by Havi Brooks | Mar 4, 2022 | my personal practice
content note: Some tough topics, strong force fields indicated! 1991 The start of the first Gulf War lined up exactly with my first period, announcing itself in blood, an absurd thing to say, yes, I am aware, and also: that’s how I remember both these events thanks to...
by Havi Brooks | Sep 18, 2020 | my personal practice
Image: a pale red-pink long rug where I do my morning stretching in the sun, you can imagine (I do) it is a dragon tongue, I dance from the flames… pre- This is the longest and possibly most intimate piece I’ve ever shared online, long even for me, a winding...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 17, 2015 | my personal practice
Personal ads. They’re … personal! 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 relationship...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 18, 2010 | calm techniques
The other day, Kris asked how I’d managed to not go into my victim stuff while getting pulled out of the line again at the airport. It’s complicated. And it’s worth a few posts, but in order to talk about it, I need to explain about safe rooms. A...
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....
