The Breathing Tool – Part 1
An element of healing that I have found to be essential is breathing in a deliberate way. If I had learned the use of no other tool than this one, I would still be miles ahead of where I started, as I’ve been holding my breath, off and on, all my life. Bringing air in, […]
Regrets
It takes tremendous energy and perseverance to keep going while carrying the memory of past failures, defeats, and horrific events. It’s hard to describe how true this is, and how hopeless it feels to experience this energy sapping merry-go-round day after day, week after week, year after year. It’s exhausting to feel we’re not, and […]
Micromanaging and The Box
Here we are in another hotel room. William is at his client’s office, and I’m stuck here without a car and without focus. The few weeks we’ve been here, I’ve been organizing and micromanaging – drawers organized, kitchenette stocked, towels, toilet tissue and Kleenex stockpiled, and laundry and dry-cleaning services researched. In the last few […]
Habits
I recently worked through an online course on building habits to improve my daily writing output. For years, I had averaged between five hundred and one thousand words a day, during most weekdays. I wanted to move my book publishing to a more rapid rate, therefore requiring that I wrote either more words a day […]
Self-Care
I struggled with the topic of this first blog for days. What is the initial message that I want to share with readers, and what will serve them the most. Should I be upbeat and only speak of hope and change? Should I be introspective and reveal my past and how I overcame adversity? What […]
