I am vehemently opposed to accepting help for putting my luggage into the airplane’s overhead bins. People consistently ask me if I want help, or even try to intervene without asking, reaching for my luggage as I lift it over my head, making the assumption that my short stature and female sex may preclude me […]
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When we feel that we want to leave a situation, for example, a job or a relationship, the impetus to just get out quickly often overrides the thought process required to understand why we want to leave. We struggle to sit with the thoughts that arise as we are dealing with a negative environment. Often
Are you running towards something, or running away from something? Read More »
This post was inspired by more word play, which is in turn inspired by my dad’s lunch-bag vocabulary lessons (see prior post for background). Dis: “apart,” “asunder,” “away,” “utterly,” or having a privative, negative, or reversing force Traction: “the support, interest, etc., that is needed for something to succeed or make progress.” “Action” is within
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I’m a little addicted to people who have overcome hardships. The resiliency of the human spirit is like drug to me, but the helpful kind of drug that always sets my head straight when I have jumped on to the victim corner of the Drama Triangle (see previous post). As much as we aim to
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