The Two Worst Things for Mammals Why We Don't Just Get Over It Already There are times I would wake, after a nightmare so amped on my own … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2014
July 25, 2014 · by · Leave a Comment
Today's free-write prompt is this: Write a 3-page letter to half-your-age you! What do you want to share with the younger version of yourself? How … [Read more...]
Free-Write Friday: 7/25/2014
July 25, 2014 · by · Leave a Comment
Today's free-write prompt is this: Write a 3-page letter to half-your-age you! What do you want to share with this younger version of … [Read more...]
Beach Towel Inspiration or the Free Fun of Free-Writing
July 21, 2014 · by · 2 Comments
I'm sharing a slice of a free-write done last week because I love the way free-writing allows me to make new connections. Often, I choose to write … [Read more...]
Cross Post: Christine Cissy White Becomes Nancy Slonim-Aronie’s Ass’t
July 20, 2014 · by · Leave a Comment
It's an honor to work, part-time, supporting Nancy and the Chilmark Writing Workshop. She is one of the Mothers of Free-Writing along with Natalie … [Read more...]
Free-Write Friday: 7/18/2014
July 18, 2014 · by · Leave a Comment
"My inner life is an inaccessible landscape when I’m not writing, a foreign and unfamiliar place. It doesn’t feel dangerous so much as remote. I don’t … [Read more...]
The Aftermath of Developmental Neglect or Heart Thaw
July 17, 2014 · by · 6 Comments
"There are two points in space," my tenth-grade math teacher said and basically lost me. I was supposed to imagine a line connecting them. … [Read more...]
Free-Write Friday: July 11, 2014
July 11, 2014 · by · Leave a Comment
Every Friday, I'll offer an invitation for you to write for ten minutes to twenty minutes. The only non-rule rules are: 1. Don't worry about … [Read more...]
How to Make ANY Yoga Class Trauma Sensitive
July 11, 2014 · by · 2 Comments
More and more is written about the healing benefits of yoga but it is still difficult to find a good trauma-sensitive class. When I saw that there’s … [Read more...]
Mindful PTSD, Part 2 or Why I Go to Bed with Rick Hanson & Belleruth Naparstek
July 9, 2014 · by · 11 Comments
Mindful PTSD. Part 2 I joke that my life is a whole lot better since I've been going to bed with Rick Hanson. It's true. He's in my bedroom … [Read more...]