I enjoy reading. It is an escape for me on so many levels. It is also a way for me to challenge myself…to think about the things that I may not think about on a daily basis. This wees, I finished reading We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates and started reading Why Women Have Sex by Cindy Meston and David Read more…
I am sitting in Starbucks (a regular occurrence for me this summer) trying to get some work done on this beautiful Thursday afternoon (mild 70s weather meant for September). Halfway across the room, a man is sitting at his laptop with a sign taped to the back of his screen that says, “Tell me your story. I’ll buy you a Read more…
Writing posts for Collective Inquiry is such an interesting experience for me. Sometimes I struggle to think of what I will write for the week, sometimes I wake up inspired and eager to write (like Monday morning), sometimes I write a post and don’t think much about it afterward, and then sometimes I write a post and it remains lingering Read more…
I recently realized something about myself that is, in all likelihood, applicable to you. It is hard to hear the things that we most need to hear about ourselves. Most of the time, it is much easier to raise our defenses than to embrace the truth. Embracing the truth requires that we are vulnerable….something that takes guts. I think that Read more…
I stumbled across a research article worth sharing with all of you. This article discusses the importance of feeling awkward. Yes, you read that right. The importance! To sum it up…the responses that awkward situations often provoke (anxiety, hesitation, disjointedness, avoidance), are known to encourage people to focus on social relationships in order to reestablish a sense of social harmony. Read more…
