by Havi Brooks | Dec 15, 2014 | my personal practice
This year is Shmita year, it is the sabbatical year in the seven year agricultural cycle when you let the land rest. More than rest. You let the land lie fallow. Lie fallow. That phrase used to feel desolate to me, almost a lonely sort of emptying, but now it feels...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 21, 2014 | my personal practice
Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very. 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...
by Havi Brooks | Mar 3, 2011 | my personal practice
Talking through the burnout. And yes, I’m talking to myself. What is needed? What do you need, sweetie? More stopping. More going dark. More hiding. Acknowledging the hard. And finding the useful. What is useful here? Obviously, burnout sucks. Without having to...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 16, 2010 | mindful time management
A few years ago, one of my mentors got a bee in his bonnet about how Selma and I needed a day off. And not once in a while. Not right before I was about to fall apart. A regular thing. A weekly thing. I knew he was right. And everything in me said this was a Wise and...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 5, 2010 | working on patterns & habits
One rainy Portland morning* Selma and Havi decided to take the day off. * It might possibly have been a Toozday. It was all Selma’s decision since Havi wasn’t willing to talk about it. Havi didn’t want to get out of bed. Havi didn’t want to be...
