When Wanting to Make a Change, Find Hope by Finding Exceptions
A truism you’ll hear repeated in medicine, and other venues, is that the best predictor of future behavior is the past. This is a hopeful message if the choices people make have been empowering, but a dangerous belief if one Read More …
Befriending the Imposter Syndrome Beasticle – a Strategy for Writers Whose Internal Editor is a Special Brand of Nasty
Of all the voices of the Inner Critic, one of the most virulent is that of the Imposter Syndrome — my personal vulnerability. What is the IS? You might suffer from it if you: *Carry a sense of fraudulence. *Believe you’re one step away Read More …
The Habit of Bravery
At present I’m fighting jet lag, caffeine withdrawal and a family who doesn’t know when to settle down for the evening. All that aside, I don’t think I would have difficulty writing a blog post. I’ve fought through similar circumstances before to Read More …
Temper Tartum
Yesterday I told Molly I’d quit writing for good. I even meant it. I had been struggling with the same scene for days despite promising myself I’d push into first-draft gear and crank the words out. I told myself revisions would Read More …
When The Tart Gets Too Sour
Hope discusses the Eastern-Western divide on the approach to melancholia. She also offers Rumi. Read More …
From Ripple to Tsunami – The Hope Series, Finale
The final post in the Series on Hope, hope101 details the results of the clinic’s hope make-over. Pictures are enclosed in a PowerPoint presentation. Read More …
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