by Havi Brooks | May 14, 2008 | noozletter, not hating on yourself, stuff I think about, working on patterns & habits
Ow, make my patterns stop hurting! There’s this semi-creepy deja vu thing that starts happening when one of your patterns kicks in. You know when it’s happening when you catch yourself thinking, “Again?!” Or “Oh boy, here we go again...
by Havi Brooks | Apr 17, 2008 | noozletter, stucknesses & stuckification, working on patterns & habits
Ow Ow Ow Stop Poking! (It hurts when the bubble bursts) A friend of mine recently closed his yoga studio and went back to wearing a suit to work. (I mean, is that every yogi’s nightmare or what?) He said something about financial stresses and taking care of his...
by Havi Brooks | Apr 2, 2008 | noozletter, not hating on yourself, stucknesses & stuckification, working on patterns & habits
I’ve been hearing a lot of kind of cartoon-ey noises from my clients lately, especially now that tax day is approaching here in the States. As in: “Gak! Tax day! Gurgle! Blech! Koff! Ugh. Oy.” Yep, everyone’s got issues and money is one of...
by Havi Brooks | Mar 29, 2008 | mindful time management, noozletter, working on patterns & habits
Eight years, baby A couple of weeks ago my eighth year anniversary of quitting both sugar and caffeine rolled around. It’s not something I celebrate exactly — since, you know, I don’t eat cake or anything, but I do always pause and remember how...
by Havi Brooks | Mar 5, 2008 | noozletter, working on patterns & habits
It’s never about lazy (although we always think it is) When people talk to me about their habits, and especially about the big, frustrating “why am I not doing the thing already” procrastination cycle, there’s one word that invariably comes up:...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 14, 2007 | noozletter, not hating on yourself, working on patterns & habits
The worst thing about Thanksgiving The worst thing about Thanksgiving is the flood of email, newsletters and essays trying to shove another dose of gratitude down your throat. Don’t get me wrong. I’m seriously pro-gratitude. Done right, it hooks you up...
