Christmas is upon us. So each day from now until December 25, drop by The Wheel of Creativity blog for a deep breath of spirit in the midst of the festive flurry. Let’s be creative and connected this Christmas! It’s the best gift under the tree! Lean back. Take a deep breath. Look up from the screen. Relax. Station 6 and the Wheel of Creativity gives me… Crisis-a-brewing There is a moment in any kind of struggle when one feels in full bloom...
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Christmas is upon us. So each day from now until December 25, drop by The Wheel of Creativity blog for a deep breath of spirit in the midst of the festive flurry. Let’s be creative and connected this Christmas! It’s the best gift under the tree! Lean back. Take a deep breath. Look up from the screen. Relax. Station 5 and the Wheel of Creativity gives me… I – SO – la – tion “To navigate you must be brave . . . and to be...
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This has been a tough week for me. I could cite circumstances and reasons, but the real difficulty has come in my response to them. So I’ll just go directly there, and save us both the boredom. One of the most intimate pieces of advice I’ve ever received about writing (and it holds true for just about everything else in life too) is: “You can’t take someone where you haven’t been yourself.” I guess that little ditty sits at the heart of what I’m up to in the world. It’s...
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I am having trouble with my downstairs neighbor. He would say he is having trouble with me. He has complained that I am too noisy, primarily that he can’t take my walking back and forth in my apartment (which I do a lot, as I work at home). For the past few days, I have been unable to take a step without thinking of him, and wondering if…. My emotions vacillate between anger, worry and catastrophizing. But this morning I had a new thought. The irony of all this is that I...
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