It seems that everyone is talking about shame lately. What it is, where it comes from and how to deal with it. Whether it’s from childhood, a shame that you’ve carried for decades, a situation where you were the victim, yet somehow have taken on the shame as if it was your fault that you were victimized, or our “dirty little…
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I Don’t Recognize Her
First, a little back story… Once upon a time, I was a food blogger. I compiled my recipes one December and made them into an eBook. Each following year, in December, I would collect the recipes from the past year and add them to the cookbook. I’d redesign the cover, and change the dedication. I did this for three of…
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Just Do It
So many times, I’ve hesitated to try something, to put myself “out there” with something I was doing. I really spent a lot of time worrying about what people would think. Would they like what I was doing? Would they judge me? Could I be offending someone? I finally just had to let that shit go and stop letting those…
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20 Ways to Engage Your Inner Artist
We all know how busy we are; responsible for work, home, family – busy with friends, hobbies, interests. It can sometimes get overwhelming. It’s so important that we remember and commit to making time to engage our inner artists. I don’t care if you identify yourself as an artist, or a creative, or whatever it is that you call yourself,…
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Throw It Away
I get ideas all the time. I get them when I’m sleeping, when I’m showering, while I’m driving, watching TV, reading, etc. Sometimes they really are great ideas and sometimes, what I think is a great idea, just doesn’t pan out. When I try to flesh it out it become arduous and nothing that I do seems to help. If…
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