Seriously. I have been taking so many risks lately that my main risk muscle – my heart – should probably enter one of those muscle mass contests! So as I sit down to write my post today, I must remind myself that this is about a risk I am intending to take – one that [...]
The Risk of Finding Myself/My Past
I have recently returned to therapy, having assimilated the learnings and experiences of my last therapy experience and being willing, yet again, to peel the next layer of the onion. The new-to-me therapist with whom I am now working focuses on issues with/of food and body image, working with her clients (me!) to find out [...]
Diverging A Bit
As many other folks are mentioning here lately, being a part of this community of Risk-Alert and gutsy folks is good for my spirit. And I’m aware today of that risking-thing related to the latest way I’ve been employed (you know.. earning the bread and butter, or as I always say: Heading to the office now [...]
Ask For What You Want
Most people don’t have a problem asking for what they need. You can justify a need. It’s a scary thing to ask for what you want. You expose your vulnerabilities. You open yourself up to the possibility of NO as an answer. You might find your desires being scrutinized, questioned, or ridiculed. And yet, if [...]
Say It Loud
Yesterday I was having a texting conversation with a friend of mine regarding my current level of employment. I just walked away from a long term consulting contract with an organization that I was never truly happy with. I loved their mission and what they were trying to accomplish, but their internal structures and the [...]
Fear And Dreams Must Collide
As some of you know, I have been wanting to do a one-woman show for quite a while now – years! Somehow, however, I have managed to put it off – until yesterday. That’s right. At 3:00 p.m. on the 8th of March, in front of an audience of about 30, I performed the “shitty [...]
A Huge Scary Risk and a Big Sigh of Relief
A quick note here today – lots to do – but I had to check in and tell you about what I just did. I had the final interview with a national magazine for an article about women who “came out” in their forties! My question to you: what is it that you could go [...]
Loaves and Fishes
Loaves and Fishes This is not the age of information. This is not the age of information. Forget the news, and the radio, and the blurred screen. This is the time of loaves and fishes. People are hungry, and one good word is bread for a thousand. ~ David Whyte ~ from The House of [...]
Setting Boundaries And Doing It Your Way
Remember the Robert Frost poem about good fences making good neighbors? I am reminded of that as I write about my risk for today. My risk is that I just told a new client, “No.” Yikes! The client is actually two people – a business partnership – and they wanted to move an appointment from [...]
Risk = Blogging, and a Whole Lot More
It has come to my attention, through my obvious reluctance to post entries here (as well as the same reluctance of my readers), that blogging is scarier for me (and you) than I had thought it would be. Not that I am giving up, mind you! No; I am just noticing that it has been [...]
