I have said it before, and I’ll say it again: I don’t like change. But, if there is anything that is unavoidable in the world, it’s change. It seems that the more that you try to avoid change, and the more anxiety that you have about a pending lack of stability in your environment – [...]
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Yesterday I wrote about my brain on FEAR, and I pinky-promised a follow up on the step-by-step process that I utilize when I can recognize that I’m spiraling out of control (even when it is occurring at break neck speed). I alluded to the concept of Examining The Evidence. Admittedly, this has been my big [...]
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This is my brain on fear, as revealed on twitter Saturday, and the ONLY type of response that quells the tidal wave of anxiety that ensues: When my brain is hooked on fear, this is what the inside of my brain sounds like: I’m scared. I’M SCARED. F*&%. I am never going to make anything [...]
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On Monday, I was quickly perusing twitter, when I came across this tweet from the deliciously insightful Danielle LaPorte: This post got me thinking, and I felt the urge to get rid of some lingering negative thought patterns and behaviors from my life, written in the first person, because, you know, I love to dream [...]
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I have a love/hate relationship with Facebook. In fact, I have a love/hate relationship with a lot of social media, as documented here, but Facebook is the worst. The background information: I grew up in a very small town. When I was in fifth grade, I was very popular. …
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Many of us live very neatly within the boundaries of what we consider ourselves capable of at any given point. This means, we stick to activities that we already know that we can be successful in, drawing our expertise and authority around us, and existing within the comfortable context of lived experience and perceived strengths. I [...]
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One year ago today, the amazing and very brave Mish from Eating Journey EXPOSED herself to the world for the very first time. This unbelievable act of bravery has inspired 60 other bloggers to follow in her footsteps – each choosing to expose themselves in ways that were unique to them and their audience. I [...]
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Raise you’re hand if you’re a control freak. Anyone? Anyone? Ha. Guess it’s just me then… For the majority of my life, one of my most important coping mechanisms of the myriad of body image/sexual trauma/compulsive eating/institutional family dysfunction has been ruling over my own little universe with an iron fist. This mechanism manifests in [...]
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I do my best not to spend too much time alone. I know what you’re thinking – it’s healthy to be alone sometimes. It’s good to settle into yourself without the distractions of everyday life. There are so many truths hiding in the absence of noise, whether it be the crackle of the radio, or [...]
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