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Posts Tagged with ‘honoring yourself’

  • Life and Death in the Pot

    15 Nov 2013

    Are you superstitious? I’ve addressed this topic with executives in regards to superstitious leadership, but magical thinking applies to so many people and can be used against us, or to our benefit. Because our beliefs can hold us back or propel us forward, consider your own obstacles.  Are they real or imagined? Are they helping […]

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  • Play Grounded

    08 Nov 2013

    Lately, I’ve been a bit wonky. Does that ever happen to you? I know I’m off kilter because I get stressed by things that wouldn’t typically bother me, feel rushed, overcommitted and generally out of balance. It’s about life balance. Life is like a teeter totter, it’s fun when everything is working, but if the […]

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  • Call of The Wild Hair

    16 Aug 2013

    My parents got a wild hair. At the ripe, but not rotting, age of 75 years they decided to shake it up.  Last month during a casual phone call they told me there was a “For Sale” sign in their yard.  They have always lived within a 20-mile radius from me. I was stunned. It […]

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  • It’s Not Always a Masterpiece

    09 Aug 2013

    I paint. My husband plays golf. It’s not always a masterpiece and his round is not always par. As a matter of fact, he’s yet to shoot a sub-par round. And me…that masterpiece….well, never you mind. I’d written another post for this week. I said, “This really sucks. I won’t publish it.” Then it occurred […]

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  • Hearing Voices

    02 Aug 2013

    I think of myself as fearless. But. I’m. Not. About 8 years ago I publically declared my intention to become a crazy old lady in my later years. That statement liberated me. It made it possible to be creatively fearless and do stuff that would make the faint of heart run and hide. I put […]

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  • Hangin’ With the Herd and Drinking with Baboons

    19 Jul 2013

    “I never really have fit in” – I hear people say that all the time. “I was different. I was the black sheep,” they’ll say. After listening for some time, I realize…they wouldn’t trade belonging if it meant changing who they are.  I respect that. Blessed are those who have discovered their herd (click to […]

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  • Filling the Solo Cup

    12 Jul 2013

    (This is a repost from July of 2013. The information is still relevant today…feel free to comment or share the post with others who may benefit. ~m) I work alone.  Mostly, I write alone. I paint alone, and that’s the way I like it. Sometimes I’m coaching others, and I really love it.  However, most […]

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  • Care and Feeding of the Muse – Aspirations of Inspiration

    05 Jul 2013

    Woot!!! Dumpster loads of clean up occurred as a result of last week’s “The Urge to Purge” post. If you missed it, click on this link or find it in the archives on the website. You reported lots of offices, studios and workspaces got a much needed sprucing. GOOD FOR YOU!  Since that’s out of […]

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  • The Urge to Purge

    28 Jun 2013

    Clutter You have it. That “stuff”  you leave in your wake, the constant reminder there is unfinished business, loose ends, a mess, you’re not perfect. Well, guess what? You’re not perfect. I like you that way. I like me that way, too. We are proof of the human condition (click to Tweet). That clutter, though…it […]

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  • Poetry, Purpose and Pushing Up Daisies

    19 Jun 2013

                       I Will Not Die an Unlived Life                                “I will not die an unlived life.                            I will not live […]

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  • As Good As Goaled

    14 Jun 2013

    Many years ago, I opened a volume of poetry and prayers and a colourful, folded, Post-It note fell out. On this paper I had written 5 things I wanted to accomplish. I’d  written them, tucked them into the book and forgotten all about them. They incubated on the bookshelf for 2 years, then, voila, were […]

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  • Souler Power

    07 Jun 2013

    Is angst the wellspring of creativity? If you Google the word “wellspring” – this is the definition you find: Wellspring – Noun An original and bountiful source of something: “sadness is the wellspring of creativity.” There are studies supporting creativity is driven by depression, mental illness, angst. I respectfully disagree. Now, don’t get me wrong, […]

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  • The Quicksand of Introspection

    31 May 2013

    Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”                             ~ C.G. Jung Many creative types tend to be introspective. According to Merriam Webster introspection can be understood this way: […]

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  • While I Was Busy Being Someone Else

    27 Sep 2012

    Strange thing happened the other day… I was called to recount my past life in detail. My corporate life. When this happened, I began to behave like the person I was back then. I got edgy, sharply strategic, unsettled. I am not a corporate type. It’s not that I’m not smart enough, aware enough, creative […]

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