When life is throwing you unexpected challenges, it’s OK to yell “plot twist!” and move on. Of course a dramatic pause never hurts, either. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHjFxJVeCQs&feature=player_embedded]
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Sea Monkeys in the Sewer
When you were a kid did you ever order sea monkeys from an ad in the back of a comic book? Advertised as a “bowl full of happiness” and “instant life” I was intrigued. Maybe obsessed. I must have managed to talk a parent into ordering them because I have this vague and disappointing memory of tiny brine shrimp in a bowl. Not only did they not look anything like the little cartoon characters in the ads, they weren’t very interesting and they didn’t live long.…
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Shut the Door on Your Inner Critic
Are you still trying to decide how to shut the door on your Inner Critic? Have you figured out what to do with that noisy Inner Editor? How to manage a Monkey Mind? Perhaps you have learned how to love your Inner Critic. Maybe you’re looking for a way to break up with it, once and for all. [Tweet “Have you shut the door on your #InnerCritic?”] These are all valid ways to deal with that confidence-sapping, pain-in-the-butt, voice-in-the-head. I’ve been fortunate to hear about lots of Inner Critics…