Sometimes I have a voice in my head that goes, "What is the point? Why bother?" when it comes to self-promotion, and sometimes it even grows to engulf doing anything creative. I met with my MasterMind group yesterday and we worked on this voice in regards to self-promotion. It says: "What's the point? Nobody cares what I … [Read more...]
Befriending Your Inner Demons
This is Herman. I drew him at my last Mastermind group meeting where I was asking for help yet again with my Eternal Quandary which one of the gals put succinctly as: I want to be famous but I don't want to be famous. (And by famous, I mean internet famous — known amongst biz geeks for making cool things that help … [Read more...]
Have Resistance to Social Media?
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Biznik, blogs, comments, status updates, “friend”ing, fan pages...aaah! Where does it end? Do you find yourself avoiding social media, or find it overwhelming? You’re so not alone. I've talked to many people, of all ages, highly technical and not, and it's a common issue. What if you are … [Read more...]
Introversion and the Expectation of Online Socialness
Sometimes I just can't go full speed with the socializing, online or otherwise. Part of why I created my own business was so I could spend long stretches of time doing my own thing. Alone. No contact with people, not even email contact. Not even Twitter. Perhaps especially not Twitter. I really prefer a few in-depth … [Read more...]
Being a Vessel: Self-Care Is Not Optional
The general idea is this: we are a conduit for Divine energy/purpose to manifest. We are channels, we are the mouthpiece, we surrender, we hand it over, and we become part of something much larger than ourselves. We are fulfilled and happy, and everything is glorious. All good. Really. But you MUST take care of your … [Read more...]
When You Are Stuck: Transformation Starts With Acceptance
All emotional suffering and stuckness is caused by closing down and contracting around pain. Pain happens, and change happens - this is the nature of life. However, suffering is an add-on that we create through our reaction to that pain and change. Healing is the process of grieving and accepting this pain and change, … [Read more...]
Back to Basics: Feel Your Feelings
It always surprises me when I realize I've forgotten something rather basic and have to relearn it. Over and over and over again. Feel your feelings. All of them. All of them, feel them, as much of the time as you can. But, don't identify with them. Don't loop around in thoughts that make them worse. They are … [Read more...]
When Comments Bring Up Your Stuff
I've gone through a long process healing my relationship with comments, and I want to describe it because I'm guessing it's something others go through. Fear and anticipation, approval and validation When I first started blogging four years ago, I didn't have online buddies, I didn't have Twitter, and consequently I … [Read more...]
Affirming Multiple Interests Rather Than Searching for the “One True Passion”
I've been going through my books as part of a de-cluttering jag. I found this one - which I loved when I read it and I now think I need to re-read. It's called The Renaissance Soul "Life Design for People with Too Many Passions to Pick Just One". Does the thing you are doing, even though you enjoy it, never feel like … [Read more...]
Popularity vs. Purpose: Following Your Internal Nudges
I've just had a revelation. I've been feeling all BLAH about this blog, and about writing in general, and trying to figure out why do I write anyway. I think what happened is I briefly got caught up in the whole blogging-twittering-"internet famous"-popularity-contest aspect of blogging. Which can be fun and all (I … [Read more...]