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More thoughts on Authentic Voice (and writing)

Posted in Authentic Voice Project, tagged , , , , on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Authentic Voice is that which longs for interconnectedness, looks toward growth and actualization (as opposed to purely “defense” needs and “elemental drives” such as eating, sleeping, finding shelter, having sex [Eisler, 190]), and is not “encased” by societies’ rigid hierarchical gender roles and stereotypes. It is not selfish or self-centered, but a recognition of “our [...]

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Do you need a map or a box of chocolates?

Posted in Journaling Techniques & Prompts, Living Authentically, Looking for the Spiritual, tagged , , , on December 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I have to thank Mark Matousek, with whom I took a class at the Therapeutic Writing Institute, for his insightful article in Psychology Today: What’s Your Metaphor? Shifting Shapes In The New Year. This post is my response. Having never asked myself what word or phrase I consider my life metaphor, and how it affects [...]

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An open letter to those who are human

Posted in Healing, Journaling Techniques & Prompts, Living Authentically, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 19, 2011 | 4 Comments »

C.P. Estes (author of Women Who Run With the Wolves) always addresses her readers as “Dear Brave Souls.” I do not know her exact reasoning for this but I can guess that she knows how much courage it takes to live in this world, to face the pains and heartbreaks, unknowns and setbacks. But even [...]

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A prayer for my readers

Posted in Looking for the Spiritual, tagged , , on July 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »

This post was inspired to this article by Molly Gordon, “Why you should pray for your clients.” As writing is my mediator to both the inner and higher sources of wisdom, I offer up this open letter as a prayer and meditation in honor of my valued readers and clients. Namaste! I do not know [...]

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What is your Purpose?

Posted in Journaling Techniques & Prompts, Living Authentically, tagged , , on July 13, 2010 | 7 Comments »

“Why am I here?” Oh, boy. For a few years now I’ve come to a personal understanding that the answer to that question is,  “To Pursue my Potential.” For me this means finding the things I enjoy and do well and developing them. It means to Focus with Meaningful Intent and Challenging myself to learn [...]

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Forget Will, it’s about Mind Power!

Posted in Envisioning the Future, Journaling Techniques & Prompts, Thinking Positively, tagged , , , on January 26, 2010 | 7 Comments »

If you think you can, you can. If you think you can’t, you’re right. — Mary Kay Ash Why we fail Innocent until proven guilty, right? We all know that it is human nature is to operate under the opposite tenet. And we also tend to prefer Believe Once Proven. We all have things in [...]

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Why *do* I write?

Posted in Journaling Techniques & Prompts, Living Authentically, Writing & Career, tagged , , on December 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I have to admit I am writing this post to avoid what I had scheduled myself to write this morning. These days I have to block out time in my planner for every little thing I do. From the moment the family leaves for the day I must have a plan or else I end [...]

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Jour du Journal: Who are You?

Posted in Journaling Techniques & Prompts, Living Authentically, tagged , , on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

It may seem like a simple question, Who are you? But we are obviously more, much more than our name, our address, social security number, and line of work. We have personal likes, dislikes, memories, opinions, hopes, dreams, and hurts. Usually we reveal a certain amount of this personal information to our family and friends, [...]

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Jour du Journal: Serendipity Fest

Posted in Journaling Techniques & Prompts, Living Authentically, Looking for the Spiritual, tagged , , on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

How’s this for a series of events? 1. I response to a call to submission on a national mother’s writing forum. She published my essay (my first published work). 2. Turns out the editor/zine just happens to be based in a town an hour away. 3. The very week I finally subscribe to the local [...]

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