by Havi Brooks | Dec 26, 2015 | my personal practice
Reflecting on both the hard and the good in the week that was… Hello, Friday: we are here. {a breath for being here when we get here} Thank you, week! This is the 387th week in a row we are chickening here together…. or “checking in”, if you...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 9, 2015 | updates & announcements
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? Legitimacy. The thing that I am currently feeling, it makes sense. And there are lots of reasons why I might be feeling that...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 1, 2015 | my personal practice
On New Year’s Eve, just as it was beginning to get dark, I had two sudden realizations. One was that I did not in fact want to go out dancing. I love west coast swing with an intensity I don’t even know how to describe, and I’ve missed eight weeks of...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 31, 2014 | my personal practice
It is hard to even get a sense what something is, or was, while it is in the process of passing. I’ve never really understood the end-of-year lists, summaries, the summing up. How can we say what was? We don’t know yet. That will require time. So this is...
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...
