by Havi Brooks | Jul 31, 2008 | calm techniques, stuff I think about
If you’ve ever found yourself in a meltdown moment, you know how annoying it is when someone says, “Breathe”. Because when you’re freaking the heck out, other people’s advice usually seems stupid and irrelevant — just in general,...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 10, 2008 | ask Havi, calm techniques
And in the “people ask the most interesting things that I’m not always qualified to answer” department: Today’s Ask Havi edition is locality-specific … But rest assured that if you’re a smart cookie, and I know you are, you can...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 3, 2008 | calm techniques, stuff I think about, working on patterns & habits
Because anxiety sucks. That’s why we need coping tactics. Some woman contacted me this week kinda randomly because she was hoping I could give her some techniques to help her deal with anxiety. Which always makes me wish you could hug people over the internet....
by Havi Brooks | Jun 20, 2008 | calm techniques, working on patterns & habits
The Art of the Ask One thing I hugely admire about Naomi-my-internet-crush (aka Itty Biz) is the way she totally asks for things. “Huh. What type of things does she ask for?”, you ask. Well, pretty much anything she wants. It’s fantastic. It’s...
by Havi Brooks | Sep 24, 2007 | calm techniques, noozletter, not hating on yourself, stucknesses & stuckification, working on patterns & habits
Step 1 on the way to calming the heck down (the one everyone skips) Whenever you’re flipping out or just having a bit of a “moment”, the tendency is to jump in right away and search for the way out. And when you don’t find it, you feel more...
by Havi Brooks | Sep 10, 2007 | calm techniques, noozletter, working on patterns & habits
Gee, thanks for the paradigm shift Hanging out in the waiting room of my doctor’s office the other day, I meant to catch up on some work. Instead, I got distracted by a handout called “The Top Ten Ways to Calm Down and Get Rid of Stress”. Or...
