By now, most of you have probably heard the super-popular Thrift Shop by Macklemore. It’s worth a listen (it contains naughty words, so don’t blare it over your work speakers). Here, I’ll link it for you, to make it easy. So, pretty good, right? But wait, there’s more! The Postmodern Jukebox Band did a “vintage [...]
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Meditation For The Rest Of Us
“Meditation” conjures up images of monks in a secluded mountain monastery, cross-legged and intoning a haunting note. Me? I meditate at my desk sometimes. Meditation isn’t prayer, not in the traditional sense, anyway. According to Wikipedia, Meditation is: Meditation is a practice in which an individual trains the mind or induces a mode of consciousness, [...]
Holly Lisle’s Short Story Anthology
*trumpets, red carpet, dancing* Holly Lisle held a contest to determine the short stories which would be published in her first anthology. Entries were open to all students of her larger courses. From a field of 60+ entries, my story THE DEFINITION OF A SUPERHERO was accepted! The title of the Anthology is “The Adventure [...]
Turning Negative Self Talk into Positive Self Talk
Our negative thoughts often create anxiety. Going back to the bike wheel analogy, we can lose air just thinking about all the rocks that may or may not puncture our tires. Negative thinking is a bad, bad habit. How can you tell if you’ve got distorted thinking? If things are all or nothing. Something is [...]
Stress and Finding Balance
The Wheel Imagine your life as … a bike wheel. The kind with the inflatable tire. When you are out of balance, the road is even bumpier than usual and it’s rough going. Even if the wheel is balanced, if the tire is low on air, you’re in for a difficult journey. Even when you’re [...]
Question 4: Is Secretly Not Really A Question
My request (note: not a demand. That would just be silly.) is that you go back through the three previous blog posts from this week (books, tv shows, movies) and find something that someone else recommended and give it a shot. Surely we could all use some good recommendations, right? Comment and let us know [...]