Writing is nebulous. Sometimes, I think of it as an energy that grows or shrinks as I pay more or less attention to it. Sometimes, it feels like a raw nerve that twitches when I touch it. It electrifies my life. And sometimes, it slips out of my hand and falls into the outer world. […]
Creativity and Risk
I haven’t written for what feels like long centuries. It’s actually been a few weeks, interspersed with a visit by family from India and going out of town for my anniversary celebration. And I have been itching to come back and write again. But when I’ve sat down to form words, my mind feels clamped shut. […]
On Self Esteem
“Children don’t belong to us. They are little strangers who arrive in our lives and give us the pleasure and duty of caring for them – but we don’t own them. We help them become who they are.” Gloria Steinem remembers her mother saying this in her wonderful book Revolution from Within. […]
HSPs: Creativity and Anxiety
When it comes to increasing our happiness, there are so many things that we can do. We all know the theories. But how do we choose among all the areas that we can possibly work on? Where do we begin? In my search for a directed way, I pick up the book The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky and leaf through its pages, guessing which happiness activities would be recommended for me to start with. […]
Recovering Intuition
“Compliance causes a shocking realization that must be registered by all women. That is, to be ourselves causes us to be exiled by many others, and yet to comply with what others want causes us to be exiled from ourselves. It is a tormenting tension and it must be borne, but the choice is clear.” Clarissa Pinkola Estes. […]
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