A Gift that Keeps on Giving
From Type A to Type Me
by Heisler
5M ago
Writing my book, From Type A to Type Me: How to Stop ‘Doing’ Life and Start Living It, did not come easy. First, I had to live it. I had to hit lows, and lower lows. I had to stumble through challenges so I could learn lessons. I had to uncover the gifts that changed my behavior and way of living. I had to find relief for the pain, stress, and depression I felt. Next, I explored if these lessons could help others. Working with others, I redefined and modified the Daily Habits to help different people and different challenges.  Then, I had to summon the persistence to put the lessons on pa ..read more
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Principles Before Personalities and Power
From Type A to Type Me
by Heisler
5M ago
If you have been reading my posts for any amount of time, you know I focus on individual growth. This post is no different. Although I will touch on some politics, the goal is really to be focused on our individual choices and truth. It is time to look at yourself. Do you have the courage to stand up for your beliefs? Can you put your principles before personalities and power? The idea of having the courage to stand in our truth was shown very clearly in a PBS Frontline interview with Adam Kinzinger. About four minutes into the interview, Adam expressed how he saw his colleagues being more con ..read more
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A Meme is Not a Solution
From Type A to Type Me
by Heisler
5M ago
Turn on the news or scroll through social media and it doesn’t take long to find something that makes us angry and scared. It seems every time there is a new or revisited issue both sides hit the drawing board to create inflammatory memes. I even thought about a good meme in response to a subject that angers me. It was perfect. It was direct. It was cutting. It was merciless. And thankfully I paused before creating and sending it. For a meme is not a solution. A meme is a modern way to express and spew our anger, inciting anger in others. Anger Anger has become a way of life for many. It has b ..read more
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Focus on Your Feet
From Type A to Type Me
by Heisler
5M ago
It has been a tough week (month, years) in the United States for many. A lot of anger, rage, sadness, and fear is coming to the surface. As humans our first reaction is normally to lash out when we are in pain. We want to find out who to blame. We want to attack who we determine is the “bad guy.” Maybe we air our anger on social media. Maybe we hide under the covers fearing attack. Either way we are focusing on “the other” and what they did or might do. To reduce our stress and find more happiness, we instead need to be focusing on ourselves, not others. We have zero control over what others t ..read more
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Lessons in Trust
From Type A to Type Me
by Heisler
5M ago
Hey all. Remember me?  Sorry it has been a bit since I have written. I have been busy actively adapting to the new normal. As a society, we have been going through a major overhaul. We are learning to look at ourselves and our lives differently. Nothing like a two-year house arrest to give us some solitary time to rethink who we are and what is important. For me, the learning is continuing with an exploration of patience, surrender, and trust. photo by Melissa Heisler As a recovering Type A, unresolved situations are still very challenging for me. Lately I have been gifted with a few such ..read more
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New Day Resolution
From Type A to Type Me
by Heisler
5M ago
I have often written about new year’s resolutions and how to craft them. This advice centered around making things happen – how to design the perfect plan for the new year and having the consistency and perseverance to make it happen. Total Type A stuff. Then I started to shift the new year resolution advice into doing the inner work to ensure we didn’t lose what we gained. For many of us, it is not accomplishing that is the issue, but the self-sabotage that happens just before or after we get what we want. If we don’t believe we deserve what we want or have old beliefs that good things can’t ..read more
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Would you answer the call?
From Type A to Type Me
by Heisler
5M ago
It is said that when a person makes plans, God laughs. Last week, my week was planned. I knew what I would be doing and when. Over the years, I have become more flexible with my schedule, but I still have a schedule. Tuesday morning shifted my schedule. Most mornings my adopted dog Güera and I meet up with a neighbor and her dogs to walk. Tuesday was no different, until the dogs stopped by a field. When we came to the field, we found a severely dehydrated and malnourished dog. Day One We could have left. We both had work. We both had plans. We both had busy days. None of that seemed important ..read more
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Rage and Addiction
From Type A to Type Me
by Heisler
5M ago
Recently, I explored the relationship insights I found through a talk called Why you will marry the wrong person. The talk brought up two other concepts, seemingly distant from romantic relationships, but very top of mind for me right now – rage and addiction. Rage Have you seen people losing their shit lately?  Have you been losing it too? As positive as I try to be, I have to admit that I have been a bit judgmental, angry, and dare I say, rageful lately. I like to think that it is not normal for me. I like to think of myself as a mench, a helper fully accepting of others. Truth is, I am ..read more
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Real Love
From Type A to Type Me
by Heisler
5M ago
I try to stay away from sensationalized headlines, but recently I clicked on a talk called “Why you will marry the wrong person.” Thankfully the talk turned out to be more substance that I expected. It was in fact a very poignant look at relationships. Feelings By chance, a recent Netflix binge was a show called, “Virgin River.” This Hallmark-inspired soap opera focused almost wholly on feelings. In fact, the characters talk about hardly anything expect their emotions and how they feel. Every decision they make, all of their focus is on their emotions, and their desire for others to understand ..read more
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Lessons in Trust
From Type A to Type Me
by Melissa Heisler
2y ago
Hey all. Remember me?  Sorry it has been a bit since I have written. I have been busy actively adapting to the new normal. As a society, we have been going through a major overhaul. We are learning to look at ourselves and our lives differently. Nothing like a two-year house arrest to give us some solitary time to rethink who we are and what is important. For me, the learning is continuing with an exploration of patience, surrender, and trust. photo by Melissa Heisler As a recovering Type A, unresolved situations are still very challenging for me. Lately I have been gifted with a few such ..read more
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