The important thing about gratitude is that it doesn’t matter how much you have. Gratitude is not dependent on whether it is a big car or a little car. Gratitude is not conditional or dependent on any of that. It can be a pebble that we see and we feel such gratitude for the joy that it brings us in that moment. So always remember that it doesn’t matter how much we have, that gratitude is a place that we go to that’s independent of size or monetary value. It is something that we simply feel from our heart. When you look at gratitude as a daily practice this is how you use it. Generally, during the day, you can be saying to yourself how often have I focused on gratitude? As compared to how often have I focused on worries? And that’s a very sobering question. I often ask myself,” Where has my focus been? Where has my attention been?” Because what we focus on expands. So it is very interesting for me if I’m aware that my focus has been more on a worry than it has on gratitude. So that’s one thing that you can do, that’s one practice that you can begin to do throughout the day.
05
2012
Beverley Pugh
Beverley Pugh has international experience in Individual, Marital and Family Therapist services. Areas of practice include counselling in: individual, couples, family, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression, pain management, multicultural, workplace and others.
Mastery Practice Tool
If I feel funky, I know that I have closed down in some way. I probably reacted to one of my thoughts, or to what someone was saying. I actually ask or direct my heart energy to open again by saying this out loud: "My heart is open in the front and the back, and my mind in one with my heart. My heart is connected to the highest part of me." I imagine something I love - often swimming in the ocean - and I savour the love of it so I can feel my heart open again. I have turned my focus to it, and directed my heart energy to open. I do this before I begin an activity, or see anyone that for some reason feel I may be reactive towards. A tip: I have been known to do it in the bathroom when I am taking a break from dynamics, and I come out feeling more open and wiser. This works! The bathroom is a great place to bring yourself back into balance!!
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Our ability, as parents, to support our children to thrive in stressful situations is becoming more and more important. Children need very specific tools in their self regulation 'tool kits' that they can draw upon to support their success, and trusted adults to coach them in their use. But what are these tools and how to we teach them effectively to our kids?
Thankfully, there is Beverley Pugh! Bev takes a curious and calm approach to supporting children and parents with this journey. She is passionately invested in teaching parents and children ways to reduce anxiety and approach life positively and confidently. Bev is a master of her craft - she draws on years of her own experience as a parent and counsellor to work effectively and respectfully with children and their parents. I have thoroughly enjoyed Bev's recent workshops for parents and children and recommend them to anyone willing to explore specific strategies to help their children thrive at home, at school and in their community.
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