by Havi Brooks | Sep 8, 2008 | working on patterns & habits
The most interesting part so far of developing the non-icky self-promotion for people who hate self-promotion course has been the outpouring (okay, more like an in-pouring) of questions. Questions, what-ifs and semi-anxious expressions of worry or doubt. Of course I...
by Havi Brooks | Sep 3, 2008 | my personal practice, stucknesses & stuckification, working on patterns & habits
And why you still don’t have to do it even if it is. Some people hate incredibly tacky Christmas decorations. Some people hate cherry Coke. Or, you know, things like racism and war. Me? I hate charades. Not “people pretending to be something they...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 21, 2008 | not hating on yourself, stucknesses & stuckification, working on patterns & habits
There’s this thing — yes, a thing, don’t make me get all specific — that invariably comes up when you talk to people about habits and how their habits work. And this thing annoys the pants off of pretty much everybody. Here’s what...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 5, 2008 | noozletter, working on patterns & habits
Taking care of yourself when no one else willWhile I was teaching in Germany this summer, I got to spend some time with an old friend of mine there. He’s going through some intense heartbroken misery right now, so that was pretty much all we talked about. Anyone...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 28, 2008 | ask Havi, working on patterns & habits
Okay … can I just say that the questions I’m getting in my inbox are getting steadily randomer and randomer. And yet, I’m having fun giving them some thought. Just so as not to confuse anyone reading this post: The blog is (generally speaking)...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 8, 2008 | working on patterns & habits
Wait, what are you talking about? Okay, I just wrote a whole noozletter about breaking your patterns down into their various components. And about how you can then use that information to figure out which part of your pattern is going to be the right doorway for you....