Put Laughter in Your Lemonade by Marie F., Life Coach
Mood:  a-ok

How many times have you heard "If yo're handed lemons, make lemonade"?  Well, how do we do that?  Many of us have been through really tough times-a lousy childhood, living with our own or someone else's addiction, a lousy marrieage, divorce, death of a loved one.  Some can't get past this and become victims all their life.  Others can keep going and "get over it".  Some ways we can make our lemonade are:

1.Take all the time you need to grieve

2.  Accept what has happened

3. Recognize and accept your feelings of guilt, anger, resentment.

4. Be kind to yourself

5. Change what you can to make your life better.

6. Don't forget the laughter.  In the last few days, I have heard several famous people who dealt with many "heavy" issues say that they don't know where they would be without learning to laugh at the "craziness" of their lives.

7. If all else falis talk to a professional.

If you would like to talk, I am a trained professional Life Coach and I can help you get past the pain and start on that lemonade. Please see my web page http://marie20444.tripod.com/index.html or E-mail me at marie20444_2000@yahoo.com