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6 Mar 2009 by Jennifer Louden
I always preach this to retreat pilgrims and I remind coaching clients- beginnings are always slower than middles and most certainly than ends. Beginnings can be dangerous, feel crafty, shift under your feet. We must never compare our output or clarity or mood during beginnings with what we remember about finishing our last project or about the pleasure that can come from the middle,....
4 Mar 2009 by Peta Heskell
In time it’ll seem less painful. Everyone goes through it. You’ll grow out of it. Oh yeah! If you’ve ever had your heart torn out and thrown on the floor, you’ll remember how empty those phrases sounded at the time. You might know it’s true, but you don’t really believe it because of how you feel at the time. Relax because I’m not going to give you nice....
23 Feb 2009 by Jennifer Louden
How do we decide what to create? Out of the vastness of our imaginations, how do we land on what we articulate, bring into form, life, shape? I've never had to ask this question about my writing--I somehow instinctively learned early on to recognize what ideas had enough in them. I somehow knew how to sneak up on, lie down next to, rub up against an image or concept or feeling until I was sure....
20 Feb 2009 by Peta Heskell
"Sticks and Stones may hurt my bones but words will do no harm." Balderdash! Words are infinitely more powerful than sticks and stones. You can use words to hurt or you can use them to heal Words are neurotransmitters which generate very powerful reactions and sometimes long term affect in the people at whom they are directed. And when we learn to use words with exquisite....
10 Feb 2009 by Sarah Jane Hunter
Statistics show that 2 in 3 of us have back pain at any one time and 80% of us will experience back pain during our lifetime. Most back pain is caused by a disc problem. ANATOMY OF THE SPINE The spine consists of 24 bones called vertebrae which sit on top of one another to form a column. Each vertebra has a cylindrical body in front with a wishbone-like structure sticking out behind forming....
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