Yearly Archives: 2018

outside of my windows are the mountains and the snow I hold you while you’re sleeping and I wish that I could go… but all the wonders I have seen I will see a second time from inside of the ages through your eyes -Brandi Carlile It is lonely. It […]

the bravery of the stay-at-home mother

2 Jun, 2018 in 2018 facing adversity by Laura Koens

“The pen is mightier than the sword.” Malala Yousafzai Image from Bad Girls Throughout History Imagine walking into a school bus and fearing for your life? Or the terror of going to school even though you cannot as a woman, knowing that the retribution will be fierce. Malala Yousafzai is currently […]

Your Pen Is a Weapon and Malala Yousafzai

2 Jun, 2018 in 2018 facing adversity by Amanda

Image by: NY Times Life is never perfect. We all live with some form of option B. This book is to help us all kick the shit out of it. Sheryl Sandberg Sheryl Sandberg didn’t imagine her husband would die at age forty-seven. Dave Goldberg died suddenly while the couple was vacationing […]

Option B: Principles to Deal with Adversity by Elaine Fraser

1 Jun, 2018 in 2018 facing adversity tagged #adamgrant / #adversity / #conversationsthatmatter / #death / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #facingadversity / #grief / #livingwithgrief / #losingahusband / #optionb / #resilience / #sherylsnadberg / #widow / courage / joy / women by Elaine Fraser

“An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city” Proverb We can all feel the weight of expectation. It can come from low self-worth or perfectionism. Being new to a situation or familiarity. Competency or inexperience. But wherever it comes from, we need to work out how […]

6 tips to help you let go

22 May, 2018 in 2018 Letting Go by Kelley

So this, I believe, is the central question upon which all creative living hinges: Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you? Elizabeth Gilbert In 2012 I wrote some poems, I collated them into a collection, and then I self-published a few to […]

releasing creative control

20 May, 2018 in 2018 Letting Go by Jodie McCarthy

The pressure is building and I want to let it out. The strain of feelings- a heavy burden. I try to let it go. But the desire to conform to what is normal, What is expected, Holds me back. No one really knows what’s going on beneath the surface, what’s […]

Letting Go- A Poem

18 May, 2018 in 2018 Letting Go by Yvette Cherry