Lighthouse Learning

Here are the touch links if desired. REFRAMING STRESS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcGyVTAoXEU GRATITUTDE - https://www.collective-evolution.com/2019/02/14/scientists-show-how-gratitude-literally-alters-the-human-heart-molecular-structure-of-the-brain/?fbclid=IwAR0y7A6aLah8g3qPS_FcKCbBpf9XwNCe9-OsFlzwMNmYayVytvx2FuWoj_E MEDITATION- https://www.ramdass.org/meditation-for-anxiety-and-stress/

Tools for Lasting Relationships This carousel picture made me think of the ups and downs of every relationship ride. I am always looking for tips and help from successful couples who have a great friendship and lasting marriage. Today, I thought I would list a few tools that have been shared with me and that I am currently practicing to upgrade my marriage and other relationships. 1- Take 100% responsibility for your part in any situation.   When confronted with any problem practice this template for creating an environment of humility, love, and respect.  You can work this through in your mind or with another person. A- “I am sorry…” (Even if you believe the action is not your fault, you can take responsibility and ask forgiveness for your part in creating the environment in which the problem came to be, or sorry for your response, or sorry for your judgment, etc…) B- “Please forgive me…” (like the above, make sure you can find a sincere part of yo...

Do you ever feel overwhelmed in the trial you are currently facing? Alone, or don't know where to turn? As lonely as this feels, ironically it is nearly a universal experience. My life has been so blest in countless ways... and yet...the trials I am given seem to be increasing in equal intensity too. I find myself pondering a lot on how to learn and mostly survive beyond the pain. A few things that have stuck out to me that have really helped are: 1- This scriptural equation found in 1st Nephi verse 1. I've read this verse numerous times without giving it much thought. But today it really stuck out to me. Maybe, I 've added too much detail. But I truly feel like there is a reason this verse was placed at the very beginning of this exemplary text. Every reader will be facing challenges in their life. Every reader will need a guide for how to handle these personal circumstances, and there is hope for all of our lives! SO... I did a little sel...

I love a good book. They can provide valuable insights and new perspectives that change my life. Yet with so many to choose from I am always looking for the very best treasures. I added a link below to a few of my favorites with a personal rating and 1 sentence summary. Of course, my reasons for loving them change daily but a common theme of my favorites consist of books that impart knowledge and life lessons whether it be through plots of fiction or reality. I would start with the 10's and not even bother with anything under a 7. Please comment below with your favorites too so that we can discover the very best together. Doctrine and Covenants 88: 118 " And as all have not faith , seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom ; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith. " https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U6pDCZuf_r8Ws7G0nLDC3AeADKZdgS1bE_DKTXAUMHM/edit#gid=0

If you have to cry, make them tears of happiness. T-thoughts E-emotions A-actions R-results This is an easy acronym to remember that thoughts affect our emotions which in turn affect our actions which lead ultimately to the results in our lives. QUESTION So are your results showing what you want? What can you do about it? ANSWER Change any of the above to change the cycle. Being aware of our thought patterns (inner conversations and images) is a great place to start. We all have numerous influences bombarding us with input and the beauty of that is each person gets to decide which thoughts they would like to keep or discard. NOT so easy for you? Borrow some healthier thoughts and images from others who already have the results that you want! Then say and imagine those affirmations to yourself until you believe them. Still at a loss for the right ones for you? Try this. Catch that negative thought that you find yourself...

This post is more of a personal admission to a self-sabotaging pattern that I have noticed in my life (have any of those?) with hopes that by consciously recognizing a flaw in my programming I can make advances in reaching new ways and understanding. Here goes, whenever I say or think with passion and emotion " I would never. ...." Ironically I frequently find myself in those exact same situations at a later date. Parenting mistakes....check. Relationship mistakes...check. Financial mistakes... not intentionally but check and double check. Judging when I do not have enough information,,,, let's just say the older I get the more I learn to curb this very human tendency. Is it the law of attraction? A higher power leading me to humility? Who knows but I promise myself I am never going to use the words NEVER in a sentence again. (Winky face, irony intentional). I have learned that there is a plan for my life larger than I can imagine, with more to experience than I c...

SUGAR….my confession and my obsession. Maybe you can help me and then we can help each other. I have a love-hate relationship with refined sugar. It is a curse and a Godsend all in one. How can it be both? I know it is bad for me, I think most of us do. Yet, I keep giving in. Granted I think I have come along way. Last year I went 6 full months without sugar (5 in a row from January to May and then October randomly at the end of the year... random I know, but I skipped Halloween the candy nirvana of the whole year.) I rarely binge eat...yet occasionally ice cream straight from the container is the only therapy that works. I try to stop and it keeps finding a way back into my life so I think I need to write about it. On those occasional times that I think, “I don’t have to be that extreme person who is prudish about her diet. I will just eat sugar once in a while” than….IT GETS ME and It keeps reappearing in my diet over and over. Not extreme just constant: desse...