Mindful Conversation
In recent weeks, I’ve had several people speak to me about the shifting quality of my conversation. Our son, who had been visiting with his family, in a passing comment at the top of the stairs, said, “I
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Just when I thought the news couldn’t get any more absurd, it does; Just when I thought the rhetoric designed to turn us all into cynics couldn’t get louder, it does; just when I thought the lies,
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An Update.
I’ve been thinking –beyond Mindful Writing– about the larger world of “Mindful Communication.” Prior to this blog entry, I’ve focused this blog on the magic and power of memoir. Writing my own memoir, as well
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How Do You Start a Memoir?
A would-be memoirist contacted me the other day. “I’ve been writing now for several months,” she said. “But I can’t get it going. Where should I start?’
“What have you tried?”
There’s a saying in the writing world, “writing is re-writing.” But
a lot of writers, it seems, haven’t heard about this part of the work, or expect to get by without. No writer sits down when the muse strikes,
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Who has critics?
We all have critics. In writing and in life. OK, some of us have more active critics than others. Inner critics and outer critics. The worst are those nasty voices inside our own minds that nip
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“You could write a book about that!” perhaps you’ve heard, or thought, these words. Many shuffle off, smiling shyly, “No, I could never do that.”
Why not?
The baby
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Mindful Writing is a lot like life which is a lot like dancing on a teeter-totter, “surrender” at one end and “control” at the other. When the desire for control takes over, I buckle down, work harder,
photo credit: PixabayNot long ago, I had one of those aha moments. It was the end of the day. I was tired. Just enough energy left that I could hear that still, small voice within addressing me, “I have
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I’ve been watching the winter Olympics, especially the figure skating. Magnificent, but what strikes me particularly is the falls and the recoveries. How quickly the skaters rise, glide seamlessly (so it appears) right back in