If today was the last day of your life, what would you change? When Elizabeth Gilbert quoted an older friend who said that every thoughtful woman, every ten years, should take some time to be alone with herself, in order to…
Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity. Gilda Radner I’ve begun 2018 in a new mood. It’s a mood of…
100 Day Creative Challenge: Day 32 Appointments For Adventure New Year is traditionally a time when we reflect on the previous year and make resolutions or plans for the next. As a writer, I imagine the New Year as a…
The One Hundred Day Creative Challenge: Day 5 Today I’m thinking about how I’m going to approach the New Year. January’s New Year Resolutions sneer at us in December, confronting us with all we did not achieve. Self awareness, conscience,…
Dear Brené, As I’ve rumbled with shame, identity, criticism and nostalgia I see that I’ve cut off parts of my true self, silenced parts. In being the name of being tough and strong and resilient I’ve created emotional orphans. If…
Dear Brené, As I dive into Rising Strong my life is being edited to pieces. The story is getting more convoluted and messy—more a *SFD than a polished piece of work. In my head there’s this idealized version of my life.…