Podcasts about anais nin

Helen Packham talks to Dr Yin Lu, a distinguished communication scientist and self-styled rhetoric doctor. Despite her early exit in the game show 'Traitors,' Yin shares her expansive knowledge, explaining how emotion and strategic communication play crucial roles in achieving resonance and influence. Yin and Helen share strategies applicable in our daily lives to win people over and reduce the distortion between intention and impact. Tune in for a conversation that's sure to transform how you connect and communicate with the world.Here are the highlights:00:00 The science of communication with Yin from the Traitors09:16 Communication involves reducing distortion between intent and impact.15:42 Analysed rhetorical techniques in social media to predict tweet engagement.25:02 Online influence holds significant power. Creators need to take care.31:45 Traitors plan was non-threatening behaviour and appearance.37:03 Trust, emotional connection, and logic form credibility.44:49 Focus on personal emotions and vulnerabilities instead of judging others.56:41 Listening is crucial in communication, yet often overlooked. 01:07:06 We perceive the world based on our own biases and experiences, as emphasised by Anais Nin's quote.About Dr. Yin Lu:Yin is a communication scientist, a self-styled Rhetoric Doctor, and an AI product leader. She is currently the Global Head of Product for Artificial Intelligence at CUBE, a market-leading regtech that has been machine reading the regulatory internet since 2011. She is intoxicated by language, particularly in the context of digital media.Yin completed her doctorate at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) on the rhetoric and resonance of Brexit tweets. Through her research, she established a rhetorical framework that can be used to improve the resonance of any message. She applies it every single day to every single form of communication that she produces or consumes (including this one).Yin has an interdisciplinary and international outlook. She firmly believes that categories are meant to be transcended. She is a strong advocate for computational approaches to the social sciences and humanities, and for qualitative approaches to big data analyses. She belongs to three cultures across three continents, and derives energy from travel and meeting new people. The greater the diversity, the better.On a higher, more whimsical level: Yin is caught betwixt academia and industry, fact and fiction, life and art. And she wouldn't have it any other way.Connect with Yin:Medium: https://medium.com/@periwynkleLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/periwynkleTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therhetoricdoctorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/therhetoricdoctorX: https://x.com/yinnethYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PeriwynkleLinkTree:

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."I remember coming across this quote at Burning Man years ago. It's from writer and essayist Anais Nin. It struck me then, and it reverberates for me still.This photo was taken that year. That sky is particularly specific to that time of evening, as the heat of the day dissolves into gorgeous blue & purple hues.I remember my friends and I were stopped at an art piece, after gallivanting around the playa on our bikes, weaving in and out of the dust and denizens of Black Rock City.That year was the Temple of Transition, and it was a threshold that changed everything.It was then I learned of the role of grief and the necessity to come together in tending the endings that make us human. It was then I recognized my marriage was over, even though it was another year before we parted ways.Recently I had the impulse to look up the words from Anais Nin, and discovered the rest of the quote:"Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death. Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live. Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat. Perfection is static, and I am in full progress."I love that. That a live worth living is not one of striving for success, but a willingness to fail again and again. This is how one comes to know life. To blossom is a risk. To expose your vulnerability, your authenticity and your creativity is to expose yourself rejection. To dare to become. Somewhere in there, your soul comes alive. This is the spirit of my upcoming Awakening the Wild Erotic, an ritual immersion for men release dysfunctional patterns around “eros,” the primal force of life, and step into a new phase of aliveness. This will our 5th time running the event, and men have found the container incredibly valuable. Upcoming AWE Dates: April 4-6, 2025 Vancouver Island has a few spots left. (Last chance to apply now!) We are also bringing AWE to the Montreal area July 18-20, 2025. Get the full details and apply here.Podcast RoundupOver the last few months I've been featured in a number of great podcasts. I figured I'd round them up as a digest and share below. The Authentic Man - Mythopoetic Masculinity and Navigating Conflict in RelationshipI really enjoyed this conversation with David Chambers, where we cover a number of topics, including: Domination vs. Partnership Culture, Reconditioning for Connection, Support systems for couples, Regenerating Culture, The Power of Deep Partnership, Understanding and Dealing with Jealousy, How to deal with conflict in a relationshipEvolving Man - Iron John And The Foundations Of Mythopoetic MasculinityA solid conversation with my longtime friend Ben Goresky. In this episode, I share my journey into the mythopoetic men's movement, which explores masculinity through myth, initiation, and men's groups. I open up about how the death of my grandfather led me to this work and helped me understand the challenges of modern manhood, especially in a culture that lacks clear rites of passage. We discuss the archetypes of the Hero and the King, dive into the themes of Iron John, and explore the importance of men's circles for personal growth and emotional support. We also reflect on the rediscovery of lost initiation practices, reconnecting with passion, and embracing The Deep Masculine to navigate life's stages and challenges.The Smiling Human - Myth as Medicine: Addressing the Crisis of MeaningIn this conversation, Oak Mountain and I discuss the themes of mythopoiesis, masculinity, and the cultural narratives that shape our understanding of identity. We cover the importance of myth in making sense of the human experience, the evolution of masculinity through different cultural eras, and the current crisis of meaning faced by many men today. RiverFlow - Weaving Love, Eros & Men's WorkIn this episode, Harry Friedman and I explore into rich territory. We explore the metaphor of polyamory as a wetland and “relational exclusivity” as a river, to understand different approaches to love and relationships. We dive into the traditional views of elder mentors around marriage and matrimony, contrasting those with the ideas of free love and open relating, particularly those espoused in the Tamera research project. We also discuss how romantic relationships can serve as vehicles for healing, while community plays a crucial role in the broader process of personal and collective healing.Tripping with Nick SunFinally, you're invited to check out this episode with Nick Sun', whose podcast “seeks to explore the fundamental question: How do we live as human beings during these crazy times without losing our freaking minds?”Thanks for reading. P.S. My Deep Masculine 3 month program is also live. There are pathways for both men & women. Get the full details here. Get full access to The Mythic Masculine at themythicmasculine.substack.com/subscribe

📝 Notas y enlaces del capítulo: https://www.jaimerodriguezdesantiago.com/kaizen/225-inmunidad-al-cambio-i-las-etapas-de-nuestra-mente/ «No crecemos de manera absoluta, cronológicamente. Crecemos a veces en una dimensión y no en otra; de forma desigual. Crecemos parcialmente. Somos relativos. Somos maduros en un ámbito, infantiles en otro. El pasado, presente y futuro se entremezclan y nos empujan hacia atrás, hacia adelante, o nos fijan en el presente. Estamos compuestos de capas, células, constelaciones». Esta frase es seguramente una de las más inesperadas de cuantas he traído al podcast. Si no por el contenido, por su autora: una escritora de literatura erótica llamada Anais Nin. Pero creo que resume, de forma casi involuntaria, mucho de lo que vamos a tratar hoy. Porque vamos a hablar de cómo crecer implica cambiar. Aunque, claro, eso significa que cuando nos resistirnos a cambiar muchas veces nos resistimos a crecer. Y lo cierto es que tendemos a resistirnos a cambiar casi siempre. Incluso cuando es un cambio que nace de nosotros, cuando somos nosotros quienes queremos cambiar. Si no, ¿por qué fracasamos en tantos de nuestros intentos por modificar nuestro comportamiento? ¿Qué hace que por muy comprometidos que estemos con una nueva dieta o con escuchar mejor a nuestra pareja o con querer mejores líderes acabemos cayendo una y otra vez en comportamientos que van directamente en contra de lo que queremos conseguir? Pues seguramente haya múltiples motivos, pero, como veremos en el capítulo de hoy y en alguno más en el futuro, hay quien piensa que tenemos una especie de sistema inmunitario que se opone a que cambiemos. Pero para llegar a explicarlo, antes debemos comprender cómo se desarrolla nuestra mente. Y, si estás sospechando que hoy es uno de esos capítulos, es cierto: hoy tocan agujetas neuronales, aviso. 🙌 Patrocinador del capítulo: Creatina y Proteína de BeLevels ✉️ Suscríbete a la newsletter de kaizen aquí: https://www.jaimerodriguezdesantiago.com/newsletter ❤️ ¿Te gusta kaizen? Apoya el podcast uniéndote a la Comunidad y accede a contenidos y ventajas exclusivas: https://www.jaimerodriguezdesantiago.com/comunidad-kaizen/

In these tumultuous times, Heidi and Ellen welcome the sign of Pisces.  It is a moment of vastness, imagination, and love. Pisces dissolves borders, feels the pain of another, and welcomes all. The last sign of the zodiac, Pisces offers synthesis and the power to end a cycle.  Books mentioned: Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks, Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, The Flesh and L.A. by Eve Babitz Movies mentioned: On the Basis of Sex, We Live in Time, Molly's Game    Television mentioned: Paradise - Hulu, Prime Target - Apple, The West Wing - Max They talk about Pisces writer Anais Nin, Heidi reads a poem by Tom Hirons. They discuss the upcoming west coast premiere of the play FEAST. by Megan Gogerty performed by Erin Schlabach and directed by Laura Covelli in Los Angeles from March 8 - April 6. More information and tickets available at leonixtheatre.org.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. –Anais Nin Check out John Lee Dumas' award winning Podcast Entrepreneurs on Fire on your favorite podcast directory. For world class free courses and resources to help you on your Entrepreneurial journey visit EOFire.com

In today's episode we talk to Steven Reigns — poet, educator, and author of one of my favorite books of poetry, A Quilt For David. This book came to me during an extremely difficult bout of insomnia, and I read it in one sitting. Which says a lot because I'm a slow reader.  We get into all of that in this interview as well as Steven's lifelong love affair with writer Anais Nin. (Steven is the President of The Anais Nin Foundation.) We also get into his latest work, ‘For The Love of Peter Hujar,' a zine dedicated to the life of photographer Peter Hujar, published by Mattazine Society, as part of their ongoing ‘For The Love Of' series.  MORE ABOUT STEVEN Steven Reigns is a Los Angeles poet and educator and was appointed the first Poet Laureate of West Hollywood. Alongside over a dozen chapbooks, he has published the collections Inheritance and Your Dead Body is My Welcome Mat. Reigns holds a BA in Creative Writing, a Master of Clinical Psychology, and is a sixteen-time recipient of The Los Angeles County's Department of Cultural Affairs' Artist in Residency Grant. He edited My Life is Poetry, showcasing his students' work from the first-ever autobiographical poetry workshop for LGBT seniors. Reigns has lectured and taught writing workshops around the country to LGBT youth and people living with HIV. Currently he is touring The Gay Rub, an exhibition of rubbings from LGBT landmarks, and is board president of the Anais Nin Foundation. His newest collection A Quilt for David was published by City Lights and is the product of over ten years of research regarding dentist David Acer's life.  FOLLOW STEVEN ON IG https://www.instagram.com/stevenreigns/  BUY A QUILT FOR DAVID https://citylights.com/general-poetry/quilt-for-david/ BUY ‘FOR THE LOVE OF PETER HUJAR' https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/66725/ ENJOYED THIS VIDEO?  Follow ART of the ZODIAC & Vivi Henriette in ALL the places: https://linktr.ee/ART_of_the_ZODIAC  For BONUS print interviews, SUBSCRIBE to ART of the ZODIAC on SUBSTACK for the latest  TALKTALKTALK, delivered straight to your inbox — it's FREE:  (Become a paid subscriber for secret invites and discounts.)  https://artofthezodiac.substack.com/  LEARN Astrology! Make FRIENDS! JOIN CLUB ASTRO on ⁠PATREON⁠:  https://patreon.com/ARToftheZODIAC?ut…

