by Havi Brooks | Nov 28, 2010 | my personal practice
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 | Nov 26, 2010 | updates & announcements
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. Is it Friday? I...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 25, 2010 | my personal practice, stuff I think about
I did this last year and the year before, so now it’s a thing. Tradition! Backstory. I feel very uncomfortable with the various forms of culturally acceptable Forced Gratitude that show up this time of year. And, at the same time, it really is such a beautiful...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 24, 2010 | my personal practice
Guess what tomorrow is? The Day of the Lentil Game That Does Not Always Involve Lentils. Oh yes. Three years running makes it an official tradition, apparently. Each year on American Thanksgiving, I come up with my annual list of 77 Things That Don’t Completely...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 23, 2010 | my personal practice
The day before yesterday I was watching myself studiously avoiding a thing, in a variety of clever and fabulous ways. After taking the appropriate amount of time (ninety seconds?) to admire my smoking hot avoidance skills, I went back to what I know. Namely: I know...
