What the Heck is Emotional Maturity?
Recently, I have come to understand that my mother’s emotional well-being was my responsibility growing up.
The First 25 Days of The 100 Day Project 2024
The 100 Day Project began on February 18th, 2024. This is the second year that it’s begun in February, I think. Prior, it’s begun in April. And is followed by the ICAD challenge. (Unfamiliar with this global 3-month long project? Go HERE. See a roundup of my 2022 100 Day Project, click this little link.)…
Let’s Talk about Shame, Shall We
One of the biggest promises I made to myself this year, was to actively address and change any situations where I felt shame or blame in my life. One of the reasons I made this promise is because someone in my life keeps actively shaming me. There are people who you may have to deal…
Intuiting A New Perspective
What does it take to create a new perspective? First it takes you being so sick of the story you’ve been telling that you will do almost anything to rewrite the one you’ve been living. The new year was approaching, and I needed a new story. I made few decisions ahead of time. One of…
In Preparation to Release, Increase, and Embrace Some Shifts
I am about to chew through my third journal since the beginning of the year. Apparently, I can write a lot. Writing in my journal is how I figure out where I am, what’s important to me, and where I want to head. I have kept my writing parameters loose from the New Year through…
I Begin Again, My 7th 100 Day Project
I’ve begun again. That pesky 100-day project thing. Why do I keep doing this? Commit myself to showing up to my craft room workbench day after day, year after year? Because I need to remind myself and remember, I am an artist and I love showing up to create. See my post about showing up…
I Said “Enough” and Then Shift Happened
You know those sudden changes you see other people go through seemingly overnight. You think their hair looks better and they’re carrying themselves differently from the last time you saw them. Or that lady you used to say Hi to at the store is suddenly on a morning talk show you watch. And you wonder…
Resolutions, Revelations, Devotions, and Discoveries in the New Year
Moving into the month of February, I want to touch base with myself and my readership and describe where I am and where I am hopefully headed. Self-care has been a focus for me of recent because so much of the holidays feels like it’s not about me but about us as a family and…
After The January Pause
What would I have you know after my holiday hiatus? That I haven’t had a hot flash in at least a week. Look up Bioidentical Hormone Pellet Therapy. There are creams and patches. I just chose the pellet therapy method because, like Norplant, I don’t have to think about it. I can just enjoy the…
Onward into the New Year
If you are new to Shalavee, welcome to this blog and my middle child that is Shalavee.com. This began 12 years ago when I wanted to become a better writer. I’d say it served its purpose well. Blogs are dinosaurs at this point, but I still am hoping for their resurgence. There has been shifting…
