by Havi Brooks | Jan 11, 2011 | my personal practice
This is me, talking to myself. Using the question that almost always helps. What’s true? So tired! What’s also true? This is a pattern. Craving rest is legitimate. There are reasons for being tired. It’s okay. Rest is the first duty of the queen....
by Havi Brooks | Jan 9, 2011 | stuff I think about
Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very. So my itty bitty personal ads made me realize that it’s time to make a regular practice of trying to feel okay asking for stuff. Even when the asking thing feels weird and conflicted. Ever since I posted the...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 7, 2011 | stuff I think about
Because it’s Friday AGAIN. And because traditions are important. In which I cover the good stuff and the hard stuff in my week, trying for the non-preachy, non-annoying side of self-reflection. And you get to join in if you feel like it. Yay! The first Chicken...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 5, 2011 | stucknesses & stuckification
Or: the difference between process and actual destuckifying. When people set off on the trail of destuckification, it often happens that they hit the Grinding Your Wheels In The Mud phase. What wheel-grinding looks and sounds like: Looping conversations in our head,...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 4, 2011 | stuff I think about
So. I was at the Playground yesterday — the center where I teach this stuff — doing what I often do: Moving things around. Figuratively too, but mostly literally. Pushing one table this way. Moving another to the Galley (because the Playground is also a...
