I am so very honored to have Hayley Lau here today. This guest post is very important to me. It is a shining example of Permission-Based Healing, though I don’t claim to say that Hayley was influenced by my work when she wrote it. In her courage, Hayley is one of the deepest writers I know. She…
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This post is dedicated to Amy B. I am stroking your hair and sending adoption papers Godspeed your way. Forced Gratitude Tastes Like Guilt Now that’s a title for a Thanksgiving post, isn’t it? As a mother recovering from anxiety and depression, there are plenty of moments where I have zero access to the truckloads…
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This is an old post, now new and improved, revisited for two reasons: one, my are making it hard to write new posts these days. But more importantly, I wrote this in November 2010, when my blog was still a baby. Chances are you’ve never seen this before, and kookys taste much better when we…
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Written on
August 24, 2011 by
Yael in
Comfort-Zone,
creativity,
Discomfort Tolerance,
Experimenting,
Fear,
pain,
Permission-Based Healing.,
Postpartum Depression,
Progress,
Self-Care,
Setbacks,
Trust
Remember this? It’s almost as good as “I’ll have what she’s having.” And much closer to home. I remember being 32 and feeling like Sally felt about 40, despite the fact I was married to a wonderful man and was pregnant with my first child. And today, I’m exactly one month away from this dreaded…
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After I finished writing a hard post about . Then I felt a strong need to come up with something light. I poked around some of my friends’ blogs and was inspired by . Just what I needed. Seven years ago I started singing this song to my older child Now we sing it together…
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