#259 – How did your Ghosts enter your mind?The Ghosts and the Ego are self-protective mechanisms we develop in childhood. We do it because, when we're little, the outside world is incomprehensible. To make sense of the apparent chaos, we turn to ours...
#258 – Did you believe the truth was obvious?I did. Perhaps naively, I assumed that the truth was one for everyone and that it presented itself without question.I believed that people of the law (namely judges and prosecutors) were immune to the...
#257 – How can you deal with toxic people?Just kidding. Responding to this question would counter everything I've shared with you so far.Why? Two main reasons.One: if someone is or isn't toxic or not is NOT your problem, so there's nothing for you to...
#256 – What does you True Self aspire to?I thought I wanted a writing job. Now that I have one, it doesn't feel as desirable as it did before.Not because I no longer love to write – I do. But because this job feels like I'm in a writing sweatshop. I...
#255 – Power – what's the dangerous kind?Power: some want it, some eschew it. But we all need it in some degree. Without power, we can't function, either as individuals or as a collective.Power gives us the ability to act and be, and sometimes t...
#254 – Do inter-personal boundaries make you uncomfortable?When you equate attention with love, boundaries feel like an attack.Yesterday, exploring how setting my personal boundaries made me feel, I thought about my father. Whenever he found me "in m...
#253 – Is savior complex hiding behind your people-pleasing?Yesterday, writing my morning pages, I noticed half my brain tracking my husband’s moves. If he were to show up in the kitchen for breakfast, I’d fold my notebook and mark my practice d...
#252 – The world needs you, not your EgoBy definition, Egos are fragile. They spot threats everywhere and when they can’t be sure of an outcome, they’d rather stay put – a devil you know is better than an angel you don’t. Fear and vigilance, tha...
#251 – Is your planner tripping up your True Self?Planning is easy. It creates the illusion of control, and who doesn't love that? The feeling of safety; the sense of power over our actions; the freedom we foresee.The problem is, as I'm sure you...
#250 – How will your mind sabotage your growth?When your Ego realizes you're about to change, it freaks out: what if the worst happens is the first thought on its mind – which, by the way, is your mind. So, wringing its hands, it plans how to stop yo...