I realize that I have been an all or nothing girl all my life. I want the pretty garden immediately. I want the pounds to come off overnight.…
Two women I know from my online community, and for whom I have great respect, both spoke in their newsletters about how they felt twitchy about feeling slowed…
At the bank today, I overheard a woman say “Stay Strong” and I said, “I prefer that to’stay safe’.” The teller said that the woman who said that…
In the beginning of the year, I was doing pretty great. I was exercising regularly, losing my Christmas weight gain, writing an essay that I knew would be…
As you know, I truly disregard other’s judgment of my expression of feelings here. This space has always held safety for me. Even when I’ve been attacked, I…
What is it about me and absolutes? I need to be all in or all out. If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right. SO many contingencies which…
What a struggle it is not to succumb to one’s self doubts. I lose my way in that forest of can’ts and shoulds and wander aimlessly about hoping…
What do you do? The answer to this question implies your worth and productivity to the world. This question is why you stopped going to events where there…
The weather has broken finally. Usually it’s hotter than heck around this time in August. I am not complaining. In the Spring I was taking daily walks and…
I said the wrong thing. I made the wrong choice. My fallible humanity spilled out onto someone and now I’m in the wrong. I messed up, I made…