In 'poetry' form, and on a serious note ... Iffing Stress If booze is causing stress, stop drinking it. If work is causing stress, change jobs. If bad health is causing stress, become healthy. If the news is causing stress, stop listening to it. If television is causing stress, stop watching it. If EMF … Continue reading Iffing Stress
Leadership
Welcome The Challenges
It is in life's toughest times that we have the opportunities to grow the most. If we don't accept those lessons, recognise them for what they are, learn from them, and expand as human beings within those labour pains, we give birth to nothing new. It is always our choice in the testing times: learn … Continue reading Welcome The Challenges
Narcissism Is Foul
NB. If you recognise that you are experiencing the negative influence of narcissistic behaviour, please seek appropriate support for your wellbeing and mental and emotional fortitude. Remove yourself from any environment that is toxic to you, if possible. Employ positive, constructive 'tools' to rebuild your emotional and psychological strength and learn better ways to cope … Continue reading Narcissism Is Foul
Why Do I Write ~ Revisited
Asked: “Why Do You Write?” Answer: “I write because I can’t draw … No, that is not entirely true. I write because it is the music I make without a keyboard with sounds. I write because I have written since I was a little girl, learning to spell, standing in line to have … Continue reading Why Do I Write ~ Revisited
Some Women ~ A Poem
SOME WOMEN Some women won't garden. Some women won't cook. Some women won't drive. Some women won't bake. Some women won't write. Some women won't teach their children well. Some women won't read. Some women won't study. Some women won't grow food. Some women won't go without. Some women won't cut their own hair. … Continue reading Some Women ~ A Poem
In The Winters Of Life
In the Winters of Life, everything shows up more clearly. Seasons come and seasons go. When we pare it all back to the basics, we see what really matters ... but there is also much that cannot be seen with average sight or understanding. Sometimes we have to take it deeper and check in on … Continue reading In The Winters Of Life
Proverbs of Leadership
Awake early, I wanted to read my 'instruction manual', fully intending to focus on the chapter appropriate to the date. Instead, I was drawn to writings around, but not within, the central point that I'd thought I would be reading through. Thus, rather than reading the chapter of Proverbs for the seventeenth day of … Continue reading Proverbs of Leadership
Owning My Purpose
From a young age I have written in journals. When one needs to try to sort out one's thoughts about anything, I have found writing in my journals to be the very best way to clear my mind and to record what my heart is saying at the time. It is not always easy to … Continue reading Owning My Purpose
The Holly Tree Tales 