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Barbara Scoville, LCSW

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Quotes to Memorize

30 Tuesday Jun 2015

Posted by Barbara Scoville, LCSW in Emotion School, Inspiration, Life Mastery Skills, Motivation, Quotes, Resilience, The Power to Do, Wellness

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Miss Sophiella at the Utah Art's Festival

Miss Sophiella at the Utah Art’s Festival

We do our best work when we compete against ourselves — not others.

~Richard Lavoie

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Lessons from a Hummingbird

17 Wednesday Jun 2015

Posted by Barbara Scoville, LCSW in Life Mastery Skills, Mindfulness, Resilience

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authentic self, Courage, Energy, Humility, Hummingbirds, Life's lessons, Mindfulness, Teachable

You can't see it, but there is a hummingbird in this tree. I promise.

You can’t see it, but there is a hummingbird in this tree. I promise.

A friend of mine had two hummingbirds fly into her house the other day. She said they had to wear themselves out before she could scoop them up and set them free. There’s a message in that isn’t there. Imagine how much more energy we could have, how much more creative we could be, how much more love we could offer…

Sending love from the beautiful Southwest 🙂

Barbara

Mr. Bingley

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7 Tips for Managing Stress

12 Friday Jun 2015

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Barbara Scoville, LCSW

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How do you spell stress?

K-I-D-S

W-O-R-K

M-O-N-E-Y

S-C-H-O-O-L

M-A-R-R-I-A-G-E

D-E-C-I-S-I-O-N-S

L-I-F-E.

Barbara’s definition of stress:

The physical reaction one has when he/she feels like there is more to do, learn, or simply be, than is physically or mentally possible. It is the reaction one experiences when having thoughts like, “I can’t handle this,” or “I can do this, but it will deplete my energy and resources,” accompanied by feelings of helplessness and or fear and resentment.

To paraphrase one of the dictionary definitions I read: Stress is pressure applied to something. Ha! I’m visualizing a cartoon elephant sitting on a balloon, stretching it as far as it will go until it eventually pops. How many times have you felt like that?

High Stress has become more common than the common cold and even though we hate it, we accept it as a necessary evil in our daily lives. I…

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