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Faking, Not Really Feeling, Inner Strength
I’d need way more fingers and toes, to count the number of times I’ve had to fake inner- strength. I was born to super-stoic parents. Personal crisis of any kind was kept on the D-L, no matter how bad things were. So even when my mother suicided (I’d just finished the...
My Thoughts on Yet Another Mass-shooting
Each time there’s another mass-shooting in the U.S. I feel shaken to my core. Grief, outrage, confusion. Old wounds from past shootings ripped open. Questions. Demands. Anger. Even though I’m far-removed from the incident I feel the ripple-effect: disbelief and then...
When Personal-business Becomes Public
I got my first dose of the Covid vaccine yesterday. My doctor’s office “reached-out” (a phone robot, of course) with the particulars. The where/when of the drive-thru clinic. So I went. To an event that looked and felt like Area 51: tents, masks, Security,...
Ready — or Not — to Hear The Truth
"Tonight we dine in Hell!" There must be a hundred film clips with one-line 'zingers' stuck in my head. Anyone who watches movies (on any platform) knows what I mean. You hear an actor give a line that totally captures not only that moment in the film, but also your...
The Challenge of ‘Personal Upgrades’
I’ve always chased new experiences. Full disclosure, I crave them. ‘Change’ seldom feels threatening to me; even when it’s unexpected. Being thrown off-balance pretty quickly morphs into feeling flexible and resilient. I know that a lot of people – maybe most –...
Change a Life With the Words “I Hear You”
ty, matthew-smith Those of us who live in the United States have known it all along. It’s not a secret, exactly. It’s just something we don’t enjoy talking about. But now it’s fully exposed. On a global scale. Our “issues” went Viral, as a nation, on 6 January, 2021....
Social Media, ‘Branding’ & Self-Love
karsten-winegeart I'm reminded -- whenever I check-out what savvy and talented people are doing with their websites -- of what a slacker I am. When it comes to using social media to promote my own brand, words like 'non-existent', 'vague' and 'unfocused' come to mind....
What I’ve Learned During the Pandemic
I’ve been doing some emotional closet-cleaning lately. Turns out, there’s more outdated, scratchy, ill-fitting stuff in there than I realized. ( A high- quality Meditation online was helpful, revealing what I want and need to let go of.) Without a reason not to, I’ve...
Welcome Home: finding Family without one
The weather’s colder. “It’s the Holiday Season!” messaging infiltrates my media searches, daily travels, and streaming. Never mind that we’re as far away from any kind of normalcy as we can be. The pandemic lurks over us all like the Grinch. Still, just like every...
Starting Over in Life
Whenever I tune into foreign news channels like the BBC and NHK, it seems like the entire world is watching our political drama play out here in the U.S. It must look crazy-comical to others, but it feels pretty serious in my circle. When votes were first being...