Flourishing Seeds Wellness

As I sat beneath the heat of the water streaming over me at the end of the day, I couldn’t help but notice how good it felt to wash away my day.  It was an incredibly full and stressful day, but there I was in a rare moment of actually noticing just how good that shower felt.  I noticed the warmth of the water upon my skin, the way the water streamed down my body, taking with it the “yuck of the day”, as it made its way down the drain, and how good it felt to feel and notice

“Just push through it”, “Resting is a sign of laziness”, “Rest is for the weak”, “If you have that kind of free time, you’re obviously not being productive enough”.  Do any of these sound familiar?    In a world obsessed with productivity and earnings, burnout has become the quiet epidemic that few want to talk about or own up to, but almost everyone experiences at some point or another.  It hides behind phrases like “I’m just tired”, or “Things are just hectic right now.”  B

A distorted thought is a thought that is not a true reflection of what is, but a thought that comes through our own internal mental filters and presents in an inaccurate or exaggerated way.  These distorted thoughts often come from our past experiences, learned biases, and ways we have had to cope during stressful times, and when left unchecked can create negative thinking patterns.  Although these thoughts can show up as positive distorted thoughts as well, majority of our d