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...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 20, 2010 | 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 | Nov 19, 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. I’m back! Back in...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 18, 2010 | calm techniques
The other day, Kris asked how I’d managed to not go into my victim stuff while getting pulled out of the line again at the airport. It’s complicated. And it’s worth a few posts, but in order to talk about it, I need to explain about safe rooms. A...