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Today we discuss the movie Miller's Girl! We talk about this controversial Netflix film, Jenna Ortega, age gaps with sex, teacher student dynamics and more. Isaac talks some illuminate confirm also: director Jade Halley Bartlett's blood magick, Dr Strange, sex magick, Lions Gate portal, Dave Grohl's Studio 666 and the death of Taylor Hawkins! We talk about the six degrees of separation of Henry Miller, June Miller, Anais Nin, Marjorie Cameron, Kenneth Anger, Jack Parsons and Crowley!Housekeeping includes the proposed book club about UNFURL, Bill Maher updates, Joe Rogan's Christian Facebook claims and more! (*Miller's Girl talk starts at 24 minutes).—You can now sign up for our commercial-free version of the show with a Patreon exclusive bonus show called “Morning Coffee w/ the Weishaupts” at Patreon.com/BreakingSocialNorms  OR subscribe on the Apple Podcasts app to get all the same bonus “Morning Coffee” episodes AD-FREE with early access! (*Patreon is also NOW enabled to connect with Spotify! https://rb.gy/r34zj)Want more?…—Index of all previous episodes on free feed: https://breakingsocialnorms.com/2021/03/22/index-of-archived-episodes/—Leave a review or rating wherever you listen and we'll see what you've got to say!Follow us on the socials:-instagram.com/theweishaupts2/Check out Isaac's conspiracy podcasts, merch, etc:-AllMyLinks.com/IsaacW-Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture (on all podcast platforms or IlluminatiWatcher.com)-Isaac Weishaupt's book are all on Amazon and Audible; author narrated audiobooksSTATEMENT: This show is full of Isaac's and Josie's useless opinions and presented for entertainment purposes. Audio clips used in Fair Use and taken from YouTube videos.———————————

"In onda Fabio Barbieri. Musiche: Dirty Three, Hermanos Gutierrez, Tom Waits, Laurie Anderson, Peter Erskine, Palle Danielsson e John Taylor, Fred Again e Brian Eno, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jacques e Paula Morelenbaum, Cowboy Junkies, John Abercrombie, Dave Holland e Jack Dejohnette, Tomasz Stanko Quartet, Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock e Jack Dejohnette. Letture: Maria Popova, Anais Nin.".

After this long and oftentimes languishing month of Leo, Heidi and Ellen welcome the sign of Virgo. Virgo is one of the hardest working signs of the zodiac. Therefore, it is deeply important that we are aligned with and devoted to the work we are doing. Virgo teaches us about the power of NO. We ask “What is truly mine to do?” This is the season to clarify how you spend your time, energy and money with a commitment to greater fulfillment and joy. Heidi reads the poem Bride by Maggie Smith. Books mentioned: Everything You Have by Kate Ruby; The Diary of Anais Nin by Anais Nin; On Beauty by Zadie Smith. Movies and TV shows mentioned: Inside Out 2; Twister; Deadpool & Wolverine; Shirley; Emily In Paris. Do you have a question you'd like featured on the podcast? Send a 1-minute audio and your birth information (date of birth, time, and place) to assistant@heidirose.com. Chart Your Career Instagram: @chartyourcareerpodcast To connect with the hosts, visit: Heidi Rose Robbins, Astrologer & Poet: heidirose.com, IG: @heidiroserobbins Ellen Fondiler, Career & Business Strategist: ellenfondiler.com, IG: @elfondiler

BOOK A CALL WITH PETER Today, I'm going to talk about positive energy and energy and the actor and why it is so intensely important.  I have found positive energy and positive thinking to be one of the most important things for a happy life and a happy career. So I'm going to start with a quote, which is Gandhi, which is “be the change you wish to see in the world.” Anais Nin, “We do not see the world as it is. We see it as we are.” And so what I want to see the world is, especially in such tumultuous times, is I want to see the good in the world.  Not the bad, because the more I see good in my world, the more good is reflected back to me.  And because we see it as we are, that is why we want to have as much positive energy going through us as possible.  And when I talk about positive energy, I talk about anabolic energy.  I'm talking about that anabolic energy and that anabolic energy is growing, building, healing energy.  And it is who I Truly am and that's truth with a capital T, whether I believe it or not. Another thing is that anabolic energy gives me a high chance for success. It has me being fully conscious.  It has me in a state where I believe in myself. In me, but I also believe in that power greater than me, in that universe.  So now I'm going to move into my favorite text of The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie. “It's so easy to look around and notice what's wrong, it takes practice to see what's right.” The reason why it's so easy to see what's wrong is because that's what my motherboard, my limiting beliefs, have taught me, programmed me to look for the bad, not for the good, or to look for the negative instead of the positive. That's the only reason why that happens.  It happens because I was programmed that way.  And there's that wonderful joke that your parents know how to push your buttons because they're the ones who installed them.  It takes practice to notice what's right.  Now, remember when just a moment ago I said it's easier to look around and see what's, what's wrong or what's negative. I put that word easy in quotes because quite frankly, It is actually far easier to do this work and have a happier life than continuing to look at the negative and continue to build and foster that.  That just keeps me in that awful state of negativity and that awful area of status quo, where I know that pain that you know you could be doing so much better, but you aren't. I'm sorry, but that is not easy.  Melody Beattie goes on to say, “many of us have lived around negativity for years. We've become skilled, we've become skilled at labeling what's wrong with other people, our life, our work, our day, our relationships, ourselves, our conduct, our core work. We want to be realistic and our goal is to identify and accept reality.” However, this often is not our intent when we practice negativity. The purpose of negativity is generally annihilation.  I do not wanna annihilate. I do not want to annihilate a good life for myself because of the way I was programmed.  No, I want to create a good life for me, a happy life for me, a place where my life is in the position for a high chance for success. And this is what I want for you as an actor.  “Negativity empowers the problem.” The problem of not working as an actor. The problem of not knowing what to do next. The problem [ of nothing ever good happens to me. It empowers that. I'm sorry, I don't want to go there. That's not what I want because negativity takes us out of harmony.  Negative energy sabotages and destroys.  How many actors have said to me, I sabotage myself. I sabotage myself.  I used to be someone who used to sabotage themselves. I no longer do that. I no longer do that.  Let's put it this way. I no longer choose that.  I choose to work for myself instead of against myself. And that is the far easier path.  “Negative thinking empowers the problem. It takes us out of harmony. Negative energy sabotages and destroys. It has a powerful life of it's own.  and it has the power to enable our self sabotaging. But here's the catch, and here's the good news. So does powerful energy.  “Each day we can ask what's right, what's good about other people, about our life, our work, our day, our relationships, ourselves, our conduct, our recovery.”  And this is something that I truly believe. Negative energy comes from my ego. It comes from that thought system. That power system.  And positive energy comes from the universal. Thought system, the universal power system, that is infinite, that is positive. And here is the thing, my ego thought system is finite, it only has so much energy.  But positive energy, when I hook up my pipeline to the positive energy, to the universal energy, that is much stronger than the negative energy.  That is why I say in my weekly classes, I talk to my clients, my students, my actors about this. You put in one inch of core work, you put in one inch of effort, and you will get more than one yard back.  Because the positive energy is so much stronger than the negative. We just have to choose it.  “Positive energy heals, it conducts love, and transforms. Choose positive energy.” I love that word transforms. Because I truly used to be a very negative person. Mainly about myself. Every other thing I said to myself was, I'm not something enough. That is not the case anymore. There is truly hope.  If I can help myself, I can help you.  The other thing about Energy is that everybody wants that positive energy. Everybody wants that abundant life. And the thing is that living that abundant life begins with believing in focusing on that abundant world.  Practicing gratitude. Just even mentioning three times a day or three things in a day that you want to practice gratitude for, that is a phenomenal way to have positive energy in your life. 

In this episode, we stroll into a hidden gem behind the well-known streets of Montparnasse: the Villa Seurat. This is a small street described in the famous Diaries of Anais Nin. Villa Seurat also appears in the work of her lover, Henry Miller, although he disguises the identity of the street by calling it “Villa Borghese”. This part of the 14th arrondissement really conjures the neighborhood feel of the 1920s and 30s, when artists and writers from all over the world filled the streets of Montparnasse, dreaming and creating and have emotional epiphanies up and down the block. For photos, please check out my website. Thanks as always to Bremner Fletcher for technical expertise and general know-how. The Improbable Walks theme music is performed by David Symons, New Orleans accordionist extraordinaire.   

