by Carla | Jan 15, 2023 | Shifting Perspective
EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING IN DIVINE TIMING (and if you don’t like the term ‘divine’ then try ‘its own time’ or ‘at the right time’ or ‘in the timing it’s meant to’), therefore there’s no need for… ~ it should have happened (or I should have done it) before now ~...
by Carla | Jan 11, 2023 | Anxiety & Worry, Shifting Perspective
IF (OR WHEN) THE THING YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT ACTUALLY HAPPENS, you will deal with it – just as you have dealt with all the things that have happened in your life before – whether it came out of left field or whether you had worried that it might happen....
by Carla | Jan 4, 2023 | Food for Thought, Shifting Perspective
A simple reminder as we head into 2023: WE CANNOT CONTROL OTHERS – their behaviour or words. WE CANNOT CHANGE OTHERS. ~ We can offer up ideas of ways things could be done differently. ~ We can ask – even demand – that someone do things another way,...
by Carla | Jan 4, 2023 | Getting Through Difficult Experiences, Shifting Perspective
YOU KNOW THAT THING YOU WANTED – maybe a long time ago, maybe really recently – but it didn’t happen, it didn’t work out? A relationship, a job, an experience, a trip that got cancelled, whatever it is… Yeah – that thing! Stop going back there...
by Carla | Jul 2, 2022 | Shifting Perspective
WE BECOME THE STORIES WE TELL OURSELVES. I heard this reminder recently on a podcast I listen to (Smartless). I found the quote attributed to the filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, but perhaps there are other sources, as well. The idea that we are smart or stupid, whether we...
by Carla | Oct 24, 2021 | Shifting Perspective
I’m not where I thought I’d be right now in an area of my life. I won’t lie: sometimes that gets me down. That is, it gets me down when I focus on the discrepancy between where I thought I’d be and where I am. [This isn’t just another ‘be...
