by Havi Brooks | Jan 11, 2013 | updates & announcements
Where I cover the good and the hard in my week, visiting the non-preachy side of ritual and self-reflection. And you get to join in if you feel like it. This week went extra-fast, the opposite of slow-motion. All the hamsters on buttered-up wheels. What worked?...
by Havi Brooks | Feb 27, 2012 | my personal practice
Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very. Each week I write these VPAs to practice asking for what I want. And to get clarity on what that really is, even when asking feels conflicted. I always get useful information about my relationship with various...
by Havi Brooks | Feb 8, 2012 | my personal practice
So over the weekend the Director told me that I needed a chrysalis. To hide in. For three days and three nights. And she was right. As she invariably is. Her track record of being right is pretty stellar. So I listened. And then, from deep inside of the chrysalis...
by Havi Brooks | Jun 29, 2011 | stucknesses & stuckification
So this fountain is seriously, outrageously beautiful. It might be the best fountain I’ve ever seen. There are flowers all around it. And cool statues of unexpected things. And sometimes on a sunny day you see adorable children running around in their underwear...
by Havi Brooks | Jun 14, 2011 | stuff I think about
I’ve been on a mission to find one thing in each day and make it slightly less sucky. Not big, meaningful, important things. It’s more like finding some small bit that’s grating or jangling. And then removing it. Replacing, rewriting, adjusting,...