This week, I have led a Rebel Thriver Workshop to help other women stop being self-destructive, in word, deed or thought. The workshop is based on a book by Rick Hanson, Just One Thing–Developing A Buddha Brain One Simple Practice …

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I used to be my worst enemy.  In word or in deed I sabotaged myself.  I have written in here of self-hurting; of my inner-editor-hater; of suicidal ideation; of self-abnegation and even self-hatred.  Rather than repeat the sad refrains that …

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7:10 a.m. The alarm goes off and I stumble around in search of the phone ringing. And then a door slams and the children’s toilet makes its howling jet engine sound and I glance at the alarm clock and hit …

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Did you ever yell at someone when you were mad at someone else?  Or write about something or someone and realized after the words rang out with indignation and frustration that you weren’t really writing about that someone or something?  …

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