by Havi Brooks | Mar 29, 2011 | my personal practice
I have a sadness story. It’s a story that lives inside of my consciousness, and it’s all about how everything ends in tears and regret. This story is so familiar that sometimes I think it is me. When I pull away from it so we can see each other, I...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 21, 2010 | my personal practice
Yep. Talking to my monsters again. Last time it was the Skabbatical monster and the Book monster. Then on Official Pirate Queen Holiday I had the best idea for the most perfect thing ever: a long, sweet writing vacation. Not just going on Skabbatical but being...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 12, 2010 | my personal practice
I talk to my monsters. Kind of a lot. Last week I talked to the one who doesn’t want me to go on Skabbatical. This time: an especially bizarre conversation with the most giant monster of all: Book Monster. Usually I get a Negotiator to show up. But the only one...
by Havi Brooks | Mar 1, 2010 | my personal practice, stucknesses & stuckification
So I spend a lot of time with my monsters. Sometimes I have negotiators or moderators. Sometimes my monsters get cookies. Sometimes they don’t (not all monsters like cookies). And it seemed appropriate to give some more information about the what, why and how of...
by Havi Brooks | Feb 1, 2010 | my personal practice, stucknesses & stuckification
Yesterday I spent the better part of the day observing harbor seals at Monterey Bay. And then practicing being one. Or being like one. Observations. It’s hard to see something as ridiculously awesome as a harbor seal without going all annoyingly National...
