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What To Do When The Writing Bug Hits

Last updated on April 2nd, 2012 at 11:49 amI was sitting in a restaurant with my husband when I was overcome with the need for a pen. I didn’t just want a pen; I needed this pen like I needed to breathe. My blood rushed through me at lightning speed causing my scalp to tingle and, OKAY, okay I don’t…
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How To Overcome My Fear of Flying

Last updated on March 3rd, 2010 at 11:27 pmAs I am researching flights for N.Y., I feel some unwanted butterflies stirring in my stomach. The bad kind of butterflies, not the good kind. Maybe I should call them moths;) I remember that I hate flying. Anxiety always hits me the night before a flight, continues during the drive to the…
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Double The Agony Double The Ecstasy

Last updated on March 7th, 2010 at 11:34 amI received another rejection letter. So instead of crying silently, I am kvetching (Yiddish for complaining) to the world.  It is the third event this year I applied to and have been rejected from. I keep hoping this process gets easier but so far is has not.  It is painful in more…
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Monday Motivation for Women to Pursue a Big Dream

Last updated on May 14th, 2024 at 01:22 pmThis week, a group of women dreamers attended the movie premiere of Who Does She Think She Is, a documentary exploring how women often make difficult choices between motherhood or working, between a child’s well-being or our own, and between responsibility or self-expression.  This wonderful film by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Pamela Tanner…
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Are You Preventing Your Dream From Fear

Last updated on November 1st, 2019 at 05:27 pmAs I travel to study my dream of learning glass blowing I realize that this may be the first time I have embarked on a journey with the life experience to back it up. Years ago I did boot camp and the US Coast Guard. It was one of my most difficult…
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