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Nurturing the Child Within2 comments

vocalfreedomcamp wrote 1 day ago: How I broke the cycle of codependency About seven years ago, I found myself sitting in the sofa in … more »

Tags: Codependant no more, Getting out of denial, libération, Life and Career, Love and Romance, Self-confidence, Songwriting, Vocal freedom

Accept Yourself8 comments

jemima wrote 3 days ago: When you don’t accept yourself, you become oversensitive to rejection. When you don’t … more »

Tags: inner peace

Love Myth

MysticWino wrote 3 days ago: Another Myth of Love Desire is love’s seed, they said, but I knew better even as I planted deep m … more »

Tags: aging, Classic Paintings, Creative Souls, Dharma, ekphrasis, enlightenment, meditation, nude, Nudity

Win a free copy of my new e-book!

midlifecrisisqueen wrote 4 days ago: Don’t miss my new release in e-book format: Midlife Magic: Becoming the person you are inside … more »

Tags: Acceptance, Alienation, Anger and marriage, authenticity, Brains and aging, Career Change, Chronic Fatigue, Chronic Illness, CoDependency

"Midlife Crisis" don't get no respect these days!

midlifecrisisqueen wrote 5 days ago: Perhaps we should stop calling what we are going through a “midlife crisis,” and start c … more »

Tags: Midlife Mental Health, Self Authority, Self Esteem, Divorce, job loss, Career Change, Defining midlife, self responsibility, Major transitions

"Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity"

midlifecrisisqueen wrote 1 week ago: I am forwarding this important lesson in American womens’ history to all who don’t re … more »

Tags: Self Authority, Self Esteem, self responsibility, Techniques for transitioning, self transformation, authenticity, Living an authentic life, Self-compassion, Psychological effects of midlife

What Does It Have to Do with the Price of Tea in China? - The Affirmation Spot for Wednesday May 7, 2008

Ray Davis wrote 1 week ago: Thank you for visiting The Affirmation Spot. Your comments on the blog or this article are always we … more »

Tags: Affirmations, , Positive Thinking, Success!

What does freedom mean to you?3 comments

midlifecrisisqueen wrote 1 week ago: Now there’s a midlife question for you. There are so many ways to interpret this question, bu … more »

Tags: Midlife Mental Health, Self Authority, Self Esteem, job loss, Career Change, Defining midlife, self responsibility, Major transitions, Techniques for transitioning

What makes a good marriage?3 comments

midlifecrisisqueen wrote 2 weeks ago: “A happy marriage is a long conversation that always seems too short.” One phrase that … more »

Tags: Midlife Mental Health, Self Esteem, Major transitions, Techniques for transitioning, Love later in life, love and hope, Learning cycles, self transformation, living alone

Tanner's Demise

MysticWino wrote 2 weeks ago: Thief of Kisses He was a fiend of hearts, was Jon Tanner; seducer of women by wine and by song. But … more »

Tags: Creative Souls, Dharma, Education, ekphrasis, Fantasy, Koen, Morality Tales, Myth, National Poetry Month

Everyone Has A Right to E.A.T.

indigoseed wrote 2 weeks ago: The Food Crisis is sparking a wave of violence throughout already destitute countries such as Haiti, … more »

Tags: organic foods

Kill the Critic2 comments

MysticWino wrote 2 weeks ago: Killing the Inner Critic You can’t do that!           I hear far back in my head. Poetry … more »

Tags: Authors, Call to Arms, Creative Souls, Humor, National Poetry Month, Obsessions, OCD, Poem, Poems

Temptation3 comments

MysticWino wrote 2 weeks ago: Temptation I never knew Eve. Never spent time in her garden or orchard. Any Eden, for that matter. … more »

Tags: Creative Souls, Dharma, ekphrasis, Fantasy, Myth, National Poetry Month, nude, Obsessions, Poem

Sisyphus Eating an Elephant . . .

MysticWino wrote 2 weeks ago: More than I Can Chew Ever my tendency to set too high arbitrary bars to challenge myself to excel— … more »

Tags: Call to Arms, Creative Souls, mantra, Myth, National Poetry Month, OCD, Poem, Poems, Poetry

New Eyes (sonnet)

MysticWino wrote 2 weeks ago: Keeping New Eyes New Suzuki taught us to keep beginners’ minds. Each moment a new reality, ancient … more »

Tags: Creative Souls, Dharma, Esoteric, mantra, National Poetry Month, Petrarchan Sonnet, Poem, Poems, Poetry

How to be an adult in relationships

midlifecrisisqueen wrote 3 weeks ago: “No matter how hard one searched, one could not find anyone in the universe more deserving o … more »

Tags: Midlife Mental Health, Self Authority, Self Esteem, Divorce, Lost love, Dating at 50, Defining midlife, self responsibility, Major transitions

Take the risk of being positive!2 comments

midlifecrisisqueen wrote 3 weeks ago: “There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful, than the risk i … more »

Tags: Midlife Mental Health, Self Esteem, job loss, Lost love, Dating at 50, Career Change, Defining midlife, self responsibility, Major transitions

Monday Mantra for National Poetry Month2 comments

MysticWino wrote 3 weeks ago: beauty surrounds and inundates everything; our blindness to it is the only true tragedy Beauty surr … more »

Tags: Creative Souls, mantra, National Poetry Month, Poem, Poems, Poetry, Poetry Revolution, psyche, spirituality

New research on aging and happiness!

midlifecrisisqueen wrote 4 weeks ago: Acceptance releases everything to be, what it already is. An impressive new study, representing a s … more »

Tags: Midlife Mental Health, Self Esteem, job loss, Career Change, Defining midlife, self responsibility, Major transitions, Techniques for transitioning, Identity Crisis