Wolfpack (Book Review)
This is a strong, little book for women about taking back their power. I agree with what she says.
advice
Priorities: Housework or Art (aka How I Do All I DO)
Struggling to find time for your art? These tips may help.
Be Spiritually Minded
I encourage you to be spiritually minded! Here is a concise description of how.
Red Light, Green Light (New Poem by Polly Castor)
That hunch,
the gut knowing
that yes,
I should go ahead with this
but absolutely not with that…
Newspaper Article on Compassion by Polly Castor
Often the idea of compassion is mixed up with the words sympathy and pity. I would describe the difference this way.
No Universal Path to Success (Quote by John Arnold)
The unfortunate truth is that advice is almost always driven by anecdotal experience, and thus has limited value and relevance.
Don’t Block Your Unique Expression (Martha Graham quote)
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is…
Outsmarting Inertia and Overcoming Avoidance
Let’s face this stuff, so we like superheroes, can fly, can help, can bring our best to bear for ourselves and those we love.
Guideposts for Wholehearted Living
Here are the 10 things to cultivate and let go of to live wholeheartedly, as stated by Brene Brown in her book Daring Greatly.
When to Believe ( Buddha quote)
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books…
Big Bang or Inseparable Oneness?
Where your premise is, will make all the difference to the conclusion that follows. Therefore, great care must take place, to begin correctly.
Bible Lesson Study Journal Pages
I heartily recommend this practice as a way to grow in your understanding of God and your increased solidarity with your own unique brand of faith.
Change of Focus Needed to Change Body Image
What I’d begun to realize was that when you look through the lens of a camera and see a distorted image, you don’t try to change the image. You simply change your focus.
Practice Hardship
Don’t always take the path of least resistance and coast through life. You’ll miss too much of the sweet stuff.
Nursing Our Churches
I was the middle speaker on a panel both in CT and NYC. I spoke about how to “nurse our churches.” This is the gist of what I said…