Vickie Chaffin's blog

Digging deeper into what I need to change can be confusing and frustrating.

I sometimes just want answers or possible solutions, thinking “please someone TELL me what I need to do in order to change.” In fact what I must do is to find ways to look deeper into my soul and figure out what needs to be healed and what is asking for help. It takes courage and support in order to go in to those areas I have hidden away from myself in order to feel safe. Each time I am able to go there, I have found out that I am able to look at the old messages or beliefs that are no longer true for me.   [Read More]

I have recently been reminded of an important idea in Centerpoint’s “Cycles of Change”. The idea is that there is always energy for the next step and if taking that step feels scary, overwhelming, or creates anxiety then we are trying to take too big of a step. In other words, something is missing. I had a very stressful September. I didn’t listen to my body and I didn’t have energy for what I needed to do. I could tell that my body was tired and that I needed to rest. I was feeling overwhelmed.  [Read More]

In today’s economic times a lot of us are worrying about jobs, finances, health, the future, etc. Problems and changes are a sign of life, and everyone is going to have problems and changes in their lives. But the good news is that you don’t have to make things worse by worrying about them!

Dr. Alan Zimmerman, in his book Pivot, talks about worrying and how it wastes your life in four important ways:  [Read More]