The past couple of days I have felt very open to emotional experience and very willing to love. I worked in a very hectic pharmacy yesterday, and with a pharmacist who had a somewhat bad reputation within the company. She was obsessive, eccentric, intellectually-preocuppied, highly methodical and certainly neurotic. But she was also intensely likeable.… Continue reading So Filled With Beauty, So Filled With Pain
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Manifestation Series: Limiting Beliefs
I had a bit of a realisation last night when I got home from work. I've been having trouble getting enough sleep lately; I've been more or less depriving myself of it. I've latched onto the idea that I "can't switch off" after work and that I need to stay up and "de-stress". What this… Continue reading Manifestation Series: Limiting Beliefs
Thoughts On… A Week of Self Determination
"I've started to realise that everyone's afraid. From the people who speed past red lights to people who complain endlessly. Scared of not having enough, scared of not being enough. Scared of loneliness, scared of isolation. Scared of death, of running out of time. Scared of suffering, scared of rejection. And in this way we… Continue reading Thoughts On… A Week of Self Determination
Self Determination – Setting Intentions
I think that determination can be most easily described as persevering even when you don't want to. In this way, it's tied to the concept of discipline. And I think that the reason a lot of us struggle with determination and discipline is because we don't believe we'll achieve that which we're striving for -… Continue reading Self Determination – Setting Intentions
Thoughts On… A Week Of Self Assertiveness
“It's amazing what you can get if you quietly, clearly and authoritatively demand it.” - Meryl Streep I have my reservations about Meryl Streep, in particular her penchant for using award ceremonies as a platform to further her political agenda, but she is indisputably a fantastic actor and is also responsible for this fantastic quote. It's a perfect… Continue reading Thoughts On… A Week Of Self Assertiveness
Self Assertiveness – Setting Intentions
My last two posts on anxiety and codependency and enmeshment actually tie in quite nicely with assertiveness. In my post on anxiety, I said: You do not have to apologise for taking up space in this world. The meaning of this may or may not be clear to some people. What I mean by this… Continue reading Self Assertiveness – Setting Intentions
Thoughts On… A Week Of Self Care + Self Protection
The beginning of this week is feeling a lot more peaceful than last. The vital things causing panic last week have, for the most part, been resolved and I feel in a place to be exercising gratitude in a genuine way. Most importantly, my financial security is no longer hanging in the balance. Last week,… Continue reading Thoughts On… A Week Of Self Care + Self Protection
Self Care + Self Protection – Setting Intentions
The scope of concepts, subject matter and self help techniques already covered on this blog is quite large; so for the next two similar concepts, I'll be exploring them simultaneously. Self care and self protection bring the practicalities of parenting to mind - meeting a child's fundamental needs. In my resource for self-esteem growth, it… Continue reading Self Care + Self Protection – Setting Intentions
Creativity + Productivity Update #2
In my last post, I briefly talked about the fact that I was in a creative slump. It's not so much that I don't have the ideas or desire to make music - because I do - it's mainly a time-management issue. I'm a full-time student with a lot of course work to do and… Continue reading Creativity + Productivity Update #2
Creativity + Productivity Update #1
Today marks a month since I made my first blog post on SMUT. and Self-Esteem. In that first post, I made a commitment to self-esteem growth. I explained that I wanted to make my dreams of becoming a successful musician a reality and asserted that the only way to do this was to begin to… Continue reading Creativity + Productivity Update #1
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