Category Archives: Experimenting

Instead of resolutions: a Permission Slip to Slip.

Written on December 30, 2011 by in Anxiety, Comfort-Zone, Experimenting, Fear, Gratitude, guilt, Permission-Based Healing., Postpartum Depression, PPDemons, Progress, Rainy Day Letters, Self-Care, Self-Kindness, Setbacks, Trust

And the the giveaway winner is: Laura. Hugs to all who didn’t win this time, more chances coming soon. This post is dedicated to my beloved #ppdchat friends. I’ve been so consumed  with creating events and classes here in Ithaca, that I’ve been rather absent on twitter. I miss you all, I’ll be back soon….

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Thursday, not Tuesday, UnGuilt Trip, Shiva Nata

Written on October 31, 2011 by in Experimenting, People I Love., Postpartum Depression

Haloooo! Greetings from Portland Oregon, where I am currently having the most marvelous time studying playing at   (with the Havi of the Wheeee!), in the most nourishing course ever. You may have noticed that I’ve been hiding undercovers lately,  I’ve taken a digital silent retreat, because I’ve been having a hard time processing some overwhelm…

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The PPD Kooky Jar

Written on September 6, 2011 by in creativity, Experimenting, Permission-Based Healing., Postpartum Depression, Progress, Self-Care, Silly-Side-Up

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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On Fighting the Pain in the Neck.

Written on August 25, 2011 by in Experimenting, Fear, guilt, Listening to the Body, Non Violent Communications, pain, People I Love., Permission-Based Healing., Postpartum Depression, Progress, Self-Care, Setbacks, Trust

I’m in pain. Because my . And because . I don’t like pain. Not one bit. And I’m a wuss. And I’m talking major pain. I mean, I’ve had neck and back pain before. This is a completely different order of magnitude. This is scary. My first inclination is to fight. Fight the pain, fight the crying, fight…

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And I’m going to be 40?!?

Written on August 24, 2011 by 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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Vows for Jax, and Welcome, James

Written on August 14, 2011 by in Experimenting, Guest Posts, guilt, People I Love., Postpartum Depression, Progress, Self-Care

Oh, Joy! Jaime, another #ppdchat friend (she tweets as @jamesandjax) is visiting us today.  Jaime  about her journey through ppd and anxiety while balancing work and home. I’ve been writing and talking about my disarming anxiety process lately (, ), and Jaime and I twitted back and forth about it, and voila, now she is here. Got…

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Of Course I am Anxious (part 2) + Wound-Licking Time Out

Written on August 10, 2011 by in Anger, Comfort-Zone, Experimenting, guilt, Listening to the Body, My Process, pain, Permission-Based Healing., Postpartum Depression, PPDemons, Progress, Self-Care, Trust

So, where were we?  we talked about how to get ourselves off the hook and begin to stop feeling guilty for being anxious. And about disarming anxiety rather than fighting it.  And how this is scary, and very empowering. It was sort of a what’s-in-it-for-you kind of post. This one here is more of a…

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Of course I am anxious. How about you? (Part 1)

Written on August 6, 2011 by in Cultural Conversation, Discomfort Tolerance, Experimenting, guilt, Listening to the Body, Permission-Based Healing., Postpartum Depression, PPDemons, Progress, Self-Care, Trust

This post is about disarming anxiety with . About meeting yourself where you are, and not making your going be any tougher than it has to be. It’s about how to bring Ease to What Is when what is hurts. This post is dedicated to my #ppdchat friends: Jamie, (@jamesandjax on twitter, she blogs at…

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Category Archives: Experimenting

Instead of resolutions: a Permission Slip to Slip.

Written on December 30, 2011 by in Anxiety, Comfort-Zone, Experimenting, Fear, Gratitude, guilt, Permission-Based Healing., Postpartum Depression, PPDemons, Progress, Rainy Day Letters, Self-Care, Self-Kindness, Setbacks, Trust

And the the giveaway winner is: Laura. Hugs to all who didn’t win this time, more chances coming soon. This post is dedicated to my beloved #ppdchat friends. I’ve been so consumed  with creating events and classes here in Ithaca, that I’ve been rather absent on twitter. I miss you all, I’ll be back soon….

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Thursday, not Tuesday, UnGuilt Trip, Shiva Nata

Written on October 31, 2011 by in Experimenting, People I Love., Postpartum Depression

Haloooo! Greetings from Portland Oregon, where I am currently having the most marvelous time studying playing at   (with the Havi of the Wheeee!), in the most nourishing course ever. You may have noticed that I’ve been hiding undercovers lately,  I’ve taken a digital silent retreat, because I’ve been having a hard time processing some overwhelm…

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The PPD Kooky Jar

Written on September 6, 2011 by in creativity, Experimenting, Permission-Based Healing., Postpartum Depression, Progress, Self-Care, Silly-Side-Up

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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On Fighting the Pain in the Neck.

Written on August 25, 2011 by in Experimenting, Fear, guilt, Listening to the Body, Non Violent Communications, pain, People I Love., Permission-Based Healing., Postpartum Depression, Progress, Self-Care, Setbacks, Trust

I’m in pain. Because my . And because . I don’t like pain. Not one bit. And I’m a wuss. And I’m talking major pain. I mean, I’ve had neck and back pain before. This is a completely different order of magnitude. This is scary. My first inclination is to fight. Fight the pain, fight the crying, fight…

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And I’m going to be 40?!?

Written on August 24, 2011 by 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…

Continue Reading »

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Vows for Jax, and Welcome, James

Written on August 14, 2011 by in Experimenting, Guest Posts, guilt, People I Love., Postpartum Depression, Progress, Self-Care

Oh, Joy! Jaime, another #ppdchat friend (she tweets as @jamesandjax) is visiting us today.  Jaime  about her journey through ppd and anxiety while balancing work and home. I’ve been writing and talking about my disarming anxiety process lately (, ), and Jaime and I twitted back and forth about it, and voila, now she is here. Got…

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Of Course I am Anxious (part 2) + Wound-Licking Time Out

Written on August 10, 2011 by in Anger, Comfort-Zone, Experimenting, guilt, Listening to the Body, My Process, pain, Permission-Based Healing., Postpartum Depression, PPDemons, Progress, Self-Care, Trust

So, where were we?  we talked about how to get ourselves off the hook and begin to stop feeling guilty for being anxious. And about disarming anxiety rather than fighting it.  And how this is scary, and very empowering. It was sort of a what’s-in-it-for-you kind of post. This one here is more of a…

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Of course I am anxious. How about you? (Part 1)

Written on August 6, 2011 by in Cultural Conversation, Discomfort Tolerance, Experimenting, guilt, Listening to the Body, Permission-Based Healing., Postpartum Depression, PPDemons, Progress, Self-Care, Trust

This post is about disarming anxiety with . About meeting yourself where you are, and not making your going be any tougher than it has to be. It’s about how to bring Ease to What Is when what is hurts. This post is dedicated to my #ppdchat friends: Jamie, (@jamesandjax on twitter, she blogs at…

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