Humanity: Raw & Unfiltered
Susan Miner, Counselor teaches how to meditate. A common mythabout meditation is that we need to stop our thoughts. It may trip you up by making you think you are ‘doing it wrong’ and lead you to give up. Just yesterday a counseling client asked me, “Shouldn’t my mind be clear Read more
I took a Method Writing class with the well-known Jack Grapes last fall, and I noticed a deep parallel with one of Jack’s writing techniques—called transformation lines—when I look at my life. He encourages us to use our transformation lines to go deeper, to find our voice, our narrative. I know Read more
After 35 years, I finally grew a pair. That’s right, I finally stood up to a childhood bully. The end result of my adventure, however, is still quite a shock. Let me explain. I was bullied as a teenager as I grew up in a small town in New Jersey. Read more
Shortly before the holidays I spent a magical week on retreat. I stayed in a cozy cabin nestled in 300 acres of virgin forest. A beautiful fresh water lake equipped with canoe was a brief stroll from my door and the Atlantic Ocean a casual twenty-minute walk away. I shared Read more
Just imagine every time we dismiss our accomplishments as too small. The little kid in all of us shouts, “Hey! I liked taking my time in the morning, reading the racy comments on that site, and bombarding my taste buds. I gave all that up for YOU. You’re the one Read more
Revenge is a dish best served cold, or so I’ve heard. It’s tough, we’re all so busy these days. I’m a homeschool Mom, I work (long and hard), and love to play. My friends are like family to me. I pride myself on seeing through people, being able to grasp Read more
I grew up in Manhattan. That is New York City. Not Brooklyn. Not the Bronx. Not Queens. Not any other borough. Just Manhattan. THE CITY. A small island. We lived in a two bedroom, one bath apartment on the 30th floor of a high rise in Tribeca. It faced the Read more
Like most people, I have experienced the constant chatter ringing in my ears. The voice I heard was filled with the fear of failure. When I listened closely, I heard snippets like these: “You can’t do that, what if you fail?” “You are too old to try to do something different with your life.” Read more