAQ.0000000000000649
Get your Sh#* Together
Updating our will and end-of-life plans is easy to put off. This website has free checklists and free ‘State of your Estate’ resources such as medical directives, storing/ sharing important accounts and wrangling all of our igital accounts. Get your SH*@ together and sleep in peace! Checklist HERE
Stunning Beauty and Strength
One of the optional things we do in Costa Rica during Wellness Week is ride horses through an old forest and end on the beach at sunset. These beautiful animals seem to intuit human feelings.
Why we Ought not Live Each day as its our Last
From cancer survivor Sulieka Jaouad
Reduce your Risk: Take Omega 3s
To combat the nations # 1 disease
Rhonda Patrick is my favorite cell biologist nerd who takes hard science and makes it easy to understand. Highly recommend her YouTube /podcast, Found my Fitness.
I make a mix of hemp, flax, pumpkin, sunflower and chia seeds to add to yogurt. Followed by a chaser of 2 Omega 3s.
Stay Well, Eileen
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So true, Eileen. Once again you’ve hit the mark.
I’m guessing being an elected politician you too are great at this!!
This should be a daily mantra. Some days the struggle is real, but letting go is necessary for survival.
YOU said it AMY! I have to keep re-learning this over and over! Hope you and Greg are having a great (LAST) summer (for him!)
This comes at the perfect time and so true! Reminds me of my favorite holiday song “Let it Go, Let it Go, Let it Go.” Have you read David R Hawkins, MD, “Letting Go – The Pathway of Surrender?” Letting Go is a practice, but well worth the effort in helping to delete all the untrue but stressful thoughts in our mind – kinda like the spam in our mental inbox.
beautiful! I haven’t read that book. I have to keep relearning this idea but maybe I’m getting better at it? Thank you Dorothy.