by Havi Brooks | Jul 17, 2011 | 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 | Sep 21, 2010 | biggification
Interesting phenomenon. There’s this thing that happens while on your way to figuring something out. Or: on your way to getting something you want. It’s all the incredibly useful, unlikely and surprising things you manage to learn, discover, untangle, trip...
by Havi Brooks | Sep 8, 2010 | stuff I think about
There’s this thing in the world of self-help (self-helpishness? self-helpery?) where I kind of live — people are always talking about containers. About creating containers for things to happen in. I love the concept. Love it! I don’t love the word....
by Havi Brooks | Jul 8, 2010 | updates & announcements
Last summer I spent a week at Jennifer Louden’s writer’s retreat in Taos, New Mexico. I was there in a teaching capacity — destuckification techniques, Shiva Nata brain training and absurdly relaxing Old Turkish Lady yoga. So I wasn’t planning...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 29, 2010 | updates & announcements
Because it’s Friday AGAIN. And because traditions are important. In which I cover the good stuff and the hard stuff in my week, trying for the non-preachy, non-annoying side of self-reflection. And you get to join in if you feel like it. Selma and I have been...