Hey, it's Katie and I want to welcome you to this special bonus episode. It'll be here for you completely ad-free for the next week so you can get a feel of what it's like to be a PREMIUM member. If you'd like an easy ad-free experience for all of our podcasts - that's over 200 episodes each month, then JOIN PREMIUM today at https://WomensMeditationNetwork.com/premium Oh, the courage that it takes to live.  To truly live.  PAUSE… To follow our passions. To experiment with interests.  To fall in love. To live our values.  PAUSE… Oh, the courage it takes.  So relax your body, Deep into comfort.  PAUSE… Let your breathing, Slow down.  PAUSE… Anais Nin said, “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”  PAUSE… Be here with this quote. And see what it brings up for you.  LONG PAUSE (3 MIN)… “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”  PAUSE… How will your life expand today? Namaste, Beautiful

Kathleen Adams is one of the most prominent and established voices in the field of therapeutic writing. She's a best-selling author, speaker, and psychotherapist. She's the founder and director of the Center for Journal Therapy, the premier source of education and training on the power of writing for healing, growth, and change. She's also the director of the Therapeutic Writing Institute and adjunct faculty at the University of Denver, where she teaches Writing and Healing, a 10-week course. In an internet poll, Kay was listed (with Anne Frank and Anais Nin) as one of the three most significant influences on contemporary journal keeping. I learned about her work when I read her first book, Journal to the Self (1990), a classic that has helped define the field of journal therapy. I then had the privilege to meet Kay to ask her questions about journaling. - What is journaling? - Why is it helpful? - What misconceptions do people have about journaling? - How can we start journaling? - What journaling techniques are there? - Is it better to keep a handwritten or digital journal? - Should you journal only when you're sad? - How can you become a better writer by journaling? Kay and I hope this recorded chat will inspire you to write down your thoughts more often. Enjoy the episode here or watch it on YouTube --https://youtu.be/8FvaRuz21uM KAY LINKS - Kay's first book, “Journal to the Self” - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/353624.Journal_to_the_Self - Kay's Books - https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/F7818742-54B0-4A8F-8DED-F5CFFC3B2148 - Kay's gift for you - https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:us:571b7eb5-8dfa-4d29-8c3f-70d583a05bd9 - The Center for Journal Therapy - https://journaltherapy.com/ - The Therapeutic Writing Institute - https://twinstitute.net/ MY LINKS - Subscribe to Better Writers. You'll get 1 short email a week to help you achieve 1 goal: become a better writer. -- https://fabiocerpelloni.com/private/ - My website - https://fabiocerpelloni.com/

Have you ever wondered who you invite to a dinner party if you could invite ANYONE? My list is pretty long and time traveling would have to be involved.  So for now, I'm sharing some of my LUMINARY dinner party guests' thought-provoking quotes that will make you think, feel, and create on higher levels in your life.  This is a potent episode of inspiration and introspection. One of my FAVORITE episodes to date. HIGHLIGHTS:  How to FEEL your way through life, live your music, and enhance your sensuality through the poetic words of Anaïs Nin. Live a LIMITLESS life by activating your confidence with curiosity + creativity as depicted by Bruce Lee Stay true to yourself and master the art of AUTONOMY + authenticity as beautifully written by Ralph Waldo Emerson Transcend the cycle of wanting + wishing and ignite ACTION to make it happen with the motivational mindset of world-class athlete Michael Jordan Access your inner ARTIST + capture life's beauty in moments as powerfully shared by Rick Rubin Are you loving The Roxanne Show? We would LOVE your support!  Subscribe, share + give our podcast a 5 Star rating, and review HERE My team and I deeply appreciate your support! Enjoy!  xRx STAY CONNECTED WITH ROXANNE SAFFAIE  ️INSTAGRAM: @roxylook @blackbeltbeauty  TWITTER: @roxylook THREADS: @roxylook YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/blackbeltbeauty RESOURCES  Join Queendom: A Sisterhood of Empowerment + Growth. Dive into this exclusive + FREE community where Self-discovery, authentic connections, and personal evolution are celebrated daily! Download my FREE GUIDED FUTURE-SELF MEDITATION + DIGITAL JOURNAL to start powerfully activating a clear connection with your highest + Future Self NOW. QUEEN, TRYING HARD BIG BUT FEELING STUCK? Let's unleash that potent reality you've been fantasizing about or trying hard to achieve but can't seem to make it happen. Your Future Self isn't just a far-off idea—it's your unclaimed power, Queen. My Future Self digital course is your KEY to Self-Empowerment, Reality Creation, and unshakable Wholeness. This course isn't about temporary fixes; it's about lasting transformation. LEARN MORE ON THE COURSE HERE Download my FREE SELF-LOVE Masterclass + take your SELF-LOVE to UNCONDITIONAL levels! Click HERE to join my INSIDER list for monthly emails that serve empowering support laced with FEMININE fire. Purchase my guided + illustrated journal, YOU ARE THE PATH HERE CLICK THE ICON BELOW TO LISTEN + SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUTUBE, SPOTIFY AND APPLE PODCASTS:

On the dissociation inherent in being desired with mentions of Nancy Friday, Anais Nin, and Kafka.

Before Sunrise co-writer, Kim Krizan on plotting for the screen, creating memorable characters for Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy and advice on how to start writing a screenplay.*ABOUT KIM KRIZANKim Krizan is the Academy Award-nominated writer of the films “Before Sunrise” and “Before Sunset.” Her book Original Sins: Trade Secrets of the Femme Fatale is a tongue-in-cheek examination of history's dangerous women. She is also the author of Spy in the House of Anais Nin, an analysis of the life of the 20th-century rule-bending diarist. Krizan's work has been hailed as insightful, penetrating, and profound. She lives and writes in Los Angeles, California. You can find her on Instagram. She hosts The Magic Hour on Patreon, offering affordable creative writing support.*RESOURCES & LINKSThe ‘Before' TrilogySpy in the House of Anaïs NinOriginal Sins: Trade Secrets of the Femme FatalKim's Patreon: The Magic Hour - creative writing communityKim's Instagram For show notes, transcripts and to attend our live podcasts visit: podcast.londonwriterssalon.comFor free writing sessions, join free Writers' Hours: writershour.com

Nous sommes le 11 octobre 1923, à Toronto. Ernest Hemingway écrit à son amie Sylvia Beach : « Nous avons une terrible nostalgie de Paris. » Sa destinataire, originaire de Baltimore, qui a ouvert, quatre ans plus tôt, dans la capitale française, la librairie « Shakespeare and company » assure quant à elle : « Je ne voulais pas quitter cette ville. Je l'aimais tellement qu'à la pensée d'y rester et de devenir Parisienne à mon tour, je n'hésitai plus. » Quant à Henry Miller, l'auteur de « Tropique du Cancer » et de « Jours tranquille à Clichy », il écrira, en 1944, dans ses « Lettres à Emil » : « Mieux valait être un mendiant à Paris qu'un millionnaire à New York ». Hemingway, Miller, Sylvia Beach, mais aussi Scott Fitzgerald, Anaïs Nin, Ezra Pound ou Gertrude Stein, représentants d'une brillante génération de la littérature américaine, vont s'installer, dès la fin de la Grande Guerre, dans la ville lumière. Toutes et tous seront marqué.e.s par leur exil volontaire. Que venaient-ils chercher à Paris ? Que fuyaient-ils de cette Amérique en passe de devenir la première puissance mondiale ? Invité : Ralph Schor, professeur émérite à l'université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis. Auteur de « Le Paris des écrivains américains, 1919-1939 » éditions Perrin. Sujets traités : Ernest Hemingway, Sylvia Beach, Henry Miller, Scott Fitzgerald, Anaïs Nin, Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, Grande Guerre, Paris Merci pour votre écoute Un Jour dans l'Histoire, c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 13h15 à 14h30 sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes d'Un Jour dans l'Histoire sur notre plateforme Auvio.be : https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/5936 Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

The Power of Self-Appreciation: 5 Steps to Delight in You Inspired by a quote from Anais Nin, Tonya Leigh reflects on the concept she has adopted that is centered on delighting in oneself.  Tonya shares her experience of a delightful day spent alone and discusses the importance of analyzing and journaling about such days to create more moments of joy. She offers five ways to delight in oneself, encouraging listeners to take pleasure and satisfaction in who they are. By prioritizing self-care, nurturing self-relationship, and appreciating one's own value, individuals can cultivate a deeper sense of joy, fulfillment, and self-love. These practices not only benefit personal well-being but also have a positive impact on external relationships, work, and overall quality of life. Embracing these aspects can lead to a more fulfilling and delightful existence, where individuals can truly thrive and experience the fullness of life. ____________________________________________________________________________ Episode Details: 00:49 Delighting in yourself 06:52 Prioritize self-care 09:35 Making time for joyful activities 15:31 Being your own best friend 20:14 Quality alone time 21:51 Cultivating a deeper relationship with yourself Quotes:  "My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace." “A joyful woman is a magnet for her desires. Energy is always looking for its equal match. Delighting is an energy. It is a vibration that you put out into the world.” "You are the longest commitment you will ever have in your life. Make the choice to lovingly commit to yourself."  "What if you just decided you're never going to beat yourself up again? Instead, you're going to be your own best friend, your greatest cheerleader." "You are worth that time. You are valuable enough to delight in yourself." "There's nothing wrong with you. You are not broken. But your approach probably is." Useful Resources: Join the membership now: https://schoolofselfimage.com/join FREE training: https://schoolofselfimage.com/powerfully-ever-after/ FREE download: https://schoolofselfimage.com/self-image-manifesto/ Sign up for the weekly Edit: http://schoolofselfimage.com/edit Connect with Master Self-Image Coach, Tonya Leigh: Website:  https://schoolofselfimage.com Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/tonyaleigh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TonyaLeighOfficial TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thetonyaleigh

This episode explores the quote by Anais Nin, "You don't see the world the way it is, you see it the way you are." As host Daniel D'Neuville digs deeper he talks about self reflection when faced with an undesirable circumstance showing up in your life. How to talk to your inner self, younger self, successfully and how this inner reflection can assist in aligning with the intention you do want to attract rather than circumstances you don't want.Daniel D'Neuville is a peak performance coach, spiritual teacher, and life and business coach. A Master Practitioner/trainer in Neuro-linguistic Programming and Master Hypnotist he has worked with over 10,000 people over the past 30 plus years.Inquire about the ALIGNED SELF Coaching Program (integrating the sub-personalities and creating your future self) by send a message through the contact form at yesdaniel.comLINKSBEING EPIC: the framework of creating a quantum leapGet The Manifesting Study Guide Here: THE ALIGNED SELF COACHING PROGRAM: http://yesdaniel.comFREE VIDEO TRAINING: 5 Mindset Shifts to UpGrade Your Money GameCheckout Daniel's new membership program THE NEXUS MEMBERSHIPDANIEL D'NEUVILLE's WEBSITE: http://dneuville.comDaniel's YouTube CHANNELFACEBOOK GROUPSPODCAST LISTENER'S FB COMMUNITYEXTREME GRATITUDE PROJECTBass Slap Intro written and performed by bass player & producer: Miki SantamariaMiki's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HT1795 - The Humility of Photography Yesterday I was talking about the arrogance of photography, but the opposite side of that coin is its inherent humility, particularly if we follow the advice of Anais Nin to "not speak unless spoken through."

