by Havi Brooks | Dec 12, 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 | Dec 8, 2010 | my personal practice
While I was teaching in Sacramento last week, I got to do lots of fun Sacramento things. Like breakfast at Magpie with my Michelle. And Selma. And giant, happy sandwiches. Happy! Sandwiches! And I dragged some of my clients to the awesome park where there’s an...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 30, 2010 | my personal practice
I was at the Great Ducking Out last week, projectizing a project.* * A project of the kind one avoids because it is so very dear to one’s heart.. And about twenty minutes in, bam! I hit the first wall. Well, I thought it was a wall. But then when I got closer,...
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 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...