Long ago, in my first round of “I must escape corporate hell,” I took a job as a receptionist – at that time my dream “easy” job. We all have these – jobs that we imagine to be so much easier than our own current employment. Some of my former coworkers, for example, dreamed of […]
The Office/The Odyssey: You Decide
Decoding Body Shame
I recently watched a Kickstarter video for a documentary called Embrace, which intends to unite women across the world to love their bodies. I thought it was great, and I encourage you to check it out here. (They are fully funded, and this is not a pitch to get you to donate.) What struck me […]
A Shame Interrupt for “Being Broken”
I just had an intuitive reading. It was unexpected and incredible. I received an answer to a burning question I’ve had for nearly two years, and the answer – though so beautiful – left me feeling completely ashamed. Like I was broken and still had to fix myself. Like all the glue I have applied […]
Finding Your Hidden Stories
Want to change the quality of your life almost instantly? It’s easy – change the way you talk to yourself about your life. Our lives are mostly comprised of the stories we tell ourselves in our own heads. Events occur, and we perceive them and make meaning out of them by telling ourselves stories about […]
There’s Nothing Wrong With You
It’s been a very interesting week, folks. My planned topic for today was “dealing with guilt and shame,” and while that is still my topic, it’s certainly not the slant I was expecting to take on it. “The Universe”, in its infinite wisdom, delivered more writing material on this topic in just one week than […]
Battle Tactics: Dealing with Sadness & Grief
If last week’s post on rage wasn’t your personal issue, then this might be the week for you – today we’re talking about sadness and grief. Usually one or the other (or in my case, both) of these emotions really freaks people out and we’ll go to amazing lengths to avoid them. This week, I’m […]
Battle Tactics: Replacing Your Critical, Lying ‘Everyone’
Last week I posted about the idea of “everyone” and invited you to really look at if you were handing over your power and your sense of self to a worthy group of people. Huge breakthroughs can come from just recognizing that the people who make up your “everyone” are folks who you wouldn’t really […]
Battle Tactics: Rewriting Your Story
After weeks of writing about how to recognize and challenge our own internal negative stories, we’re moving on to using our natural storytelling brains to our own advantage. Today, we get to ditch our own internal victim and create our hero’s saga, thanks to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. To begin, pick one of your life […]
Battle Tactics: Thought Shifting
So perhaps by this time you’re thinking, “all these thought models are fantastic, Liz, but really, how much time do you think I have to be sitting around doing thought work?” Trust me, I get that, and this week’s thought work model is for those of you who are super stressed and barely have time […]
The Road to Mordor: The Cost of Staying in Rivendell
“I would’ve fucked you.” This sentence, said by a dear friend years after we met, is what truly convinced me to take this “impossible” journey. Should I have been offended? Well, maybe, but that was not my reaction at all. I was both overjoyed and completely dismayed. Overjoyed cause this man is gorgeous and a […]