Tag: mental health

Posted in 2026, Healthy Living, life

A Different Lens

Posted on by nancyb422
As I rounded the corner this morning

I’ve been starting my morning workout with a 5 minute Peloton meditation. My favorite instructor is Chelsea Jackson Roberts. Her voice is so calming.

Some days she has a mantra and today’s was “Today I choose the lens of love in how I treat myself and how I treat others.”

I carried that with me forcing myself to not beat myself up for doing a low impact cardio right after a lower body workout! Should have done a core workout!

I will focus on carrying it with me through my day. Some days I get in the office and all thoughts of kindness and goodness fly right out of my head. I need to remember that we all come from different “places”. How we were raised, how we were taught, even how our last boss or ex-husband treated us. We’re just all here trying to do the best we can.

Posted in 2025, thoughts

Signs From The Universe

Posted on by nancyb422

In my mind, the universe encompasses God, my parents and loved ones as emissaries for God, and the stars and planetary alignment based on my birth.

In the morning when I read my daily Jesus Calling entry, it taps into something that is on my mind. I’m always comparing this year to last, or last year to three years ago. If you own a small business you’ll know why. I have so much trouble living in the moment. If it’s not looking back, I’m a week, month, 3 months into the future.

As soon as my workout is over and I’m heading back to the house, my mind is always on what I have to do, or worry about. I’ll look at the clock and it’s 7:17. It might be on the light timer at the garage door, the stove clock, or my phone.

I read my personalized horoscope and I wonder, “how does it know?!” It could be a personalized one that knows my birthdate, time and location, or the random one out of the newspaper, it always clicks for that day.

Yesterday morning I was chastising myself over the time wasted doom scrolling the night before. I start reading one of my favorite bloggers and she’s talking about what she accomplishes in her morning vs. any doom scrolling!

So many ways to be reminded I’m not alone.

Posted in 2025, life, thoughts, Writing

Money

Posted on by nancyb422

“Money, Money, Money, always sunny, in the rich man’s world” – ABBA 1976

If/when you wake up in the middle of the night, what’s the first thing that pops into your mind?

Mine is MONEY. Why money you ask? Because I’m always paying bills. I have a payroll to process every week, bills for materials and other on-job expenses, bills for vehicle loans, and bills for overhead expenses like the phone service and anything else that keeps our doors open and lights on (electric bill!).

At 3:30 am, if my brain rises out of whatever phase of sleep nearest to awake, my mind says “do you have enough money?” and something inside gives my heart a little squeeze. If I’m too much awake, I’ll head to the bathroom for a change of scenery. Sometimes I can snuggle back into my pillow, say a little prayer of thanksgiving for my bed, my house, etc. and very soon, I’ve fallen back to sleep.

Do you have a particular thought that pops into your brain if you wake up in the middle of the night?