Balance & Happiness

Self-Talk and Self-Compassion

  Click to watch and learn about self-talk and self-compassion, and the power of the thoughts we feed ourselves, in the Dr. Randy Kamen series “Strategies to Spark Your Week.”   … Read more

9 Keys to Creating Lasting Change

Click to watch and learn the essential keys to making and sustaining lasting change in the Dr. Randy Kamen series “Strategies to Spark Your Week.” Enjoy and share!

Create More Positivity in Your Life

Click to watch how to create and maintain a more positive mental attitude in your everyday life in the Dr. Randy Kamen series “Strategies to Spark Your Week.” Enjoy and share!  

Belly Breathing

Diaphragmatic or belly breathing is at the heart of all relaxation techniques. Over the course of a day we breathe about 7,000-30,000 breaths. It therefore behooves us to breathe in a way that optimizes our health, happiness, and well-being. Learn how to breathe to receive optimal physical and psychological benefits.

Managing Guilt

People often see me because of their struggles with stress that can show itself as anxiety, depression, irritability, frustration, or guilt. Guilt is a big problem for so many of us juggling work, family, and self-care and these competing demands often feel daunting. It’s impossible to feel good about it all at once.

Create More Love in Your Life

At times it is easy to assume that you know what your partner of child is about to say, or even to complete their sentences. When you remain open to the possibilities, you may find yourself surprised by the outcome. 

People feel deeply cared for when they are heard. When listening—pay attention to the words, the body language, the tone of voice, the eye contact.

 Remember, “tone over content” matters most! That is how something is said matters more than what is said.

Cultivating Gratitude

Cultivating positive attributes, experiences or memories leads to greater happiness and resilience as it fortifies us during times of adversity and emotional turmoil. Of all the attribute one can develop gratitude is the most strongly associated with mental health.

Self-Talk and Self-Compassion

We talk to ourselves constantly throughout the day. It is believed that we have between 25,000 and 60,000 thoughts everyday. Internal talk is a mixture of negative, positive, and neutral thoughts—with the majority of these for many—being negative.
Most of these thoughts are a repetition of the thoughts we had yesterday, the day before, and the day before that.

Self-talk begins early in childhood and persists throughout our lifetime. It is our constant companion. Internal talk is a mixture of negative, positive, and neutral thoughts—with the majority of these for many—being negative. Write down your negative thoughts to understand your “internal script”
Then assess. Are these thoughts true?
Tap in self-compassion and reframe from a kinder perspective.