Mom explores new wild side, first date, years after divorce.By Eva_Adams - Listen to the Podcast at Steamy Stories.University, 17 August 2021 The pale vanilla thickly painted cinder block walls that framed a small high window above the twin bed reminded me of the inside of a prison, but to my son his new dorm room was freedom – at last.I almost didn't even get the brief glimpse of where he would be living for the next year. At first, he insisted he could carry up his boxes and suitcases himself, as he didn't want to introduce his new roommate to his newly single, middle-aged mom. I even promised not to dance or sing while there, but maybe it was the fact that I mentioned those possibilities for ultimate peer embarrassment that got me dismissed shortly after the luggage entered the room.My son was about to test out his suburban survival skills, and at 18 he was ready. Somehow, amid or maybe because of my many mistakes, he had turned out well. There was nothing else to say that I hadn't told him already that he would be willing to hear. So I gave him a discreet hug in the stairwell with no other students around.“I love you, honey.”“Love you too, mom.”And he jogged back up the stairs to his new life, while I retreated back to the car and the four-hour drive home.With the green blur of trees in my peripheral vision and nothing but an endless, straight two way freeway ahead for the next 80 miles, I turned up the end of Joan Jett's “Bad Reputation,” just before it segued into the next hit on my 80s dance music playlist. I remembered dancing in the bathroom to Madonna's “Like a Virgin” while putting on too much eyeliner ahead of a college party with my best friend Wendy back when we were virgins. But truth be told, I managed to stay one all through college too.Wendy and I were on the phone last month as she celebrated her 48th birthday, wondering why we tried so hard to be perfect, rather than having more fun when we were in our 20s.She was always prettier than me – at least guys thought so – with her highlighted shoulder length blonde hair, blue eyes and high cheekbones. So experiencing the inevitable part of aging of becoming invisible in public was hitting her harder than me. Her blonde highlighted hair was about 5 inches shorter than college and she still had her high cheekbones etched with the outer edges of wrinkles near her eyes. Like me, Wendy had probably only gained about 5 pounds since college, but unlike me, it looked to be mostly muscle from her part time job as a yoga instructor. If she had cellulite, I had yet to see it.But like most women, Wendy could be her own worst critic even while protesting the unfairness that women are so judged by their looks.She said, “I was in the customer service line in Home Depot last week, but the clerk came around the desk to show some gal in a short tennis dress to the hardware aisle for the right size wood screws for her project. Hello – it's not as if I wasn't already standing there. Am I invisible?”“Maybe you need to wear a short sports dress for errands. You could still carry it off,” I said. “Yoga dresses are in style now.”“That's not the point, it's about fairness,” Wendy said.“Hey we got that attention when we were her age and didn't complain,” I said.“Yeah, we made quite a pair. But unfortunately we didn't do anything with it! Not really,” she said.“What do you mean?” I asked.“We were too good, too uptight, always trying to do the right thing, stupidly trying to have morals,” she said. “Don't you ever think about it and wonder why?”“Yeah, if I had known I would marry my college boyfriend three years after graduation only to get dumped as our kids reached whatever age he considered viable so he could leave to fuck a zillion others. Yes, I would have said a yes a few times instead of no to any number of other guys in college,” I said.“We followed the rules. But for what?” she asked.“For the nice, appropriate boys who deemed us marriage material,” I said. “But what was the alternative? ”“Rob Winslow.”“You always did fall for bad boys.”“Yeah,” she sighed, nodding unseen against the phone. “He was gorgeous, but there was not enough penicillin on the planet to make me want to really find out how he managed to have a different voluptuous babe every night of the week.”“Well you ended up well – or at least you're not divorced.”“True,” she said, but quickly changed the subject to our kids, and we spent the rest of our call rattling on about this and that.But that call stuck with me. I couldn't get it out of my head. Ever since then, I began to notice not getting noticed. In stores, restaurants and the occasional music venue, I was 48 and invisible. Maybe Wendy was right. Maybe we should have been less careful and more care free in our youth if this was where we were headed.I starting thinking, “So what is stopping me now?”Was it maybe the disbelief that a guy would not care about stretch marks he had no role in creating, or the extra five pounds? And what about my butt? It still felt round and muscular, but the wrong light highlighted the cellulite that no amount of dieting seemed to fix.I didn't mind some wrinkles like the happy ones around my eyes, but not the ones around my chin. Those wrinkled just showed I gritted my teeth at night, the tension of getting through the last several years revealing itself. Maybe I needed botox.My next insecure thought was my house. I had moved to a smaller home, a townhome, after the divorce and I had not even invited anyone over for dinner yet.The thought of having some unknown new person in my home was daunting let alone my bathroom. I'd need to store sex toys elsewhere for starters. I had too many of those really. I guess I kept thinking that with the right one I wouldn't need to actually go on a date. But so far it hadn't worked.I was also hesitant about going from a 24-year marriage into some new serious relationship. I had needs, yet no experience with casual sex.It's one thing to jump into the deep end with casual affairs at 21, but how does one even do that at my age?It would take courage to be naked with someone now. Courage I wasn't sure I had.What was it Anais Nin said? “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”Hell, I was living it – at least the shrunk part. My days were measured in coffee packets, dish detergent pods, and Netflix episodes at a rate of one each per day at the same time every day. I left the house mostly for the grocery store, and my most regular social interaction was taking my dog to a park with several neighbor dogs. The pup had a more active social life than I did.Seeing that quote always resonated with me. It was like seeing a “you are here” dot on a map at the mall.However, as my thoughts wandered during the drive, I remembered one of her lesser-known quotes. It was that Nin quote that awakened the motivation to move from that safe dot on a map of my small world to where I wanted to go.When I got home, I found the card with the Anais Nin quote a friend had given me years ago and taped it at eye level by the bathroom mirror. “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”I resolved to blossom.Home, 4 September 2021My son was no doubt enjoying his freedom from parents and I was ready to enjoy my freedom from day-to-day parenting. I had had a few dinner dates with two different acquaintances over the past year, but nothing further. What could I really do?No teenager likes to think of his mom out on a date let alone meet the guy in the kitchen. Bringing the date home would have been too much.I spent my first kid-free week cleaning out closets, donating things I no longer needed and scrubbing everything, marveling at how the floors and kitchen stayed clean with just me. But with nothing else to clean, and my house ready for anything, it was time to either leave it, or invite someone over.I chose the latter.I had kissed Don goodnight in his truck after our second dinner date a few months ago. It was brief but nice. Was I turned on? I was too nervous to fully connect like that. But it felt pleasant enough – and I liked that he hit the right range for the occasion and my mood.His lips felt soft and open against mine with slight but not crushing pressure. His tongue entered my mouth without invading it. His withdrawal left me wanting a bit more, looking forward to more even as he came around the side to open my door so I could teeter in heels I was unaccustomed to wearing to my porch.But then it was summer. Between work, family visits and our respective vacations, we had exchanged just a few texts in the past few months. So, I texted him, and offered to cook dinner.“You what?” Wendy asked.“I told him to come to my place and I'd cook.”“You know what that means!” Wendy said, her voice one level below shouting.“That I'll probably make something basic like meat and potatoes. I don't really know what he likes beyond what he ordered at that Italian restaurant, and I don't remember what he ordered on our first date.”“No! You just offered yourself on a platter.”“Actually I had planned to serve dinner on the deck.”“I'm serious,” Wendy hissed, cupping her hand around the phone, but lowering her voice. “Didn't you see that episode of ‘Coupling'?”“I'm not remembering.”“Saying ‘I'll cook' means come over and sleep with me, and I'll cater.”“I doubt some guy will think that. It's just our third date.”“Exactly! How long since you've been on a date?”“So things have changed over the past 20 years? And how would you know?”“First, women at the yoga studio talk. I hear a lot. Actually maybe dating hasn't changed much – but you were unrealistic about expectations 20 years ago too.”“Well I'm not worried about what he thinks. Actually, I hope he does think that.”“This doesn't sound like you. What are you thinking?”“I've thought about what we talked about last month – that invisibility is growing by the day and opportunities to live, really live are shrinking. I'm tired of caring too much about what people think, and not enough about what I want.”“So what do you want?”“I want to stop being good and start having fun. I want to get past the divorce, to be rechristened, reintroduced to touch, to life.”“He is an IT guy, maybe he can reboot you,” Talia said, calmer now, giggling.“Let's hope!”10 September 2021The third dress hit the floor in a ring and I stepped out. I still didn't know what to wear – just what not to wear.What I wanted was a casual dress with a zipper for the fun drama of unzipping it later. But the first one emphasized the extra inch of tummy that had remained since childbirth. The second one fit, but would be hard to shimmy out of due to the shape.I had hoped the green one would work, but was starting to realize most of my clothes reflected my conservative upbringing – not the figure I still mostly had from keeping up dance work out videos. The skirts tended to hit midcalf and covered all of my chest and most of my arms too. I was going for classy, but the result was frumpy. How had I never noticed this?Before, I picked an outfit based on color and favored greens and browns as my auburn hair clashed with most colors.I thought of just wearing jeans and a blouse. That would give options to take off one and not the other. That worked well in college. The difficulty of wrestling off jeans tended to break the mood and offer a natural stopping point.But this was a new phase and for that, I considered a new plan. I decided to go for all or nothing. I was not going to divvy out body parts in hopes of cultivating respect. I planned to just kiss my date and decide by feel – not some preconceived notion of appropriateness,I hung a green wrap dress on the towel rack in the bathroom to drop out the wrinkles in the steam. I pulled the faucet on and set it to 40 degrees Celsius and waited for the water to heat.My breasts could charitably be called athletic at almost a B cup. My waist, still indented with a slight trace of abs, could be seen somewhere above the stretch marks. I ran my hands from the sides of my indented waist along the swell of my hips that were firm and brushed down the sides of my thighs, trying to imagine what someone else would think.My legs were long, slightly thin and muscular, but freckled with a few broken veins. Like the rest of me, they felt better than they looked. Maybe it could be dark tomorrow night I thought as I slide the shower door shut and let the tepid waterI'm sure every woman has a similar list of faults, but if we dwell there, we could too easily loose any motivation for action or connection. I needed to think more like a guy. But soon found that to be better, but not entirely worry-free either.What if everything doesn't work as it should? This had not been tested fully in almost three years now. Like other divorced couples, the sex had ended before the marriage actually did.How long had it been since I had had an orgasm that didn't involve batteries I wondered as I circled my breasts with suds?I took the shower nozzle out of the hook and set it to pulse as I rinsed the lather down my puffy pink nipples to my abs and watched the stream of water run down my pale thighs. My senses sprung to attention at the closest thing to touch my skin had felt in way too long. I aimed the pulsing jet at the small triangle of dark auburn hair and gasped as the jet slid through the slit to my most sensitive spot.Awakened, but not satisfied, I turned off the shower, patted myself dry and dove on the bed face down. I needed to test this, and to do so I needed to replicate the tools I'd have Saturday, well the ones that would be on hand that I had myself, which meant fingers. I was going on a third date and ready to entertain the idea sex with the first man since my husband, since by 20s. But I was not ready for the idea of bringing battery-operated devices to the evening so I needed to replicate the tools or lack of them I'd have on hand for the ending.I used to be able to have orgasms just from thrusting, but it had been years, and I tried to remember what worked as I lifted my hips and tapped the auburn hair with my finger and then slowly circled my hips against the mattress.Soon the slickness parted my lips as I tapped. I moved my hand down and pushed my index finger inside about two inches before it caught on a ring of muscles – at least I think it was a muscle – not really sure.I imagined my favorite moment, when a guy is turned on and knows he is wanted. It's something about the look in his eye, the confidence when he knows that he has just the tool you most need, and it is in his hands waiting for entrance.More wetness pooled against my finger and I pushed further with my curved finger until I hit an even more sensitive spot and my hips contracted against it. I imagined it was Don and not my finger, thrusting into me now, as I thrust against my finger and then bent it in rhythm to my twisting hips.But there I remained on the edge. How long had it been? Ten minutes? I wondered as I thrusted to no relief. I arched my back and pinched one nipple hard. The combined sensation worked, finally as I felt a new focus and a familiar clench in my abs. It wasn't an orgasm, not yet, but it would be. It seemed to build like rumbles of an approaching thunderstorm, small contractions at first that floated outwards to my long limbs when a bolt seized through, releasing me back to consciousness, back to myself. I rolled to my back, panting as I lay on the cool sheets.* * *11 September 2021“Come in. What can I get you to drink?” I asked, a bit breathless from running down the stairs to answer the door.But instead of answering he opened his arms for a hug. I smiled, my cheekbone pressing against his solid chest with only my thin green wrap dress between us felt grounding. His presence in the entryway of my home sent flutters through my torso, but his touch calmed me.My head barely grazed the top of his shoulder even on tiptoes in my bare feet. After a couple years of doing everything myself, I felt instantly safe dwarfed by his size. His head was shaved bald, and I liked the simplicity and honesty of how he dealt with the hair loss some might have agonized over. It suited him.I found an almost full whisky bottle someone had brought to a house party a few years ago that I had only used to make fudge, and poured him some in a glass with ice. I knew much more about fixing dinner than drinks, and hoped that was to his liking.We took my wine and his whisky to the deck. I was relieved the weather cooperated so well – mid 70s with a slight breeze as I had yet to buy a comfortable indoor couch. My townhome, an end unit, was private as townhomes go, backing to thick woods. My only adjacent neighbor's home was set back so my deck that wrapped around the side of my house was not in view.There was a narrow strip of common ground that connected to a just the side yard of my next closest neighbor, but that neighbor rarely made use of that gate to his yard.So I led Don out to my outdoor paradise. A dining table to one side and then a comfy outdoor sectional sofa pushed into a corner of my deck, a deck that was bigger than my living room. He sat in the middle so I sat with my back propped against him and my legs outstretched, again enjoying the feel of his bulk, softness and hardness combined, as I leaned against his chest with his arm draped over my shoulder.After chatting about our work from home conditions and summer vacations, I swiveled to face him and traced fingers from the dark hair on his calf up to his thigh that was mostly covered by long cargo shorts. Probably not subtle, but I was done with subtle. He soon responded, whether it was to my fingers or the eye contact, I can't say, but I got the reaction I desired. He leaned toward me for a kiss.If it had been awhile since having an orgasm with someone else in the room, it had been way longer, years, since I had been thoroughly kissed, and I was enjoying the secondhand sweetness of the whiskey.I don't know why kissing stopped a few years before sex, but it had. I suddenly felt awkward not remembering how to move my mouth in response to another moving object.When we both needed air, he moved to my neck, putting every nerve ending on high alert as I arched neck and back to give him more access.His kisses trailed down to the curve of my breasts pushed to their best advantage by the push up bra, giving me almost the perception of cleavage.I realized that perception would soon be replaced by actual data, and I briefly wondered whether bras might be an area in life where it was best not to over promise and under deliver, or whether by the time a guy got a bra off he was generally feeling more optimistic than critical.Thankfully any thoughts and doubts evaporated as Don's mouth dipped yet again from my neck to the V of the wrap dress while his finger found my nipple through the admittedly thick layers of push up bra and pinched.“Yes,” I exhaled, my neck bent around his head and my mouth kissed the top of his head as it dipped further to kiss the nipple he had just assaulted. I pulled his head into my chest and arched my back. “Yes, more, please.” I said though muffled against his hair.One hand scooped that breast from the push up bra and with his mouth spread wide taking in most of it; he deftly unhooked the front clasp of my bra with his other hand.I pulled at the shoulders of the dress, spreading the V shape held by a side tie even wider to free my breasts for his tongue.“Sensitive?”“Very.”“I love it.”Eva_Adams

