by Havi Brooks | Jul 28, 2010 | my personal practice
Yesterday morning I had a moment. The simplest trigger: at a cafe, an old framed portrait on a white wall that reminded me of something from then. And I was off. Cycles of panic, terror, helplessness, pain, fear. And then I came back. Doing the things that help me be...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 21, 2010 | my personal practice
Background: the metaphor technique is something I’ve adapted from Suzette Haden Elgin’s teachings. It’s an amazing tool for destuckifying. It’s also how I discovered that I work on a pirate ship and defeated the hackers. And cured my fear of...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 21, 2010 | my personal practice
Yep. Talking to my monsters again. Last time it was the Skabbatical monster and the Book monster. Then on Official Pirate Queen Holiday I had the best idea for the most perfect thing ever: a long, sweet writing vacation. Not just going on Skabbatical but being...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 12, 2010 | my personal practice
I talk to my monsters. Kind of a lot. Last week I talked to the one who doesn’t want me to go on Skabbatical. This time: an especially bizarre conversation with the most giant monster of all: Book Monster. Usually I get a Negotiator to show up. But the only one...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 6, 2010 | my personal practice
The topic? The possibility of going on Skabbatical — my own private version of a sabbatical-that-is-awesome. For three months.* * Reassurances! 1) It won’t be happening for a while. 2) I won’t be skabbatical-ing from the blog or anything I’m...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 5, 2010 | my personal practice
So I was on Official Non-Emergency Pirate Queen Holiday last week. And shared some of my journalings from the Official Pirate Queen Vacation Spiral Notebook. Today: more bits of potential usefulness — related to my business (running the pirate ship), but...
