You know what’s like when you’re going through a rough spot. Like when nothing seems to be working in your favor. Or it seems like you’re on a treadmill and not getting anywhere. Or feeling angry at someone who disappointed you. Or frustrated at the challenges you have to deal with. Or fearful about the future.  In other words, stuck and pretty miserable.

When you’re sitting with all those feelings, it’s real easy to get down on the world and everybody in it. As well as down on yourself. It’s easy to give in to feeling bad because expecting to feel better might just lead to more disappointment, and you’ve already had enough of that. So the wall goes up. While you hunker down with all those low expectation. Life goes on while you suffer alone.

Sure, sooner or later, things get better. Right? But maybe not all that better. Maybe those feelings just kind of hang around and you get used to feeling like your life isn’t going to change.

Well, I have an idea for you. It’s pretty simple. In fact it’s only three words:

Open your heart!

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I have a lot of conversations about overeating during the holiday, especially in January, after the holidays are over. It is only human to want to eat what's being served at holiday get-togethers. But if you're spending a lot of time alone over the holidays, the urge for comfort food, and to grab a pumpkin pie as you are waiting in the checkout line, may also be overwhelming. Here's a great article from Health Central on keeping your holiday eating under control. Check it out!