Status Quo

It is more risky to stay status quo. Be the change.

Screw the Selfie - Listen to yourself

Self talk

There's no more important criticism than self criticism.


There's no amount of external validation that can undo the constant drone of internal criticism.

And negative self talk is hungry for external corroboration. One little voice in the ether that agrees with your internal critic is enough to put you in a tailspin.



The remedy for negative self talk, then, is not the search for unanimous praise from the outside world. It's a hopeless journey, and one that destroys the work, because you will water it down in fear of that outside critic that amplifies your internal one.



The remedy is accurate and positive self talk. Endless amounts of it.



Not delusional affirmations or silly metaphysical pronouncements about the universe. No, merely the reassertion of obvious truths, a mantra that drives away the nonsense the lizard brain is selling as truth.
 

You cannot reason with negative self talk or somehow persuade it that the world disagrees. All you can do is surround it with positive self talk, drown it out and overwhelm it with concrete building blocks of great work, the combination of expectation, obligation and possibility.



When in doubt, tell yourself the truth. --Seth Godin

Hope

I am inhaling the winds of change and exhaling the mist of time past.

It's all in one look

A smile is so sexy, yet so warm. When someone genuinely smiles at you, it's the greatest feeling in the world.

Everything sounds great and intellectual with a British accent

I am a little foggy, a little soggy....

The Thirst

Glass is always half full - but the contents are not always consumable...

My Sandbag Necklace

The things you dread the most are actually what sits heavily on your ability to move forward.

Signs

People are blind to the signs. Let your heart open your eyes instead.

Little Birdie

Sometimes there are days when I cannot articulate how I am feeling and then a little birdie sums it all up and the sky opens wide. Thank you, my little hummingbird....


The idea that toxic isn't defined by the presence of something negative but the absence of one's best.

Shortest blog post for a new year

It has been over a year and a half that I haven't posted. Squeeze me? Yeah, that's all I have to say. And this...

The most erotic thing is when a man massages a woman's mind. Take it and go.