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Mom explores new wild side, first date, years after divorce.By Eva_Adams - Listen to the Podcast at Steamy Stories.University, 17 August 2021 The pale vanilla thickly painted cinder block walls that framed a small high window above the twin bed reminded me of the inside of a prison, but to my son his new dorm room was freedom – at last.I almost didn't even get the brief glimpse of where he would be living for the next year. At first, he insisted he could carry up his boxes and suitcases himself, as he didn't want to introduce his new roommate to his newly single, middle-aged mom. I even promised not to dance or sing while there, but maybe it was the fact that I mentioned those possibilities for ultimate peer embarrassment that got me dismissed shortly after the luggage entered the room.My son was about to test out his suburban survival skills, and at 18 he was ready. Somehow, amid or maybe because of my many mistakes, he had turned out well. There was nothing else to say that I hadn't told him already that he would be willing to hear. So I gave him a discreet hug in the stairwell with no other students around.“I love you, honey.”“Love you too, mom.”And he jogged back up the stairs to his new life, while I retreated back to the car and the four-hour drive home.With the green blur of trees in my peripheral vision and nothing but an endless, straight two way freeway ahead for the next 80 miles, I turned up the end of Joan Jett's “Bad Reputation,” just before it segued into the next hit on my 80s dance music playlist. I remembered dancing in the bathroom to Madonna's “Like a Virgin” while putting on too much eyeliner ahead of a college party with my best friend Wendy back when we were virgins. But truth be told, I managed to stay one all through college too.Wendy and I were on the phone last month as she celebrated her 48th birthday, wondering why we tried so hard to be perfect, rather than having more fun when we were in our 20s.She was always prettier than me – at least guys thought so – with her highlighted shoulder length blonde hair, blue eyes and high cheekbones. So experiencing the inevitable part of aging of becoming invisible in public was hitting her harder than me. Her blonde highlighted hair was about 5 inches shorter than college and she still had her high cheekbones etched with the outer edges of wrinkles near her eyes. Like me, Wendy had probably only gained about 5 pounds since college, but unlike me, it looked to be mostly muscle from her part time job as a yoga instructor. If she had cellulite, I had yet to see it.But like most women, Wendy could be her own worst critic even while protesting the unfairness that women are so judged by their looks.She said, “I was in the customer service line in Home Depot last week, but the clerk came around the desk to show some gal in a short tennis dress to the hardware aisle for the right size wood screws for her project. Hello – it's not as if I wasn't already standing there. Am I invisible?”“Maybe you need to wear a short sports dress for errands. You could still carry it off,” I said. “Yoga dresses are in style now.”“That's not the point, it's about fairness,” Wendy said.“Hey we got that attention when we were her age and didn't complain,” I said.“Yeah, we made quite a pair. But unfortunately we didn't do anything with it! Not really,” she said.“What do you mean?” I asked.“We were too good, too uptight, always trying to do the right thing, stupidly trying to have morals,” she said. “Don't you ever think about it and wonder why?”“Yeah, if I had known I would marry my college boyfriend three years after graduation only to get dumped as our kids reached whatever age he considered viable so he could leave to fuck a zillion others. Yes, I would have said a yes a few times instead of no to any number of other guys in college,” I said.“We followed the rules. But for what?” she asked.“For the nice, appropriate boys who deemed us marriage material,” I said. “But what was the alternative? ”“Rob Winslow.”“You always did fall for bad boys.”“Yeah,” she sighed, nodding unseen against the phone. “He was gorgeous, but there was not enough penicillin on the planet to make me want to really find out how he managed to have a different voluptuous babe every night of the week.”“Well you ended up well – or at least you're not divorced.”“True,” she said, but quickly changed the subject to our kids, and we spent the rest of our call rattling on about this and that.But that call stuck with me. I couldn't get it out of my head. Ever since then, I began to notice not getting noticed. In stores, restaurants and the occasional music venue, I was 48 and invisible. Maybe Wendy was right. Maybe we should have been less careful and more care free in our youth if this was where we were headed.I starting thinking, “So what is stopping me now?”Was it maybe the disbelief that a guy would not care about stretch marks he had no role in creating, or the extra five pounds? And what about my butt? It still felt round and muscular, but the wrong light highlighted the cellulite that no amount of dieting seemed to fix.I didn't mind some wrinkles like the happy ones around my eyes, but not the ones around my chin. Those wrinkled just showed I gritted my teeth at night, the tension of getting through the last several years revealing itself. Maybe I needed botox.My next insecure thought was my house. I had moved to a smaller home, a townhome, after the divorce and I had not even invited anyone over for dinner yet.The thought of having some unknown new person in my home was daunting let alone my bathroom. I'd need to store sex toys elsewhere for starters. I had too many of those really. I guess I kept thinking that with the right one I wouldn't need to actually go on a date. But so far it hadn't worked.I was also hesitant about going from a 24-year marriage into some new serious relationship. I had needs, yet no experience with casual sex.It's one thing to jump into the deep end with casual affairs at 21, but how does one even do that at my age?It would take courage to be naked with someone now. Courage I wasn't sure I had.What was it Anais Nin said? “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”Hell, I was living it – at least the shrunk part. My days were measured in coffee packets, dish detergent pods, and Netflix episodes at a rate of one each per day at the same time every day. I left the house mostly for the grocery store, and my most regular social interaction was taking my dog to a park with several neighbor dogs. The pup had a more active social life than I did.Seeing that quote always resonated with me. It was like seeing a “you are here” dot on a map at the mall.However, as my thoughts wandered during the drive, I remembered one of her lesser-known quotes. It was that Nin quote that awakened the motivation to move from that safe dot on a map of my small world to where I wanted to go.When I got home, I found the card with the Anais Nin quote a friend had given me years ago and taped it at eye level by the bathroom mirror. “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”I resolved to blossom.Home, 4 September 2021My son was no doubt enjoying his freedom from parents and I was ready to enjoy my freedom from day-to-day parenting. I had had a few dinner dates with two different acquaintances over the past year, but nothing further. What could I really do?No teenager likes to think of his mom out on a date let alone meet the guy in the kitchen. Bringing the date home would have been too much.I spent my first kid-free week cleaning out closets, donating things I no longer needed and scrubbing everything, marveling at how the floors and kitchen stayed clean with just me. But with nothing else to clean, and my house ready for anything, it was time to either leave it, or invite someone over.I chose the latter.I had kissed Don goodnight in his truck after our second dinner date a few months ago. It was brief but nice. Was I turned on? I was too nervous to fully connect like that. But it felt pleasant enough – and I liked that he hit the right range for the occasion and my mood.His lips felt soft and open against mine with slight but not crushing pressure. His tongue entered my mouth without invading it. His withdrawal left me wanting a bit more, looking forward to more even as he came around the side to open my door so I could teeter in heels I was unaccustomed to wearing to my porch.But then it was summer. Between work, family visits and our respective vacations, we had exchanged just a few texts in the past few months. So, I texted him, and offered to cook dinner.“You what?” Wendy asked.“I told him to come to my place and I'd cook.”“You know what that means!” Wendy said, her voice one level below shouting.“That I'll probably make something basic like meat and potatoes. I don't really know what he likes beyond what he ordered at that Italian restaurant, and I don't remember what he ordered on our first date.”“No! You just offered yourself on a platter.”“Actually I had planned to serve dinner on the deck.”“I'm serious,” Wendy hissed, cupping her hand around the phone, but lowering her voice. “Didn't you see that episode of ‘Coupling'?”“I'm not remembering.”“Saying ‘I'll cook' means come over and sleep with me, and I'll cater.”“I doubt some guy will think that. It's just our third date.”“Exactly! How long since you've been on a date?”“So things have changed over the past 20 years? And how would you know?”“First, women at the yoga studio talk. I hear a lot. Actually maybe dating hasn't changed much – but you were unrealistic about expectations 20 years ago too.”“Well I'm not worried about what he thinks. Actually, I hope he does think that.”“This doesn't sound like you. What are you thinking?”“I've thought about what we talked about last month – that invisibility is growing by the day and opportunities to live, really live are shrinking. I'm tired of caring too much about what people think, and not enough about what I want.”“So what do you want?”“I want to stop being good and start having fun. I want to get past the divorce, to be rechristened, reintroduced to touch, to life.”“He is an IT guy, maybe he can reboot you,” Talia said, calmer now, giggling.“Let's hope!”10 September 2021The third dress hit the floor in a ring and I stepped out. I still didn't know what to wear – just what not to wear.What I wanted was a casual dress with a zipper for the fun drama of unzipping it later. But the first one emphasized the extra inch of tummy that had remained since childbirth. The second one fit, but would be hard to shimmy out of due to the shape.I had hoped the green one would work, but was starting to realize most of my clothes reflected my conservative upbringing – not the figure I still mostly had from keeping up dance work out videos. The skirts tended to hit midcalf and covered all of my chest and most of my arms too. I was going for classy, but the result was frumpy. How had I never noticed this?Before, I picked an outfit based on color and favored greens and browns as my auburn hair clashed with most colors.I thought of just wearing jeans and a blouse. That would give options to take off one and not the other. That worked well in college. The difficulty of wrestling off jeans tended to break the mood and offer a natural stopping point.But this was a new phase and for that, I considered a new plan. I decided to go for all or nothing. I was not going to divvy out body parts in hopes of cultivating respect. I planned to just kiss my date and decide by feel – not some preconceived notion of appropriateness,I hung a green wrap dress on the towel rack in the bathroom to drop out the wrinkles in the steam. I pulled the faucet on and set it to 40 degrees Celsius and waited for the water to heat.My breasts could charitably be called athletic at almost a B cup. My waist, still indented with a slight trace of abs, could be seen somewhere above the stretch marks. I ran my hands from the sides of my indented waist along the swell of my hips that were firm and brushed down the sides of my thighs, trying to imagine what someone else would think.My legs were long, slightly thin and muscular, but freckled with a few broken veins. Like the rest of me, they felt better than they looked. Maybe it could be dark tomorrow night I thought as I slide the shower door shut and let the tepid waterI'm sure every woman has a similar list of faults, but if we dwell there, we could too easily loose any motivation for action or connection. I needed to think more like a guy. But soon found that to be better, but not entirely worry-free either.What if everything doesn't work as it should? This had not been tested fully in almost three years now. Like other divorced couples, the sex had ended before the marriage actually did.How long had it been since I had had an orgasm that didn't involve batteries I wondered as I circled my breasts with suds?I took the shower nozzle out of the hook and set it to pulse as I rinsed the lather down my puffy pink nipples to my abs and watched the stream of water run down my pale thighs. My senses sprung to attention at the closest thing to touch my skin had felt in way too long. I aimed the pulsing jet at the small triangle of dark auburn hair and gasped as the jet slid through the slit to my most sensitive spot.Awakened, but not satisfied, I turned off the shower, patted myself dry and dove on the bed face down. I needed to test this, and to do so I needed to replicate the tools I'd have Saturday, well the ones that would be on hand that I had myself, which meant fingers. I was going on a third date and ready to entertain the idea sex with the first man since my husband, since by 20s. But I was not ready for the idea of bringing battery-operated devices to the evening so I needed to replicate the tools or lack of them I'd have on hand for the ending.I used to be able to have orgasms just from thrusting, but it had been years, and I tried to remember what worked as I lifted my hips and tapped the auburn hair with my finger and then slowly circled my hips against the mattress.Soon the slickness parted my lips as I tapped. I moved my hand down and pushed my index finger inside about two inches before it caught on a ring of muscles – at least I think it was a muscle – not really sure.I imagined my favorite moment, when a guy is turned on and knows he is wanted. It's something about the look in his eye, the confidence when he knows that he has just the tool you most need, and it is in his hands waiting for entrance.More wetness pooled against my finger and I pushed further with my curved finger until I hit an even more sensitive spot and my hips contracted against it. I imagined it was Don and not my finger, thrusting into me now, as I thrust against my finger and then bent it in rhythm to my twisting hips.But there I remained on the edge. How long had it been? Ten minutes? I wondered as I thrusted to no relief. I arched my back and pinched one nipple hard. The combined sensation worked, finally as I felt a new focus and a familiar clench in my abs. It wasn't an orgasm, not yet, but it would be. It seemed to build like rumbles of an approaching thunderstorm, small contractions at first that floated outwards to my long limbs when a bolt seized through, releasing me back to consciousness, back to myself. I rolled to my back, panting as I lay on the cool sheets.* * *11 September 2021“Come in. What can I get you to drink?” I asked, a bit breathless from running down the stairs to answer the door.But instead of answering he opened his arms for a hug. I smiled, my cheekbone pressing against his solid chest with only my thin green wrap dress between us felt grounding. His presence in the entryway of my home sent flutters through my torso, but his touch calmed me.My head barely grazed the top of his shoulder even on tiptoes in my bare feet. After a couple years of doing everything myself, I felt instantly safe dwarfed by his size. His head was shaved bald, and I liked the simplicity and honesty of how he dealt with the hair loss some might have agonized over. It suited him.I found an almost full whisky bottle someone had brought to a house party a few years ago that I had only used to make fudge, and poured him some in a glass with ice. I knew much more about fixing dinner than drinks, and hoped that was to his liking.We took my wine and his whisky to the deck. I was relieved the weather cooperated so well – mid 70s with a slight breeze as I had yet to buy a comfortable indoor couch. My townhome, an end unit, was private as townhomes go, backing to thick woods. My only adjacent neighbor's home was set back so my deck that wrapped around the side of my house was not in view.There was a narrow strip of common ground that connected to a just the side yard of my next closest neighbor, but that neighbor rarely made use of that gate to his yard.So I led Don out to my outdoor paradise. A dining table to one side and then a comfy outdoor sectional sofa pushed into a corner of my deck, a deck that was bigger than my living room. He sat in the middle so I sat with my back propped against him and my legs outstretched, again enjoying the feel of his bulk, softness and hardness combined, as I leaned against his chest with his arm draped over my shoulder.After chatting about our work from home conditions and summer vacations, I swiveled to face him and traced fingers from the dark hair on his calf up to his thigh that was mostly covered by long cargo shorts. Probably not subtle, but I was done with subtle. He soon responded, whether it was to my fingers or the eye contact, I can't say, but I got the reaction I desired. He leaned toward me for a kiss.If it had been awhile since having an orgasm with someone else in the room, it had been way longer, years, since I had been thoroughly kissed, and I was enjoying the secondhand sweetness of the whiskey.I don't know why kissing stopped a few years before sex, but it had. I suddenly felt awkward not remembering how to move my mouth in response to another moving object.When we both needed air, he moved to my neck, putting every nerve ending on high alert as I arched neck and back to give him more access.His kisses trailed down to the curve of my breasts pushed to their best advantage by the push up bra, giving me almost the perception of cleavage.I realized that perception would soon be replaced by actual data, and I briefly wondered whether bras might be an area in life where it was best not to over promise and under deliver, or whether by the time a guy got a bra off he was generally feeling more optimistic than critical.Thankfully any thoughts and doubts evaporated as Don's mouth dipped yet again from my neck to the V of the wrap dress while his finger found my nipple through the admittedly thick layers of push up bra and pinched.“Yes,” I exhaled, my neck bent around his head and my mouth kissed the top of his head as it dipped further to kiss the nipple he had just assaulted. I pulled his head into my chest and arched my back. “Yes, more, please.” I said though muffled against his hair.One hand scooped that breast from the push up bra and with his mouth spread wide taking in most of it; he deftly unhooked the front clasp of my bra with his other hand.I pulled at the shoulders of the dress, spreading the V shape held by a side tie even wider to free my breasts for his tongue.“Sensitive?”“Very.”“I love it.”Eva_Adams

