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It is easy just to plunk on the couch and watch TV.
Especially when you have been overwhelmed by deadlines, projects and family responsibilities. But this does little to build our family bonds.
So what can?
Researchers have studied the impact that gaming can have on cognitive abilities, interpersonal relationships and stress levels. The results are overwhelmingly positive: Games strengthen connections in the brain as well as improve connections among friends and family! Kids and adults who play games experience spikes in creative thinking.
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I belong to the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers. As one of our chapter presidents, it was obvious that we were not the association of professional listeners. It took forever to get everyone focused to begin our events, as the chatter was so extensive.
Listening can be hard for us to do. It is an investment that sometimes we are not willing to make and because of this, we may miss out on hearing the other person’s story.
Originally this week was initiated to encourage people to interview a loved one, friend, or member of your community and to share this story with others. The feeling was that every story matters, and they need to be shared
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Here Are Today’s Tips For Building Your Resiliency And Celebrating Better Conversations Week:
By really listening to these stories, you will be conveying that they matter. This may be the most meaningful time you spend with someone all year.
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Sadly, one in 10 Canadians suffers from some type of substance use disorder. That could mean your colleague, your neighbour or someone in your own family. Addiction does not discriminate—it affects all walks of life.
The total societal cost of substance abuse is in the billions. Whether the cost comes from lost productivity in the workplace, increased cost to our healthcare system or pressure on our law enforcement agencies, substance use disorders cost money.
People are dying. Substance use disorders can be progressive and fatal if left untreated.
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So Here Are Today’s Tips For Building Your Resiliency And Celebrating National Addiction Awareness Week:
Choose to recognize that substance use disorders are health disorders. They are not the result of any kind of character flaw or lack of personal willpower. In fact, substance use disorders are the most common mental health disorder.
Stigmatizing language can perpetuate harmful stereotypes and act as a barrier to seeking help and sustaining recovery. The truth is … WORDS MATTER.
Watch the language that you use. Here are some ways to avoid using language that stigmatizes substance use and addiction:
Use “people-first language.” For instance, refer to “person who uses substances”, rather than a “drug user”, “addict” or “alcoholic”. This is more neutral language that helps to maintain the individuality of the person.
Choose language that promotes the recovery process. This means not describing a person being “clean” or “dirty” but rather “not currently using substances” or “in recovery”.
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My life is too complicated. I feel like I am always rushing to get somewhere. I feel like I don’t spend any quality time with my family. What suggestions do you have for getting my life under control? This is what one conference attendee asked me.
Many of us feel our lives are too complicated. We rush from one destination to the next – rush through traffic to get to work – then rush back again to pick up the children – and back to rushing from one sporting lesson to the next.
Rush! We get frustrated.
In the end we forget how to talk to each other. We don’t remember what it is like to spend quality time together just being.
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Here Is My Tip For Building Resilience and Celebrating National Family Week:
Trends in our society have been to achieve more, get more, do more.
A contrary movement is underway called Simplification. It can be hard to do, but the rewards can be great. Simplification means reorganizing your life and routines to focus on the meaningful, and to minimize the chaos.
The more you can par down your life by simplifying your routines or de-junking your physical space, the less hectic it will be for you and your family.
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We are all remarkable.
However, many of us have talents that we don’t share, as we believe that we are unremarkable, plain, or ordinary.
I love this quote by Henry Van Dyke: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
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So sing out loud, dance in the street, paint a picture, wiggle your eyebrows, talk in a cartoon voice or whistle through your nose.
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One minute you’re changing diapers and wiping noses, the next minute they have moved out and on.
“Empty nest,” does not need to mean an empty life. At least I hope not. With my two sons starting to venture out on their own, I am actually looking forward to our new life.
For many parents becoming empty nesters can be a “joyous” time. A time for exploring, getting involved in new activities and new developing their adult relationships.
When much of your life has been defined as a parent it can be hard to adjust to life without kids in the home. Research points out that some parents have a hard time adjusting and they do experience depression and emotional distress when their children left home.
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Grieving is normal. Be gentle with yourself.
Explore other activities that can give you meaning and purpose.
