by Havi Brooks | Mar 6, 2015 | my personal practice
A look at the good and the hard in my week, a ritual of reflecting. It is Friday and we are here. {a breath for Friday.} What worked this week? Celebrating the invisible wins. This week wasn’t so much about what got done as it was about giving myself a hundred...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 30, 2014 | my personal practice
Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very. I write a Very Personal Ad each week to practice wanting, and get clarity about my desires. The point isn’t getting my wish (though cool things have emerged from wishing), the point is learning about my...
by Havi Brooks | May 8, 2012 | my personal practice
Over the past several weeks, I have been asking the same four questions. This set of four questions has been my anchor. For pretty much everything. I ask these four questions when I enter things. Before conversations. Before meetings, meals, decisions. Another way of...
by Havi Brooks | Mar 9, 2012 | updates & announcements
In which I cover the good stuff and the hard stuff in my week, trying for the non-preachy, non-annoying side of ritual and self-reflection. And you get to join in if you feel like it. Chicken is late tonight — I had a madcap day of back-to-back meetings, all...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 1, 2010 | stuff I think about
Everyone in the building where the Playground lives wants to know what the Playground is. They see us wandering the halls in our stocking feet (or stripy-socked-feet or bare feet or sparkly legwarmer feet), wearing ridiculous hats and sometimes wings. They hear us...