by Dr. Paula Joyce | Oct 15, 2015 | Emotional Health, Positive Thinking
I hope today’s silver lining story will help you change your life or that of a friend. Eleven years ago last month, I left my abusive marriage which was part of a lifetime of abuse. It was, however, the turning point. It was when I chose to change my life, to stop...
by Dr. Paula Joyce | Aug 28, 2015 | Emotional Health
Everyone deserves our empathy, even when, or more accurately, especially when they have harmed us. This is different from forgiveness. Empathy opens up the heart even wider because it is an aspect of love. It allows us to walk in another person’s shoes, to see and...
by Dr. Paula Joyce | Aug 17, 2015 | Emotional Health, Mental Health, Relationships
Dr. Paula Presents Overcoming Abuse/Self-Empowerment Are you Ready to Conquer Abuse? 1 out of 4 of us has experienced physical or sexual abuse. This number is even greater when we include verbal abuse. In fact, we all abuse ourselves with thoughts that we are...
by Dr. Paula Joyce | Jul 22, 2015 | Emotional Health, Mental Health, Physical Health
There’s a huge difference between fear and danger. When you’re fully in the present moment, you may experience danger. Fear, however, is worrying about the future. To be able to discern the difference is a powerful step in the process of maturing as a human being. As...
by Dr. Paula Joyce | Jun 18, 2015 | Emotional Health, Physical Health, Relationships
Abuse impacts all of us. Mostly we know about physical and sexual abuse. Although emotional abuse has reached epidemic proportions, most of us have no idea what it is or how to identify it. It’s what I call the Silent Killer. All of the various forms of abuse destroy...
by Dr. Paula Joyce | May 28, 2015 | Emotional Health, Mental Health
The Connection This week, I saw a special showing of a wonderful documentary called The Connection. It documents the kinds of things that we’ve been talking about on my radio show, Uplift Your Life: Nourishment of the Spirit since the inception. According to...