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Nous sommes le 11 octobre 1923, à Toronto. Ernest Hemingway écrit à son amie Sylvia Beach : « Nous avons une terrible nostalgie de Paris. » Sa destinataire, originaire de Baltimore, qui a ouvert, quatre ans plus tôt, dans la capitale française, la librairie « Shakespeare and company » assure quant à elle : « Je ne voulais pas quitter cette ville. Je l'aimais tellement qu'à la pensée d'y rester et de devenir Parisienne à mon tour, je n'hésitai plus. » Quant à Henry Miller, l'auteur de « Tropique du Cancer » et de « Jours tranquille à Clichy », il écrira, en 1944, dans ses « Lettres à Emil » : « Mieux valait être un mendiant à Paris qu'un millionnaire à New York ». Hemingway, Miller, Sylvia Beach, mais aussi Scott Fitzgerald, Anaïs Nin, Ezra Pound ou Gertrude Stein, représentants d'une brillante génération de la littérature américaine, vont s'installer, dès la fin de la Grande Guerre, dans la ville lumière. Toutes et tous seront marqué.e.s par leur exil volontaire. Que venaient-ils chercher à Paris ? Que fuyaient-ils de cette Amérique en passe de devenir la première puissance mondiale ? Invité : Ralph Schor, professeur émérite à l'université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis. Auteur de « Le Paris des écrivains américains, 1919-1939 »; Perrin. Sujets traités : Paris, Littérature, Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, Anaïs Nin, Scott Fitzgerald, Sylvia Beach, Henry Miller Merci pour votre écoute Un Jour dans l'Histoire, c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 13h15 à 15h sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes d'Un Jour dans l'Histoire sur notre plateforme Auvio.be : https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/5936 Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

