Francine L.
Karim
Psychotherapy, Counseling, & Consulting
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Each window below contains thoughts and practices designed to activate a higher level of awareness, emotional intelligence, and intuitive wisdom. Together they create a shift in perception that declares it's freedom from a small separate struggling self. Rise up to the next stage of your personal development. Find your center. Meet your wise mind. Understand yourself and others. Cultivate a nurturing presence. Tap below.
I am focused on possibility and creative solutions wherever I perceive conflict or disharmony.
"It doesn't matter what "they" do. Your net worth, net health, and net happiness all hinges exclusively upon your net thoughts, net words, and net deeds. Though little can rob you as quickly as thinking that it matters what "they" do." ~TUT
You can always tell a master by the kindness in their eyes.
Fear just means you have forgotten how deeply loved you are.
You know when you're near the truth because you feel a sense of peace and certainty. The truth always lifts you up. It feels expansive and nourishing.
I recognize love or the need for love behind anything and everything people say to me.
"The highest form of intelligence is the ability to observe yourself without judgement." ~ Krishnamurti
Challenges, problems, and issues show up to remind you how truly powerful you are.
Empathy creates a shield of protection by setting a natural boundary that gently reassigns feelings back to their rightful owner while acknowledging and kindly attending to another's discomfort. Remember-"Nothing others do is because of you."
I acknowledge what is good in people and strengthen them by doing so.
Who would I be without my fear of imperfection? How would I feel, think, and be different? How would my life be different? Who would I become? Which strengths, gifts, and talents would I maximize and share with the world?
Answers come through silence, not through competing or racing thoughts.
Whatever it is that I am seeking from another-attention, nurturing, understanding-I will go inside and give it to myself. When I stay with myself, it becomes more important than whether anyone else is staying with me.
For all others feeling a sense of hurt and disappointment, I am with thee and thee is with me. For all others wondering if they are wanted and loved, I am with thee and thee is with me. For all others who are feeling angry about an injustice, I am with thee and thee is with me. For all others who are feeling _________, I am with thee, and thee is with me. Keep going. The more we expand our circle of support and recognize our experience as universal, the less alone we feel.
Sing like the birds sing, never worrying about who hears them or what others think.
I am the love I am seeking. "My task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within myself that I have built against it."
When healthy boundaries are in place . . . 1. You feel calm and centered rather than nervous or scattered. 2. You feel energized by your relationships rather than drained. 3. You commit to doing only those things that you truly enjoy. 4. You remember one person can only meet approximately 20% of your needs.
Focus on how far you have come rather than how far you have to go. Give yourself a fast from all thoughts that doubt or judge you. And know you are better for this.
For having come this far, for being willing to grow, to open up to new ways of thinking and being, and for letting go of the past that once held you back. Fill yourself with gratitude for all that lies within you.
I will not wait for another to love me before I love myself. I do not need others to act a certain way in order for me to be the greatest version of myself. All happiness is-is love coming out of me.
The Monarch never wonders if she is strong enough, pretty enough, smart enough, important enough, or good enough to make her journey (sometimes 3,000 miles in a single season). She just knows she is meant to make it. Fly like the monarch flies.
Tell yourself- I am with you. I will not leave you. You matter. I trust you above all others. I am committed to staying with you. I will listen to you. I will comfort you. I will encourage and inspire you. I love you. Step in front of a mirror. Look yourself in the eyes and repeat 3 times.
I am generous with forgiveness. When someone acts in a way that I don't understand, I will not personalize their defenses and turn against myself or retaliate.
I can see and empathize with my own thoughts and feelings as well as another's even when there is conflict. I am wise and know that truth has many different angles. Rather than ask either/or questions, I will consider the answers are both/and-what now for me?
Do you allow yourself to receive from other people? Do you allow people to equally give back to you? Everyone loves to give. You empower people when you allow them to support you.
"I am beneath no one. I am fearless. And I am immune to criticism." D. Chopra
See a spark of life within you that is the spark within all life. See it in all beings, every animal, and every living thing. Feel this sense of oneness with all others. Remember-you are never alone no matter how alone you feel.
As you inhale, imagine that you are breathing in all the pieces of yourself and your power that you have left out in the world. Recollect yourself, your focused attention, your personal authority, and your peace of mind. As you exhale, imagine that you are sending out any fears, worries, problems or concerns that you have been holding onto for, or about, other people.
I will remember that "the only reason people ever act out is because they feel unsafe". I will have compassion for their fear and insecurity. And, I will go inside and sooth myself rather than retaliate. I will maintain my sense of self, power, and personal authority no matter what anyone else is doing.
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to anyone." ~Shakespeare