Posts Tagged With: stress balls

Day 4410: Keep Going

Posted on January 28, 2025 by Ann Koplow

No matter what is going on in the world, we have to keep going.

Yesterday, somebody in my Coping and Healing group brought in stress balls for everybody, and I chose one that said Keep Going.

Let’s keep going through the rest of my images for today.

I hope the American Immigration Lawyers Association can keep going, as well as other valuable members on that list.

Here’s a “keep going” video on YouTube:

I love the synchronicity of that Keep Going video showing up on International Lego Day.

I hope you keep going to the comments section to express your thoughts and feelings about these post.

Thanks to all who help me keep going, including YOU!

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: American Immigration Lawyers Association, cats, feelings chart, fish cakes, International Lego Day, January 28 2025, stress, stress balls, The Daily Bitch Calendar, The School of Life, Twitter | 8 Comments

Day 2342: Practicing happiness

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Ann Koplow

Yesterday, at a Coping and Healing group where we were practicing reframes, forgiveness, the serenity prayer, acceptance of ourselves and others, and some new perspectives, one of the group members spoke about the concept of practicing happinesss — much like one practices a musical instrument. We practiced that by going around the room and naming specific ways we could practice happiness, starting now.

One of my named ways to practice happiness was listening to music I love.

I heard “Down the Line” last night by Jacob Collier (who has obviously been practicing a lot) as I was walking down the line through the Fenway after work.

I’ve also been practicing happiness daily by blogging and by taking the photos I share here at The Year(s) of Living Non-Judgmentally. Can you see any examples of practicing happiness in today’s pictures?

Voila! When you practice happiness, just like when you practice anything else, you get better at it.

I look forward to practicing happiness later by reading comments, below, about how you might practice happiness, here and now.

Practicing happiness includes expressing gratitude, so thanks to all who helped me write this practicing-happiness post and thanks to you, for reading it.

Categories: group therapy, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: "Down the Line", acceptance, cognitive behavioral therapy, coping and healing groups, Jacob Collier, reframes, self acceptance, stress balls, the Fenway, the serenity prayer | 22 Comments

Day 2259: Reassuring

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Ann Koplow

I find it reassuring that

I’m pretty sure I know how to spell “reassuring,”
so many people read and comment about my blog,
I have life-long friends like Barbara, whose birthday was yesterday,
even though my son, Aaron, tells me I need more reassuring than most people, I’m getting better and better at reassuring myself,
I’m not freaking out about tax season this year,
I’m not stressing about a presentation next week, and
at two thousand two hundred and ninety-five consecutive blog posts, I can still find post titles I haven’t used before, like “Reassuring.”