Showing up when you don’t feel like it is something I’ve struggled with much of my life. I was that kid who after being dropped off at school, walked back home to watch Days of Our Lives, choosing to cut school to watch soap operas. There’s an inner rebel inside Read more…
This morning, I picked up the You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment thin yellow book from Thich Nhat Hanh to read. It was as though I had selected this morning’s reading for my future self last night. In fact, I had, because I was feeling upset Read more…
To even get to the other side of fear, you have to trust. You have to trust that no matter what happens, you’ll be able to handle it. That you’ll be okay. That you’re going to survive. And thrive! To get to the other side of fear, you have to Read more…
In science it often happens that scientists say, ‘You know that’s a really good argument; my position is mistaken,’ and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn’t happen as often as it should, because Read more…
The solution to problematic stories, both at the level of craft and at the level of human experience, is empathy. – Brandon Taylor – from article he wrote in LitHub I just finished reading. I think to be a good writer, you have to have a certain level of empathy. Read more…
All of us struggling with mood disorders need to take care not to recklessly spike our insulin, because it creates a negative hormonal cascade within our fight or flight nervous system. — Heather Juergensen Photo by Yarden on Unsplash
Today the theme of the online writing retreat with Deep Story Design writer and coach, April, was on ‘being’ and ‘becoming.’ These are the notes I took today from our retreat: The butterfly, before it becomes one, its whole being dissolves inside its cocoon. The lobster has to outgrow its Read more…
“Repeatedly, he tells his reader how a project such as this one should be done—randomly, without structure, in total disregard of consistent theme or chronology. Just jump in anywhere, tell whatever comes to mind from any era. If something distracts your memory and seems more interesting at the moment, interrupt Read more…
Allow and Detach Allow and Detach Allow and Detach Allow and Detach Allow and Detach This is the phrase that kept popping up in my head during and after meditation this morning. I realize I’m oftentimes pushing for things to happen. Stuff on my to-do list. My kid to clean Read more…
Today I read a tiny story from this tiny book I bought many years ago in Berkeley, the same tiny book I let my friend who will be visiting me tomorrow in Austin read while she was in the hospital in Oakland, birthing a tiny baby. The name of this Read more…