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Blow Me Away

Peanut butter on crackers was the closest I came to meditating today. Sometimes just chewing…

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December Light

It’s been six months since I've posted on the blog. How to begin again after…

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Braking Habits

I have a vivid memory of sitting in a café with a trusted friend, many…

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Every Person’s Life

In 1987 renowned Gestalt psychotherapist, Erving Polster, wrote a book called “Every Person’s Life is…

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If Only Shmonly…

I started wearing glasses when I was two. Horn-rimmed frames with magnifying lenses that made…

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Be Childish!

This is what I know. When we think too much about something it becomes overbaked.…

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A Desert Garden

There is a garden that I pass in my neighbourhood when I walk with Lilly…

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A Small Window

When I first started writing 'Playing Along' I did so as an antidote to the…

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Beware the Slippery Slope

I have imperfection on the mind. We could all benefit from opening our arms wide…

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Body Talk

Balance. It’s a word bandied around quite a bit these days. “Find a balance.”  “Inner…

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Behind the Bully

I’ve been reading too many stories about bullying recently. Shocking tales of young people driven…

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A Wish for My Daughter

My daughter turned twelve this week. I remember twelve.  Something about twelve made me want…

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“Who Still Serves Consomme?”

Last week I wrote about holding onto conflicted feelings and my best friend, Karen, shared…

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Me and My Shadow

Walking with my dog, Lilly, in the sunshine this week, I noticed our shadows strolling…

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Something New

I learned something new last week. Stand-up paddleboarding. It's one of those beguiling activities I've…

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Let’s Be Honest

Honesty can burn your tongue. Like slurping a hot soup infused with chilies, the aftermath…

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Some Like it Hot

Someone close to me went to an earth shift sweat lodge this week. It sounds…

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Play Me, I’m Yours

I was in London last month visiting my 'other' home. I arrived feeling dislocated.  It's…

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Welcome to Wavering

There's a distinct difference between writer's block and writer's blah. Writer's block is dense. Brick.…

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“You Got the Part!”

When I was just married, I was known to spend hours in a galactic tailspin…

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Wait Here

I've been sitting here for a while now pondering the blank screen. It's not a…

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Singing in the Street

It was a rare occasion to be collected from school by my father. My sister…

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Face to Facebook

Ever since I was young, I was drawn towards a few very close friendships…choosing intimacy…

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Have Patience With Passion

I love the idea of following your passion. Stalking the things you lust after in…

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Hold Me Now

Some mornings my daughter feels wobbly, and separating from me and the comforts of home…

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Spontaneous Acts of Dancing

When was the last time that you did something spontaneous? I mean REALLY spontaneous. Not…

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Get It Write

"I'm interested in doing your workshop but the idea of writing intimidates me..."  I've heard…

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The Games We Played

Growing up in the 70's & 8o's we always had one cupboard stuffed with board…

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A Question In The Air

I'm back. Extrordianry how disconnecting for a week can leave you feeling so much more…

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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Next week I'm leaving my computer. It's just a trial separation.  It's something we've been…

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And Then Again

I spoke to my sister in London yesterday who told me that spring is in…

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SLOW DOWN and BREATHE

Each week a Write To Be You Reflective Writing Workshop has a different theme. Yesterday's group…

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Let Me Give You Some Advice (Not)

Advice is a funny thing.  We ask for it, but don't always listen to it.…

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Strangling Stereotypes

Photograph by Chloe Green 2012 Meeting someone at a party or social occasion and revealing…

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Finding Fortune

My father has been dead for many years, but if I were to glance up…

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Golden Goldberg

Natalie Goldberg, for those of you who are unfamiliar, is an extraordinary woman who paints,…

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In Need of a Get Together

I remember when I first heard the term 'inner child', I pictured a pouting toddler,…

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Round and Round We Go

When I began studying to be a psychotherapist, I was overwhelmed with new theory and…

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That Song

We've all been there.  A song comes on the radio and you are transported somewhere…

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Shifting the Balance

I have a skin condition called Vitilgo.  Vitiligo is an autoimmune disorder that causes pigment…

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The Notebook

Don't get your hopes up.  This is not a prompt to write about Ryan Gosling.…

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Risk It

Attempting anything new is always a risk. We risk being vulnerable. Feeling exposed. We risk…

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Wobbly Bridge

Navigating change can bring up a myriad of feelings.  Hope, uncertainty, fear, excitement, anxiety -…

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Noise

"The avoidance of the anxiety of solitude by constant agitated diversion is what Kierkegaard, in…

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