InnerTalk Blog

Life can become so full of responsibilities and routines that our own growth quietly gets pushed aside. Sometimes re-engaging with life begins by giving ourselves something new to learn, explore or become.

Getting older may bring changes, but it doesn't mean we're finished learning. What if some of the limits we accept have more to do with what we've learned to believe than what we're still capable of doing?

In an earlier newsletter, I wrote about the changes we sometimes almost don’t notice. We may suddenly realize that something which once intimidated us no longer does. That we handled a difficult situation differently. That we followed through on something we would once have postponed. Or perhaps we simply recognize ...

Some of the most meaningful changes in our lives don't arrive with fanfare. Sometimes we notice them only when we realize we're responding differently, making different choices, or doing something we once believed we couldn't do. After more than 35 years of working with InnerTalk, I've come to appreciate just how powerful these quiet changes can be.

Feeling blue can affect more than how you feel today. The thoughts and expectations we repeat can quietly influence what we notice, how we respond, and even what becomes possible tomorrow. But the good news is that this can work in both directions.

There is a difference between having nothing particularly wrong with your life and having something wonderfully right with it. I don't think we're supposed to feel happy all the time. In fact, I wouldn't want to. A rich emotional life isn't one from which we've eliminated all the uncomfortable emotions. It's one in which we care enough to feel deeply, allow ourselves to experience what is real, and then allow ourselves to come out the other side.