{"id":927,"date":"2010-02-18T12:49:26","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T12:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2010\/02\/what-are-your-comfort-words.html"},"modified":"2010-02-18T12:49:26","modified_gmt":"2010-02-18T12:49:26","slug":"what-are-your-comfort-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2010\/02\/what-are-your-comfort-words.html","title":{"rendered":"What Are Your Comfort Words?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, as one of my ideas for ways to ease a stress flare with a “self-care blitz,”<\/a> I suggested filling your head with “comfort words,” positive, calming words that, if you concentrate on them, can chase away toxic, anxious, or painful thoughts and feelings.<\/p>\n

Here’s the short list I posted yesterday:<\/p>\n

calm
peace
soothe
soft
open
smooth
relaxed
rested<\/p>\n

What can we add?  I’d love to compile a big list of words and make them into a Wordle<\/a> word cloud that we can all share and turn to when icky things rear their heads.<\/p>\n

Please post your word ideas in the comments!<\/p>\n

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