by Havi Brooks | Aug 2, 2012 | my personal practice
So. August. We’re here. Hi. You know what I’m going to do today? This is straight from my journal. Yesterday morning. What I wrote to August. It’s a little vulnerable, a little intimate. But here it is. Oh August. Hello! I have a thing I want to say....
by Havi Brooks | Jul 3, 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 | Jan 11, 2011 | my personal practice
This is me, talking to myself. Using the question that almost always helps. What’s true? So tired! What’s also true? This is a pattern. Craving rest is legitimate. There are reasons for being tired. It’s okay. Rest is the first duty of the queen....
by Havi Brooks | Sep 9, 2010 | stuff I think about
Yesterday we thought about containers, which is a word I dislike but a concept I love. So we actually talked about shelter (and about blanket forts and ship voyages). And building a sukkah (conceptual or otherwise) to symbolically hold us while we go through whatever...
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....