Did you have any hobbies that you slowly gave up as parenting took over your life’
Coming to terms with this new phase in your life can be tough. But most parents find they’re able to adjust to their new roles as being parents of young adults and they develop a new sense of normal.
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“What do you say?” “Thank you”
As parents, we probably said this a lot, as we taught our children to be thankful for the gifts that they received or when others did nice things for them.
Are You Thankful?
I think as adults we sometimes forget to be thankful. We often focus on the difficulties and on the things that are not going right and sometimes we lose sight of the things that are going well and the blessings that we have received.
A line of wisdom goes…You cannot welcome more abundance into your life until you have said thanks to the universe for all that you have.
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Here Are Today’s Tips For Building Your Resiliency And Celebrating I Am So Thankful Month and Gratitude Month
Make a list of all that you are thankful for in your work and personal life.
Look at that list when you are feeling down and use it to pick up your spirits and keep you moving forward
Know that when we are full of thanks, we radiate this to the people around us and we impact them in a positive way.
Hang out with people who are truly thankful. It is contagious.
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Is Your Stuff Starting To Take Over?
I have a lot of stuff! I use some stuff regularly, some is more seasonal. There’s also stuff that hardly sees the light of day and other stuff, is just stuff taking up space.
Now is a good time to look and see how you can use less stuff or get rid of the stuff that you have.
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Here Are Today’s Tips For Building Your Resiliency And Celebrating Use Less Stuff Day:
As you are preparing to clean and decorate your home for the holidays, take a few extra moments to evaluate whether or not you need the stuff that you are organizing or cleaning around.
Get rid of items that are useful, but you have too many of.
As we cleaned out grandma’s house when she moved into a nursing home, it amazed me how much stuff we really do accumulate over the years. She had piles of bowls, though I could only remember her using one or two favourites. There were things that she had received as gifts that she was waiting for the right occasion to use…in 91 years, I guess that the right occasion never came around.
Use Less Stuff Day is an awareness day to take stock and make choices about the stuff that we gather, organize and clean around. It is the day to ask if our stuff is taking over our lives.
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I love de-junking. There is nothing better than getting rid of clutter and unused items. It changes my perspective. It helps me to think more clearly. I feel free.
Every couple of years I attack my closets. I get rid of the clothes that I no longer like, are worn out or have ‘magically shrunk’.
I often look at the bags of clothes in front of me and think, “What a waste”. However, it is not a waste. In most cases, these clothes have seen their share of special occasions, lounging days or workplace meetings. It is not a waste, because these clothes are donated to others who will continue to appreciate their beauty or their warmth.
I live where there is truly a winter. It takes a lot of money to stay warm and healthy in this bitter weather. Some can barely make ends meet and the clothes that we donate help them to survive.
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De-Junk and Simplify. The Great Warm Up is a call for everyone to look into their closets and pare them down. Donations of coats, hats, scarves, mittens and boots are desperately needed, as are blankets and sleeping bags.
Donate to agencies, like the Canadian Mental Health Association in Toronto, that purchase hats, scarves and mittens and deliver them to the homeless and those with mental health issues at Christmas time.
Think twice before buying something new. Is it a need or a want’?
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Everyone Has Bad Days!
We all have a day that is off, but sometimes we feel pressure to pretend that all is good and that we are happy.
Have A Bad Day is permission to actually have a bad day or to take a mental health day.
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So Here Are Today’s Tips For Building Your Resiliency And Celebrating Have A Bad Day:
Know that there are friends out there to support you through it. Let them know that you could use a pick-me-up.
Don’t try to suppress those negative emotions. Recognize them for what they are. Feel them and then move yourself through the situation.
Know that tomorrow will be different. It may not be better. It may be worse. But it will be different. Just because today was horrible, doesn’t mean tomorrow will be.
Your goal on these days is just to survive the day and minimize the long-term damage.
Remember those times that were good so that you don’t get so tainted by the bad day.
Try a do-over. Sometimes going back to bed and starting the day over can be just the cure that you need!
Looking for more tips to build your resiliency? Look for my book on Amazon called Stress Out! 52 Weeks To Letting More Life In.
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The podcast currently has 3,117 episodes available.