by Havi Brooks | May 12, 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 | Jan 1, 2013 | my personal practice
My New Year’s Eve ritual: An early Happy Hour with a friend at a gorgeous hotel bar. Quiet. Whiskey. Delicious food. Laughter. Pommes frites for dessert. I bring a small notebook and I write three small letters to myself, one to a page. The size of the notebook...
by Havi Brooks | May 4, 2010 | my personal practice
Yep. More letters to the (internal) editor. Let’s do it. The letter. Dear part of me who thinks that if something good happens, something bad must follow, I’m noticing that you have a lot to say right now, double-especially since we got the lease for The...
by Havi Brooks | Apr 15, 2010 | my personal practice
Among other things. To my feet. Dear feet, I am sorry that I have neglected you. You must feel really tired. Even though it might seem like I don’t appreciate you even slightly, I do. Know that there is a warm epsom salt bath in your (very near) future as a...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 14, 2010 | stucknesses & stuckification
One of my clients has an elephant. We don’t know yet if it’s the elephant in the room. Or if it’s the elephant that you can only describe parts of. Or another elephant altogether. A student of mine has a hole in her memory. Another one thinks she has...
