“We don’t see the world as it is, we see it as we are.” —Anaïs Nin Write your creed because you will live out what you believe I’ve said it before and I’m saying it again because I promise you that it’s true: you will live out what you believe (both consciously and
“Comparison is an act of violence against yourself.” ~Iyanla Vanzant Well, here’s me writing another post I need to hear because comparison will suck your soul dry. It goes hand-in-hand with a post I did on why I stopped looking at the numbers. Show of hands: How many people have ever compared themselves to
“Your mind lies. Your body doesn’t. Listen to your body truth.” ~several yoga instructors over the years A while back I made a choice that changed my life and not in a good way because I didn’t listen to my body truth. My head talked me into it. That conversation went something like this: Me:
My writing space is my favorite room in the house. I made sure I decorated it so I loved it because I spend 8+ hours a day in it. Some of the time is writing fiction, the rest is doing my day job. If this room were a person, it’d be my best friend. Really,
“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never ~ in nothing great or small, large or petty ~ never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”~ Winston Churchill Persistence is the difference between success and failure One of
This one goes along with a post I did a few weeks back about being careful which people you choose to listen to (find it HERE). But this one’s about possibly your worst critic: your own self and how to combat that negative voice in your head. Anne Lamott, in her fabulous book Bird by Bird,
My husband & I did this exercise once at a motivational seminar: He stood directly in front of me, telling me: you’re capable, you’re intelligent, you’re driven, you’ll succeed. Two other people from the seminar stood on either side of him saying things like: you’re going to fail, it’s too hard, you’ll never make it, you don’t
