By Lisa Meuser. It’s no secret – most of us humans are, to some degree, “control freaks.” “Can we stop obsessing over the need to control everything around us?” I don’t know, but honestly I’m not sure we need to. That is, if we can learn how to be in relationship with this very normal…
By Lisa Meuser. A client today explored his need to seek out solutions. “What if, as a child, I was taught or guided to just feel, instead of immediately look for solutions”, he pondered. Of course there is nothing wrong with wanting solutions to problems. But too often, in this fixing and solving and left brained-…
By Hanneke Geraeds. Before I learned about Natural Rest I kept postponing mindless routine chores, like plucking weeds, vacuum cleaning, mopping the floors, cleaning the bathroom, ironing or painting walls or window-frames. Now I don’t mind doing them anymore. I play this game: trying to catch the moment when I fall from doing them in…
By Lisa Meuser. Hi, I’m Lisa and I’m a recovering peacemaker. There’s not a 12 step program exclusively for peacemakers, but you can be sure that at every 12 step meeting, in every recovery program, peacemakers and recovering peacemakers will be present. And while being addicted to peacemaking may not have the same stigma or…
By Lisa Meuser. Post-election. Holidays. Life. We humans spend a lot of time trying to figure out the world, our days, our thoughts, each other, our emotions. Trying to ‘figure out’ is a popular go-to strategy. Our brains are great at figuring out some things, such as building a deck, balancing a checkbook, and planning…