We have an ENORMOUS, EMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT: It's the Dawn of a new era! Be prepared for a rollercoaster of a Bonus Blether; in which Dawn shares massive and confronting realisations which have lead her to embark on a new chapter. This episode is the audio from 5 videos we recorded separately and then together (hence the differing sound quality)  please persevere to the end, as we conclude on a very happy note. SHE'S DIVING OUT FANNY FIRST! :)  Dawn is eternally grateful to all of you who donated to help her get her ADHD Diagnosis at the end of 2022.  With a heavy/happy heart and literally every emotion imaginable; Laura continues the ADHDAF Safari solo.We really hope you will stick with ADHD As Females - The Podcast and the ADHDAF Community for much more Too-Muchness despite Dawn's departure! (She will still be an active member of the community) And we hope you will wear (at least one item of) Leopard Print TOMORROW Monday 23rd Oct for the second annual ADHDAF Day, which sees the launch of the ADHDAF MAKE IT COUNT CAMPAIGN to make this ADHD Awareness Month count! Our last Podcast recording as a duo will be our Gold Patron Live Blether this Wednesday - 25th Oct 8pm BST.  If you would like to be part of it, and be interviewed via Zoom in our Community, join HERE “Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” — Anais Nin.There truly are no words for how incredibly grateful we are for all of your support! It's a new Dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for us... and we're feeling good! xxTW: Contains swearing, mentions of depression, anxiety, panic attacks, suicide, relationship struggles,  late ADHD Diagnosis, medication, conflict, trauma, self sabotage, crying, griefIf you are struggling with any of the topics covered, you are not alone. REACH OUT!Support the show

EPISODE SUMMARYThis episode is inspired by a quote written by Anais Nin. She wrote, "Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the action stems the dream again, and this interdependence produces the highest form of living." Kitchen activism is about taking our heart's desire or dreams for a better, healthier, thriving environment and turning that desire into a reality of action. In this episode, I describe how this is true in my kitchen and my life. And give you action steps to inspire the highest form of living in your life, too.  Click here for the free How to Eat Less Water CONDIMENT STORAGE TABLE. It is a printable list of popular condiments that belong in the pantry and those in the refrigerator that can be hung in your kitchen for easy reference.Download the TEN TIPS to EAT LESS WATER SUMMER PARTY PLANNING GUIDE for all the tips, steps, and info on celebrating like a kitchen activist with your friends and family.Find gifts designed to serve well-being at the Eat Less Water Shop.Get a copy of the EAT LESS WATER book.Reach me at info@eatlesswater.com

Meet Dama, Brazilian artist  on her journey into " the labyrinth of postpartum blues, "womb intelligence," ghost mentors, and art as Ariadne's thread that has helped her through the maze. Special thanks to the Tonantzin Society for their generous donation to Blue Medicine Journal. Mil gracias for helping to keep the voice and vision alive as we imagine a new world into being. Mil gracias! As always, thanks to Lucas Bakker, producer and editor, whose wizardry and original music bring this podcast to life; theme song "Paris," featuring "Morning Blossoms."  

Join Premium! Ready for an ad-free meditation experience? Join Premium now and get every episode from ALL of our podcasts completely ad-free now! Just a few clicks makes it easy for you to listen on your favorite podcast player.  Become a PREMIUM member today by going to --> https://WomensMeditationNetwork.com/premium So relax your body, Deep into comfort.  PAUSE… Let your breathing, Slow down.  PAUSE… Anais Nin said, “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”  PAUSE… Be here with this quote. And see what it brings up for you.  LONG PAUSE (3 MIN)… “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”  PAUSE… How will your life expand today? Namaste, Beautiful Thanks to our amazing Sponsor! Go to HelloFresh.com/wmn16 and use code wmn16 for 16 free meals plus free shipping!  

In this episode from the Institute's Vault, we hear a 2011 talk by Deirdre Bair about the artist Saul Steinberg. Bair received the 1978 National Book Award for her biography of Samuel Beckett. Since then, she has written biographies of Simone de Beauvoir, Anais Nin, Carl Jung, and Al Capone. In 2019, she published a memoir, Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me. Bair's biography of Saul Steinberg was published in 2012. Since 1977, the New York Institute for the Humanities has brought together distinguished scholars, writers, artists, and publishing professionals to foster crucial discussions around the public humanities. For more information and to support the NYIH, visit nyihumanities.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In this episode from the Institute's Vault, we hear a 2011 talk by Deirdre Bair about the artist Saul Steinberg. Bair received the 1978 National Book Award for her biography of Samuel Beckett. Since then, she has written biographies of Simone de Beauvoir, Anais Nin, Carl Jung, and Al Capone. In 2019, she published a memoir, Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me. Bair's biography of Saul Steinberg was published in 2012. Since 1977, the New York Institute for the Humanities has brought together distinguished scholars, writers, artists, and publishing professionals to foster crucial discussions around the public humanities. For more information and to support the NYIH, visit nyihumanities.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode from the Institute's Vault, we hear a 2011 talk by Deirdre Bair about the artist Saul Steinberg. Bair received the 1978 National Book Award for her biography of Samuel Beckett. Since then, she has written biographies of Simone de Beauvoir, Anais Nin, Carl Jung, and Al Capone. In 2019, she published a memoir, Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me. Bair's biography of Saul Steinberg was published in 2012. Since 1977, the New York Institute for the Humanities has brought together distinguished scholars, writers, artists, and publishing professionals to foster crucial discussions around the public humanities. For more information and to support the NYIH, visit nyihumanities.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

In this episode from the Institute's Vault, we hear a 2011 talk by Deirdre Bair about the artist Saul Steinberg. Bair received the 1978 National Book Award for her biography of Samuel Beckett. Since then, she has written biographies of Simone de Beauvoir, Anais Nin, Carl Jung, and Al Capone. In 2019, she published a memoir, Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me. Bair's biography of Saul Steinberg was published in 2012. Since 1977, the New York Institute for the Humanities has brought together distinguished scholars, writers, artists, and publishing professionals to foster crucial discussions around the public humanities. For more information and to support the NYIH, visit nyihumanities.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/art

OVERVIEW: “Good things happen to those who hustle.” – Anais Nin   Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner, and Host of the Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy podcast, talks about the proper way to execute your side hustle. Coming from experience, Jason shares how side hustles should be done discreetly and wisely when you have a full-time job and the possible consequences of not doing so. Tune in until the end to hear about Jason's upcoming mastermind and book launch!   EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: Many individuals start their side hustles while working full-time for an employer. Jason highly encourages you to start a side hustle. Don't burn bridges along the way. Be careful not to let your employer find out about your side hustle, as they could view it as you not being fully committed to your job. In the worst-case scenario, you might get an ultimatum from your employer. If you are pursuing a side hustle, do it discreetly without revealing the details to everyone. Once your business is enough to sustain your cost of living, transition out of your job, which is what Jason did. To do your side hustle discreetly, refrain from doing things that will draw a lot of attention to you being the business owner, such as having your name in the business and having your face revealed on the business' website. Share your business ideas and express your enthusiasm only to your clients, team, and family, not your co-workers. There are substantial tax advantages, your business could scale and exceed the income from your full-time job, it is fun and challenging, and you have complete autonomy.    TWEETABLE QUOTES: "I encourage you to definitely start those side hustles because they can be life-changing." – Jason A. Duprat "If you're pursuing a side hustle while having a full-time job, I recommend discreetly doing it." – Jason A. Duprat    CONNECT WITH JASON DUPRAT: LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | Youtube | Facebook Group   RESOURCES: Sign up for one of our free business start-up Masterclasses by heading over to https://healthcareboss.org/masterclass/ Have a healthcare business question? Text me at 386-284-4955, and I'll add you to my contacts. Occasionally, I'll share important announcements and answer your questions as well. Do you enjoy our podcast? Leave a rating and review: https://lovethepodcast.com/hea RELATED EPISODES: #016: TACTICAL TUESDAY: LEVERAGING YOUR HEALTHCARE EDUCATION TO CREATE A SIDE HUSTLE #001: DR. LAURA GASPARIS VONFROLIO: FROM RN WITH TWO JOBS TO SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR & INVENTOR (PULSE CHECK #15) DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB #HealthcareEntrepreneurAcademy #healthcare #HealthcareBoss #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #podcast #businessgrowth #teamgrowth #digitalbusiness  

"Who do you think you are?" is a complex question that reveals multiple dimensions of our self-perception, societal expectation, and the interplay of power dynamics. It questions our self-identity and the perception of others, highlighting the gap that often exists between the two. It underscores our tendencies to perceive the world, including others and ourselves, through subjective lenses. This statement is reminiscent of Anais Nin's perspective that our understanding of the world is a reflection of our own selves.Echoing Socrates' sentiments on the worth of an unexamined life, this question prompts us to self-reflect and introspect on who we believe we are. It prompts us to question the source of our power and the need for external validation.Implicit in this inquiry is the accusation of arrogance, which can stem either from one's inability to accept their mistakes or from others' reluctance to accept one's correctness. Hence, having the courage to voice your truth, ensuring your self-awareness, welcoming challenges, and discerning the value of others' opinions, are vital steps in authentically answering this query.In asking "Who do you think you are?", we are invited to confront and reconsider our own self-conceptions through honest self-exploration.Sign up to my Substack: eyeswideopenlife.substack.comIf you are interested in a month free trial, go to mymojodojolife.comemail info@eyeswideopenlife.com

How does this quote from Anais Nin make you feel? I feel a sense of purpose and duty to live the life that is already mine.Participate in the 100 Ways Community:Email Me: https://laurachristine.us/contact or LC@laurachristine.us Send a voice message: Click Message button on this pageSupport our show or book a reading! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/100ways Instagram: https://instagram.com/100wayspodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/100ways/message"Everything is right the way it is right now," is a quote by Jared, who texted that to me one night.Music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi from Pixabay Participate in the 100 Ways Community: Email Me: https://laurachristine.us/contact or LC@laurachristine.us Support our show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/100waysBook a session: https://buymeacoffee.com/100ways/commissions Facebook: https://facebook.com/laurachristine808Instagram: https://instagram.com/100wayspodcast

Thank you for listening to Journal with Jenny, where we explore the power of self-reflection and personal growth together. In this episode, Broken Open: Embracing Life's Trials for Personal Transformation, we review the transformative book by Elizabeth Lesser. Join your host, Jenny, as she takes you on a journey of embracing life's trials as opportunities for personal transformation. Elizabeth Lesser, co-founder of the esteemed Omega Institute, shares poignant stories and practical guidance in her book, Broken Open. Discover how to gracefully navigate life's challenges and welcome change instead of resisting it. Through the "Phoenix Process," Lesser shows us how to rise from the ashes and become our most vibrant and enlightened selves. In this episode, Jenny reviews Lesser's book with its inspiring stories of individuals who have experienced profound transformations after enduring adversity. These stories serve as a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and highlight the potential for growth and renewal within each of us. Grab your journal as Jenny provides journaling prompts inspired by Broken Open. Reflect on your response to difficult periods in life, explore your relationship with change, and envision yourself as a phoenix rising from the ashes. Join us on this transformative path as we explore how to break open and blossom into our most authentic and vibrant selves. Anais Nin once said, "The risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." Let Journal with Jenny be your guide to embrace the journey of growth and transformation. Subscribe, leave a five-star review, and share this episode with your friends. Together, let's embrace life's trials and journal with intention. 

