MindYoga Quick Quotes with AnnetteQ

In this week’s podcast we stretch our minds and learn how our inability to take responsibility places blame on others and stops us from having what we want. Our lack of taking responsibility causes undo stress and heartache. Listen and learn how if you want to change anything in your life, you need to look in the mirror and ask that person to change it.

Get out your mental mat and get ready to stretch your mind!
This week’s Mind Yoga quote by Donald Hicks “Those who teach us the most about humanity are not always human” explores the many things we can learn from our pets and from animals in general. They may not be human, but they can teach us so much if we are open to watching them. Got 10 minutes? Massage your mind and take a listen!

This week we explore the possibility that our way is not the only way. By reflecting on the words “I never thought of it that way” we can open our mind and start to have more compassion towards others. We may even find more peace within ourselves. We are conditioned to think when someone does not agree with us, they are wrong and we are right, but are they? Take out your mental mat and listen to this week’s podcast. You may find stretching your mind and learning there is more than one way to look at things is just what you need right now.

How do we learn to embrace other peoples opinions and learn how to come together for the greater good? This weeks quote by Doug Floyd, “You don’t get harmony when everyone sings the same note” reminds us that it is ok for us to be different and something beautiful can still come from it. Listen, stretch your mind, and learn how to sing your own note and still join together with others to create perfect harmony!

In 1965 Burt Bacharach wrote a classic song called What the World Needs Now and the lyrics to that song are just as relevant now as they were back then. This week I encourage you to stretch your mind around some of the lyrics in this song. How do you give and receive love? Do you only show love to those you care about? Do you believe everyone, regardless of their religious or political views deserve love? Everyday we are faced with many choices and we have control over whether we choose love in any given situation. Give yourself 8 minutes of mind stretching exercise and take a listen. You deserve love and you deserve to take the time for YOU.

Do you know you by remaining calm you can stay in control? In this weeks podcast I walk you through an actual scenario that happened to me and how I was able to remain calm and stay in control. We are living in uncertain times but we do have control over whether we react or respond to any situation. Listen and learn how you can respond and remain calm. Less than 10 minutes to better mental health starts now!

Why do we get nervous before taking a chance? Is there anything we can do to calm our nerves? Listen this week and learn how we can turn our nerves, our doubts, our fears, into excitement! We CAN control our thoughts. Your mind wants to always take the path of least resistance. Your mind wants you to stay in your comfort zone. But if you are itching to learn how to step out of your comfort zone, join me this week for some mind stretching exercises to help you do jus that!

We are living in very uncertain times. Daily we are finding out about more and more activities that have been cancelled and although we cannot control what is happening around us, we can control our own actions and our own thoughts. But we need to remember there is one thing that no one can cancel —and that is LOVE. In this week’s podcast I ask you to stretch your mind and look at ways we can all use LOVE in the coming weeks to “control the controllables”. Learn how to use the most important virtue of all-LOVE-to help you combat feelings of anxiousness or stress you may be having. We will get through this and LOVE will be the answer.

Wait, Breathe. Trust…can you do this? Most of us can’t. We’ve lost our patience or we’ve never had it to begin with. We live in a society where we can get almost anything instantaneously or with very little wait. And while it has its advantages, the disadvantage is we’ve forgotten how to practice patience. But the old adage “Good things come to those who wait” is still true. Listen this week and learn the power of patience.

This week we explore the quote “The relationship you have with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have”. Listen and ask yourself 3 questions which will reveal a lot about the relationship you have with yourself. Learn how we teach others how to treat us and how we can make ourselves a priority and in return enhance our relationships. Spend less than 9 minutes on YOU and begin to stretch your mind to better mental health.