Julia Cameron’s "Morning Pages" have been a powerful tool for freeing up my creative expression. My frustration is never seeming to have the time to do them. Nor the time to do the blogging I seem "called" and compelled to do. So, I am about to embark on an experiment. "Morning Blog Pages†My hope…
I was reading my daily dose of Andy Wibbels when a commenter lamented the lack of networking guidance for beginning bloggers. Thusly inspired, I say: 1. Networking is about RELATIONSHIPS. Yes, it’s about KNOWING the other person. Relationships GROW over time. Sure you can walk up to a gal at a party and say, "Wanna…
I just had the delightful experience of 7 days without the pain of Fibromyalgia. I attribute the experience to sunshine, sunshine, sunshine, heat, and dry weather. Then last night we got word of a big system moving in. Thunder. Tons of rain. Cold, well at least relatively. The air pressure plunged. The humidity soared. The…
Super advice on writing in a group via Mediabistro.
Not the same thing as this story in Yahoo news "Crossing Genres: Canadian Actress Jill Hennessy moves from acting to music". According to Answers a Genre is: " A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, marked by a distinctive style, form, or content." Genre has its roots in the Latin word Genus….
I know several independent professional women who are DRIVEN! And, killing themselves… not so softly. They keep going and going… pushing, driving, even when they’re ‘coughing up a lung’. Why? Can you say it? F E A R Many, maybe most, of the independently employed women I know FEAR living on the streets, eating dog…
Y’all know that I’m a big fan of networking. And, here’s an even better reason to have a great, support AND supportive network… Real Age reports, ‘Some people don’t have much memory loss from Alzheimer’s disease, even though their brains show physical signs of it. And the more good friends and close family they have,…
You stare at the blank page. The words won’t come. Don’t come. STUCK! It’s a common phenomenon. It happens to me at least once … maybe six times a day. For example, when I wanted to write this post. My little brain went, "What? You want me to say something profound!" And, that’s the KEY….
It’s been a rainy “Spring” here in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. We’re just rearranging the flower gardens in our back yard, making room for a new garden shed. The rain is a blessing — it means I don’t have to water them. But, in a couple of months, if we have our usual…
Why should Monday be any different than any other day of the week? Except that more heart attacks happen Monday’s than any other day of the week. Apparently, just when folks, mostly guys, are just about to begin their "9 to 5" grind. Yep. Monday IS the start of the WORK week. Work as in…
