It doesn’t seem to make sense, but when we desperately want relief from stress and anxiety, the thing to do is dive straight into our emotional pain. It’s so counterintuitive – we’re trying to get rid of pain, why would we jump right into it? Because: Avoiding pain means we get to keep it – [...]

This week Insanely Serene joined Facebook. I felt an urge to engage on a more regular basis with serenity seekers, and I’m just not writing enough blog posts (so sorry, my dear readers)! It was such a good idea. It’s like the creativity dam broke and serenity started flowing! The page invites commentary, video, images, [...]

I’ve shared with you before that my lifelong goal has been peace of mind – an escape from worry, relief from constant anxiety. In my years pursuing peace, I’ve discovered this: each of us must carve a path for ourselves. No matter how appealing someone else’s methods or process, we must still make them our [...]

Peace of mind is a constant goal…but there always seems to be something that gets in the way. I call it a bugaboo. That niggling thing – a thought, a feeling, a behavior – that just keeps getting diverting us from peace. It could be a big thing – say, an addiction, or something less [...]

When a storm of life passes through, whipping up turbulence around us, we feel no control over our destiny. Things are happening to us, and it seems the best response is to be defensive. Reacting to the storm out of fear, we may lash out to push through it or turn inward to protect ourselves. [...]

Have you ever seen the bizarre commercial that advertises “Head On”? It’s unclear what the product is or does, but it’s insistent upon one thing – you must: Apply directly to the forehead! Presumably, it relieves pain of some sort. And you just need to repeat the treatment. I realized this concept – vague as [...]

Every now and again, I have a real breakthrough on my path to more peace of mind. As you know, peace of mind has been my life’s goal even when I didn’t know it, when all I had was constant anxiety. Now that I know I’m after peace, and even have a few tools to [...]

Our series on PACT series, Practicing Attitudes, Characteristics, and Techniques for peace of mind continues with a focus on techniques. There are as many methods for increasing peace of mind as there are human beings – we each shape our own paths toward happiness and contentment. Choices include practice of religion, methods focused on human [...]

In the midst of exploring Techniques for achieving peace of mind through our PACT with ourselves (see last post by Jennifer Smith on How to Build a Peace Habit), a friend of mine shared some thoughts on an earlier post in the series, Want Peace in Personal Conflict? Improve Your Attitude! . Coming from his [...]

Are you ready to bring more peace of mind into your life? So far in our PACT series, we’ve talked about changing our Attitudes and building Characteristics that support serenity over anxiety. Now it’s time to look at how we can Practice Techniques on a regular basis to make peace a habit, not an occasional [...]