A reminder on vulnerability, by David Whyte
VULNERABILITY is not a weakness, a passing indisposition, or something we can arrange to do without, vulnerability is not a choice, vulnerability is the underlying, ever…
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Notes on Gratitude
Last year, around Thanksgiving, I wrote a post about how I was feeling out of sorts and crying all the time. I had fallen into a hole of shoulds and the bully in my brain…
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Notes on Gratitude
This is my friend Sue Schwartz. Those of you who participated in bookclub may recognize Sue’s name. Every week she wrote insightful supportive comments to the primary post and to almost every comment people left…
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Notes on Gratitude
This time of year—the tail end of water polo season—I think a lot about that type of sports mom. You know the one. She stands on the sideline making an ass of herself, embarrassing her…
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Notes on Gratitude
Merry Christmas everyone. This isn't the best picture ever, but here's a shot of the three of us–my little family–taken on Monday at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA. This is in front of a giant…
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Notes on Gratitude
Seven years ago, I signed up for a four day intensive writing workshop, called Writers' Studio, through UCLA Extension. I believe the class I took was about writing the personal essay or maybe it was…
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The Holiday Tune-Up, re-post
(Tracey's note: I'm posting this article again because I think it's important, timely, and wonderful. In case you missed it the first time, please check it out.) I was nineteen years old when I woke…
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The Holiday Tune-Up
I was nineteen years old when I woke that July morning in my childhood bed. I heard shuffles and muffles from the hallway through my closed door. “You take this. No this.” “Carry that to…
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Notes on Gratitude
So, the post I had in mind to write for this Thanksgiving was going to be really great. I was going to tell you about my daughter's first trip to residential treatment and what a…
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Notes on Gratitude
Cheryl Strayed is on tour right now to support her newest publication, Brave Enough. I was Lucky Enough to get the chance to see her during her stop in Pasadena. I was also lucky enough…
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A difficulty a day…
Do you find you often feel like life is a struggle? Despite my best efforts at mindful acceptance and letting go of that which I cannot control, I sure do. I don’t think I was…
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And the winner is. . .
The winner of the Brené Brown starter kit is Wendy Goldstein! Congratulations Wendy. I hope you get lots of use out of your goodies. I can't wait to hear what you have to say about…
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Notes on Gratitude
Monday, March 25 2013, late afternoon I remember the day and date exactly because it was Tom’s birthday. We’d spent the previous19 hours sitting in the ER at Los Robles waiting for a bed to…
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Individual Education Plans or IEPs
The Fall 2015 issue of NAMI's publication, "Advocate" has an excellent one page article with information and tips to help understand and create an IEP should your child need one. Click here to read, "Putting…
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Notes on Gratitude
"We can learn to rejoice in even the smallest blessings our life holds. It is easy to miss our own good fortune; often happiness comes in ways we don't even notice. It's like a cartoon…
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Just Finished
Just Finished, part one Brainstorm, The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain, by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. Back when I chose Brainstorm, I had not read Dr. Siegel’s previous works and had no idea…
