Don't Become A Monster
My lifelong habit of keeping company with at least one unlikable person is dying a slow death. I mentioned it as one of my monstrous habits in the last blog post, Where the Wild Things Are. Even though remnants of the behavior still remain, I’ve taken steps to change it since I confronted the habit’s origin – my relationship with my mom. As...
Don’t Become A Monster
My lifelong habit of keeping company with at least one unlikable person is dying a slow death. I mentioned it as one of my monstrous habits in the last blog post, Where the Wild Things Are. Even though remnants of the behavior still remain, I’ve taken steps to change it since I confronted the habit’s origin – my relationship with my mom. As...
Where the Wild Things Are (letting go of our monsters) (even more)
Seeing Max on today’s Google screen reminded me of how I make up monsters, just like in author Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. And my monsters do the same sort of thing as in the book, “And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws.”...
Ship It!
Seth Godin would be proud. Me? I'm on the fence about it. Yesterday I shipped a lengthy blog post, one with errors and sentences that made no sense, so I could honor the commitment I made to post every Monday. I have lots of excuses for the post being a mess, like the fact that I drive two hours one way on the first Monday (yesterday) of every...
"You Shouldn't Feel That Way" (the many ways we say this and why and how to stop)
Claudia Black, a leading author and theorist regarding adult children of alcoholics, has identified three dysfunctional rules of an alcoholic family. 1. Don’t talk. 2. Don’t feel. 3. Don’t trust. I'm pretty sure these rules don’t only apply to people dealing with alcoholism. They also apply to those of us dealing with life, which means we’re...
“You Shouldn’t Feel That Way” (the many ways we say this and why and how to stop)
Claudia Black, a leading author and theorist regarding adult children of alcoholics, has identified three dysfunctional rules of an alcoholic family. 1. Don’t talk. 2. Don’t feel. 3. Don’t trust. I'm pretty sure these rules don’t only apply to people dealing with alcoholism. They also apply to those of us dealing with life, which means we’re...
God Is Bigger Than the Bible
I sat waiting for friends when I couldn’t help overhearing a gentleman at a nearby table. He dominated the conversation by quoting Bible scriptures, then elaborated on their meanings. The woman and man who accompanied him tried to join in, but mostly sounded like they were trying to impress or at least keep up. That was my take on their...
Hi, I’m Kim.
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