Help Is On The Way: Call In The Thought Police
Were all grownups here, right? How hard can it be to be a functional adult? Then why do we struggle so? Depression and anxiety disorders are epidemic in our society. Stress-related health problems threaten the quality and span of our lives. Alcoholism and drug addiction touch many of our lives and to me reflect our attempts to find release or escape from pressure and our failure to thrive.
Are we even built to withstand the strain of our increasingly mechanized world? We adapt but at what cost? People move from job to job, from state to state, weakening the fabric of community and family ties. We are increasingly forced to rely on our own internal resources and have a limited repertoire of mental and emotional strategies to draw from. Our emotional intelligence may not be up to processing and resolving the myriad of challenges we face, especially when it comes to our relationships.
What if relief was as easy as changing our thoughts? Neuroscience is proving what Norman Vincent Peale posited in The Power of Positive Thinking. We become physically addicted to emotional states. Therein lies the power of negative...