I'm going through puberty again. No my breasts are not budding and I am not consulting Judy Blume books, but I am transforming into a grown up...again. This time I have twenty years of hindsight and hard-knocks to guide me. This time instead of doing what my friends do, I am out on my own [...]
I like to have a recipe. I can make anything with a recipe. I'm not afraid to try exotic dishes or difficult techniques, as long as they are spelled out. I could follow the instructions of an old-world Italian lady and make some fabulous gnocchi but I would beg her to write down the steps so [...]
Self-love brings to mind: me time, positive affirmations, massage therapy and um masturbation. Guess what? There's way more to it than that. We all know we need to love ourselves before dragging someone else into the mix, yet time and time again couples break up and within weeks one or both of them is in a serious relationship [...]
The soul grounds us and the spirit frees us to soar. ~ James Jordan, The Musician's Spirit I constantly dream about my college years and my time as a singleton living in Chicago. It's as if my subconscious is stuck in my early twenties. In my dreams, I am on endless walks across vast green campuses [...]
I did not paint this. I just wish I did.:) "The object of painting a picture is not to make a picture... The object, which is back of every true work of art, is the attainment of a state of being, a high state of functioning, a more than ordinary moment of existence." Robert [...]
Do you have a desire to recreate your life? Are you stumbling over obstacles like fear and inertia? The newsletter Thoughts for the Thoughtful from the Highly Sensitive Person Publishing Company addresses those issues and provides gentle, mindful ways to move forward. **You may recognize the author of this month’s guest post as well.:) I wrote [...]
