Personal growth

Be your own everything

Posted by on Feb 23, 2011 | 0 comments

Be your own everything

Best-selling author Elizabeth Gilbert discusses the pitfalls of bringing unrealistic expectations into marriage, and explains that you have to “get your own house in order” before you can be in a successful relationship.

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On progress and purpose

Posted by on Sep 12, 2010 | 1 comment

On progress and purpose

Tonight I spent some time going through my blog and updating my post categories and tags in preparation for a major site update. It was a lot of work. I didn’t tag many of my earlier blog posts, and my categories were a bit of a mess. But it was interesting to read back through [...]

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Restlessness and red meat

Posted by on Mar 26, 2009 | 1 comment

Lately I have been in a state of restlessness, like I am waiting for something to happen. I guess I am, because I have all these career goals and still not a clear timeline of when things are really going to change. Still, I find myself checking my e-mail constantly, in part because I am [...]

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Don’t bottle it up

Posted by on Mar 13, 2009 | 1 comment

I have listened to two different audio programs recently that both address the connection between emotional problems and physical ailments. The speakers cite cases of severe arthritis, migraines, and other chronic health problems that have cleared up after the subjects learned to deal with repressed anger or forgive someone from their past. It makes sense [...]

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Where does self-actualization start?

Posted by on Mar 4, 2009 | 0 comments

This week I am listening to a program called Building Self-Esteem in Your Child. No, I do not have any kids. But Ryan does, which makes me a part-time mother figure of sorts. So I figured it couldn’t hurt to learn some basic parenting skills. I wasn’t really expecting to hear about self-actualization on an [...]

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Out of the tunnel

Posted by on Feb 19, 2009 | 2 comments

I just finished listening to an audio program on self-discovery. It wasn’t the most inspiring program I’ve ever heard; a lot of it was repeat information for me, and the mixed metaphors — bridges, tunnels, chains, tapestries, and even boxes of crayons — left me cringing. But one of the metaphors did tie in to [...]

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