http://www.mommymantras.com/wordpress Affirmations and Insights To Keep You From Losing Your Mind Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:44:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Surf the UrgeI just got off the phone with two of my dearest friends. Each call lasted nearly an hour and had the same theme. They were depressed, on edge, and one step away from hurling themselves out of their respective office windows. I became concerned and probed deeper, asking ... http://www.mommymantras.com/wordpress/2008/02/08/surf-the-urge/ It is Monday morning and I am sitting at my desk feeling somewhat overwhelmed. All the balls are still in the air but I am one move away from losing it. My weekend was positive but I was pushed to my capacity with my sister and brother-in-law visiting ... http://www.mommymantras.com/wordpress/2008/01/14/comfort-from-around-the-world/ I'm sitting in my sister's beautiful home, listening to my kids and their cousins squeal with laughter as they play in the "bouncy bounce". All morning they've been playing outside in the snow, only to come in to warm up with hot cocoa and marshmallows. The bouncing in ... http://www.mommymantras.com/wordpress/2007/12/31/vomitorium-to-bliss-2/ I'm sitting in my sister's beautiful home, listening to my kids and their cousins squeal with laughter as they play in the "bouncy bounce".  All morning they've been playing outside in the snow, only to come in to warm up with hot cocoa and marshmellows.  The bouncing in the basement ... http://www.mommymantras.com/wordpress/2007/12/31/vomitorium-to-bliss/ Yesterday's Oprah featured guests who had tried to kill themselves but survived. Their purpose for appearing on the show was to help others who might be feeling as desperate and tell them that they should reach out and ask for help. However, one woman did say that after ... http://www.mommymantras.com/wordpress/2007/12/29/feeling-better-is-it-sleep/ By the end of last week, I was fried. End-of-year work issues, holiday parties, over-eating, drinking and spending, gift-giving galore, school performances, teacher presents, another month of interrupted, crumby sleep...Talking to my friend, I shared with some embarassment that I was feeling kind of desperate, really bottoming out. ... http://www.mommymantras.com/wordpress/2007/12/26/dont-over-think-so-much/ Yesterday morning I could not find my wallet. After turning my apartment upside down, it was clear that I had lost my wallet in a cab the evening before...again. I had it when I pulled out my money to pay for my ride. Less than 2 months ... http://www.mommymantras.com/wordpress/2007/12/22/dodged-a-bulletagain/ I am just home from our holiday party and I am all aglow with the love I feel for my colleague friends. They are so smart and fun and loveable....how can these be the same people I want to muzzle throughout my day? Today I got into such ... http://www.mommymantras.com/wordpress/2007/12/20/feeling-the-love/ Rather than rewrite every past post, can't we all assume that I have at least as many positive thoughts about my work as negative? I glance over previous entries and fear that I sound too negative, too anxious, too whatever. I'm working on being more accepting of myself--the ... http://www.mommymantras.com/wordpress/2007/12/17/87/ I have to consciously resist the pull for drama practically every moment at my job. Someone is misunderstanding someone else at every turn and feeling simultaneously paranoid and indignant at each perceived slight. Personally, I have to keep reciting "kill 'em with kindness" as if I'm warding off ... http://www.mommymantras.com/wordpress/2007/12/13/the-magnetic-pull-of-drama-2/