As I wrote a couple weeks ago, recently I have shaken up my cafe routine. It was only a matter of time before the routine ran out of mojo. I had been…
Category: Personal Growth
A Highly Sensitive Person’s Guide to Happiness
A few months back I joined a Facebook group for highly sensitive people because I had never sought out other “HSPs” before and was curious what I’d find. What I found has…
Yes, You Can Ignore Them
I have written about comparing myself with other swimmers while swimming. It doesn’t just come up in the pool. It’s old story where my worth seemed to be tied to the relative…
Practicing Deliberate Inconsistency
So yesterday I did not post. This really doesn’t matter all that much, but I tend to be black-or-white about things like this. Since I turned the blogging spigot back on, my…
Change is Hard
For many years now, I have had a routine of going to a cafe down the street multiple times per week for several hours of writing. During these cafe sessions, I typically…
How to Neutralize Negative Thoughts
I was surprised one day at the grocery store last year to discover a little book called “Conquer Your Negative Thoughts,” by Daniel Amen. This book concisely shares powerful exercises and suggestions…
Slaying the Dragon of Perfectionism
Steven Pressfield in the “War of Art” talks about overcoming resistance. It’s a daily battle, he describes, for a creative person to sit down and get to work. Meanwhile, in “The Artist…
Highly-Sensitive Chronicles (January 2026 Update)
In the past few years, my life has changed for the better because of embracing the idea of being highly-sensitive. In my last highly-sensitive update over a year ago, I mentioned how…
Personal Highlights of 2025
Today’s the last day of 2025 and I am reviving my blog! It’s been over a year since I posted, yet I am no stranger to turning the faucet on and off,…
Focus Relentlessly On What Already Feels Good
I have written about the Law of Attraction many times on this blog. This is not because I am such a whiz at it. On the contrary, I find that writing about…