A gentleman I worked with was a returning war veteran whose job had been to be on constant guard for possible terrorists. It required him to be wired from head to toe with technology which helped him detect and follow suspicious individuals. This was how he spent his days.

The longer I work in the field of mind, body and spirit as a counselor, the more I am reminded of the power of our minds. The mind is so powerful that it can hold us hostage, keep us ruminating over things to the point where we are waking up in the middle of the night thinking about them.

Sometimes, as I head into a full day, I think about a patient I had. She was forty-nine years old and a “supermom,” who also ran a successful company. She never slowed down. In fact, she hardly ever even sat down. She came to me because she was unhappy and on a high level of overload.

A series of kindness quotes from Tina Staley, LCSW.