Do you struggle and dread the months after the holidays?

The winter months can be difficult  in many parts of the country. With limited sunlight and cold temperatures leading to the winter blues and often seasonal depression disorder. 

In today's episode, Sheryl discusses the signs of winter blues and seasonal depression disorder. She provides a variety of suggestions to help you cope  during this time of year and ways you can prepare each year.

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For every holiday we celebrate, there are those who dread it.

The holiday season comes with societal expectations that everyone needs to be happy. However for every person who is excited about family gatherings, decorations and gifts, there is another who is secretly wishing the upcoming weeks would disappear.
 
 It is important to remember that struggles do not take a “holiday” during the holiday season. Often those who are struggling find their emotions magnified by the pressure of the season. The continued flow of daily life does not stop as we enter the holiday season. Each day there is someone who is providing care for someone who is sick, grieving the death of a loved one, coming to terms with the loss of divorce or job or even learning about their own illness. Often those who are struggling find their emotions magnified by the pressure of the season.

As a grief counselor, Sheryl often found her clients worrying about the holidays as early as August and some clients often wished February would simply disappear. In today's episode, Sheryl shares the ABC's of Coping With Grief During The Holidays which she developed  with a coworker while working as a grief. counselor.

You or someone you love will likely find one or all of the suggestions and tips helpful.
 
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"I'm Overwhelmed"

It's easy to become overwhelmed anytime of the year but especially during the holidays.
In today's episode, Sheryl walks you through a process to help you become less overwhelmed in all areas of your life.

Take a few minutes to feel less overwhelmed.

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Episodes Mentioned:  
The Power of Slowing Down and Being Still
How To Use Your Personal GPS
Are You Getting The Right Type of Rest? 

Gratitude isn't just for Thanksgiving time.

In this special episode created for the Kentucky Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers,   Sheryl discusses the powerful benefits of both a  gratitude and journal writing practice.  She shares simple suggestions for how you can easily begin your own practice  and see the difference not just during the holidays but all year long.


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There is lesson we can learn from every encounter in our life.

As we move into Fall, Sheryl shares today one of her most popular Sunday Sessions With Sheryl Newsletters - Lessons From the Ocean.

If we allow ourselves to slow down and notice, nature is providing lessons we can utilize in our personal lives.  In this episode, Sheryl shares 5 of the main lessons she began observing after the death of her Mother and how she is able to correlate these lessons in her life.

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When was the last time you allowed yourself to be slow down and be still?

We live in a world of busy and full of distractions from every area of life.

Being still can feel uncomfortable and many of us rarely allow a few minutes of our life to be still.  Being still doesn't have to be full out meditation and can come in small moments in our life if we allow it to occur. 

In today's episode, Sheryl discusses how learning to add stillness in your life can connect you to how you truly feel emotionally and physically.

Take some time to learn how to add stillness in your life with the latest episode.

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We all have a coping toolbox, but do you know what tools you have in yours?

How do you cope with the stress of daily life?
What do you do to cope when your life becomes chaotic and you feel like could be falling apart?

Our personal coping toolbox is no different than the toolbox you have in your garage or under the cabinet. It could be full of tools we know how to use and others that are forgotten or we have no idea what to do with.

Although we each will need to have different things in our personal toolbox, in today's episode, Sheryl shares a few basic coping tools we each need to have in our tool box (think of it like having a hammer and a screwdriver). Additionally she reviews l tools and suggestions  to consider in preparation for those times when life gets out of control.
 
 
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What are the thoughts you have about yourself on a daily basis?

Do you struggle with such thoughts such as
"I'm not smart enough to apply for that job."
"I have never been able to stick to a routine."
"I'm clumsy and can't dance."
"I'm too old."
 "No one will want to date me after my divorce."

Our thoughts are endless.....

When you and I have a thought over and over it eventually becomes our belief. 
This belief becomes how we view ourselves, others and the world.

Our beliefs regularly limit us and hold us back.

Because seriously, are you really not smart, that clumsy and no one wants to date you?"

Everything in life, from how we see things, how we feel about them and how we react to them is determined by our subconscious belief system which is at the core of who we are.

In this episode, Sheryl discusses how we can become aware of limiting beliefs that we are not even aware of and how we can begin to change our belief system. It is time to stop holding yourself back.

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Establishing a gratitude practice will affect  how you view every event n in your life.

Other facts that might surprise you:

• Research also shows it takes four to five positive statements to counterbalance one negative
• The immune system responds to emotions. Worry, anger and fear cause white blood cells to attack and leave inflammation which often leads to significant health problems.  A constant state of stress creates constant inflammation.
• Research has consistently shown that keeping a gratitude journal can lower blood pressure, lower levels of depression and improve sleep patterns.
• There has been found to be an inverse connection between stuff and gratitude. Materialism has been consistently related to lower levels of life satisfaction. Research shows that people receive more lasting joy from experiences than from objects. 

In today's episode, Sheryl discusses how one can easily begin to develop a gratitude practice, why she encourages her clients to establish their own and  the power of both writing and receiving gratitude letters.
 
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Do you know where you are going?
Do you know how you are getting there?

The greatest struggle most everyone has is being spefic in what goal or dream they want for themselves.  The second struggle is believing there is one specific way to get to where one wants to be.

We easily become frustrated without specifics  and we can equally become frustrated when it seems everyone else is getting there easier than we are.

Today Sheryl discusses how just as a GPS navigation system needs a specific destination and offers different routes; we need to have specific goals and realize our routes are going to need to be different.

Episode Mentions:
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