Hey seeker! In this episode I am breaking down the importance of putting into action the things you've been learning and starting to care for yourself more, to invest in yourself, to actively shift the way you've been doing things - miracles start to unfold. This is a stage that I call The Shift - where you start creating new patterns and making new choices for your wellbeing. This is a powerful stage of you manifesting and transforming into what you came here to be.   I hope this episode helps to light a

Episode 177 Notes and Links to Laura Warrell's Work       On Episode 177 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Laura Warrell, and the two discuss, among other things, her early love of writing and acting, important works and writers who steered her into her own career, how teaching literature at Berklee College of Music informed her writing and creative outlook, and issues in Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm around love, connection, traumas, promiscuity, character development, real-life inspirations, and structural and character-based decisions.       Laura Warrell is a contributor to the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and the Tin House Summer Workshop, and is a graduate of the creative writing program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her work has appeared in HuffPost, The Rumpus, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, among other publications. Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm was published in September 2022, and has been rightly lauded since.   Buy Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm   Laura Warrell's Website   Los Angeles Times Portrait of Laura's Journey in Writing Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm   At about 1:40, Laura talks about the “flurry of activity” that followed her book's publication, and Pete asks her to speak about “moving on” to her next project and how she sees her first book now and how she remembers her characters are for her   At about 5:00, Laura gives background on her very early writing (“I came to writing before I came to reading”) and reading    At about 8:20, Laura recalls her early desire (and continuing until college) desire to become an actress/theater major   At about 11:00, Laura and Pete muse on the fading idea of the writer as celebrity   At about 12:50, Laura discusses how acting became secondary to writing in her pivotal college days, as well as writers like Toni Morrison, Toni Cade Bambara, Henry Miller, Anais Nin, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, among others, who inspired her   At about 16:05, Pete asks about how Laura's time as an instructor at Berklee College of Music informed the book and its coverage of art, artists, and creativity   At about 22:20, The two discuss a pivotal and memorable scene where the protagonist Circus receives a wakeup call and    At about 24:30, Laura gives background on the title and its genesis, and she responds Pete's questions about why Laura used jazz as a topic for the book    At about 28:15, Laura speaks to ideas of centering the multiple women in Circus' orbit    At about 32:10, Laura points to a particular book she was reading about a “playboy” that made her sure to have the women's perspective front and center for those in relationships with Circus   At about 34:40, Laura lays our characteristics of Circus' daughter, Koko, and how fleshing her out led to more narration from Circus   At about 36:30, Maggie is described, and the book's opening scene is described and how it leads to a pivotal choice for Circus   At about 37:20, Laura talks about basing Maggie on Cindy Blackman, and Pete and Laura discuss a scene where Maggie delineates differences for her between Tip and Circus   At about 41:20, Pete references the opening scene for Koko, and Koko's “father issues,” and Laura talks about Koko as a caretaker for her mother, Pia   At about 45:05, Pia is described, especially with regard to her maternal outlook   At about 46:05, A key scene involving Odessa (Pete is very complimentary of the craft) is discussed, and Laura talks about readers' feedback involving Odessa    At about 48:35, Pete and Laura discuss key scenes involving Koko, especially in her unease in growing up   At about 50:20, The theme of aging is discussed, especially in terms of creative output and the world's expectations    At about 51:25, Pete marks Raquel as in important character, a barometer, and Laura describes the role of Raquel   At about 55:10, The theme of father-daughter relationships and traumas and love is referenced and examples given, with Laura reflecting on the “broken mechanism” that steers Circus' motivations and actions   At about 1:00:10, Pete and Laura cite a rough scene that calls to mind misogyny in a memorable way   At about 1:01:50, Pia is highlighted for ideas of trauma and ways to cope, and Laura picks up on a thread to reinforce why she wanted to write the book as she did   At about 1:05:40, Treading lightly-not wanting to give plot spoilers, Pete outlines some of the book's twists   At about 1:06:50, Laura highlights ideas from the book on expectations for success, dreams, family life, and the immediacy of these things    At about 1:09:00, Laura gives social media info, and highlights Octavia's Bookshelf and Skylight Books as two of many great places to buy her book   At about 1:10:05, Laura talks about an exciting new book project   At about 1:11:50, Laura gives suggestions on possible actors who might play Circus if the book were ever put on the big/small screen    You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.    Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl     Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting my one-man show, my DIY podcast and my extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content!    NEW MERCH! You can browse and buy here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ChillsatWillPodcast    This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form.    The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.   Please tune in for Episode 178 with Stephen Buoro. Stephen was born in Nigeria in 1993 and at The University of East Anglia in the UK, he was the 2018 recipient of the Booker Prize Foundation Scholarship. He has a first-class degree in Mathematics and is currently studying for a PhD in Creative-Critical Writing at UEA on a fully funded studentship. His book, Andy Africa and The Five Sorrowful Mysteries, is bound to be a sensation. Pete's interview with him regarding the book is forthcoming in Chicago Review of Books.    The episode will air on April 18, the Pub Day for the book!

In this episode of Soul Health Mentor, I share my joy, delight, and pleasure with you because that has been the experience of being your hostess, and interviewing the amazing guests you just met this week. I share my story with you, and how it took leaving my country of origin to become my true nature: JOY! Anais Nin said it so perfectly: "And the Day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” Many dark nights of the Soul later and many fear storms faced I stand before you telling you that you have the ability and capability of becoming the change you wish to see in your world. Today I will share with you how you can create a transformational sacred space of restoration, revival, and rebirth, so you can return to life feeling deeply nourished and ready to nurture your dream seeds this growing season...for them to spring to life! For the full show notes, visit soulhealthmentor.com

In this episode, released on the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, Sally reads the works of great Ukrainian writers and poets of previous generations. Her thoughts turn to the novelist Joseph Conrad, who was born in a region which is now part of Ukraine. She reads passages from his masterpiece, Lord Jim, about the tangible presence of evil in the world. In a lighter vein, she reads an extract from her own fictional essay about the joys and freedoms of walking. Further Reading Sally's fictional essay - on the theme of a childhood walk - is called ‘A Curvy Road is Better Than a Straight One.' It was published in Where My Feet Fall, edited by Duncan Minshull, in March 2022, published by HarperCollins. https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Duncan-Minshull/Where-My-Feet-Fall--Going-for-a-Walk-in-Twenty-Stories/25944755 It can also be read here: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f730ffd0bf1d6070e5deca8/t/62498d352ac7771421325dcf/1648987447229/Sally+Bayley.pdf Taras Shevchenko (1814 –1861) was a poet, writer, artist, and intellectual, who advocated Ukrainian independence at a time when the Tsarist Russian Empire directly ruled the country. His works are considered to be the main foundation of modern Ukrainian literature, giving a dignity and literary heritage to the Ukrainian language. He also wrote in Russian (nine novellas, a diary, and an autobiography). Shevchenko was convicted in 1847 of explicitly promoting the independence of Ukraine, writing poems in the Ukrainian language and ridiculing members of the Russian Imperial House. Marie Bashkirtseff  (1858 to 1884) was born into a Russian family near Poltava, in a region which is now in Ukraine, She moved to Paris to become an artist, creating a sizeable body of work in her short lifetime ,as well as becoming known as an intellectual. Her diary was posthumously published in 1887, only the second diary by a woman published in France to that date. It recounts her life, work and her relentless struggle with the tuberculosis which eventually killed her, aged 25. She wrote: "If I do not die young, I hope to live as great artist; but if I die young, I intend to have my journal, which cannot fail to be interesting, published." The diary made her famous in literary circles, being rapidly translated into English too, and has often been used as a model by other diarists, including Katherine Mansfield and Anais Nin. Joseph Conrad was born in 1857 in Berdychiv, which was then part of the Russian Empire but is now in Ukraine. He was Polish in ethnicity; although the vast majority of the surrounding area's inhabitants were Ukrainians, almost all the countryside was owned by the Polish nobility. Conrad spent nearly 20 years of his life working as a sailor with the British and French merchant navies while nurturing ambitions to become a writer. Remarkably, he wrote some of the finest novels in the English language despite only becoming fluent in the language in his twenties. Conrad published Lord Jim as a serial from October 1899 to November 1900. Its central character is a sailor who lives in disgrace and travels the world seeking redemption. The novel deals with existentialist themes, personal responsibility in an uncaring, cruel universe, and the nature of good and evil. Nostromo, a story of imperialist exploitation and revolt in South America, was published, again in instalments, in 1904. The producer of the podcast is Andrew Smith: https://www.fleetingyearfilms.com The extra voice in this episode is Emma Fielding. Thanks to everyone who has supported us so far. Special thanks go to Violet Henderson, Kris Dyer, and Maeve Magnus. If you would like to support us, please visit - https://gofund.me/d5bef397    

In honor of what would have been her 120th birthday, I sat down with the channeled spirit of famed diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and erotica, Anäis Nin. A finalist for the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1976, French-born American Anaîs is known for her personal journals and is widely hailed as one of the best writers of female erotica. She was a bigamist, with husbands in New York and California, and has had numerous affairs with people like psychoanalyst Otto Rank and writer Henry Miller. Listen in to hear Anais talk about all of this, and more. Join our Book Club: patreon.com/parisundergroundradioFind Us OnlineWebsite: https://www.parisundergroundradio.com/storytimeinparisFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/parisundergroundradioInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/parisundergroundradio/ CreditsHost and Producer: Jennifer Geraghty. Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @jennyphoria; Website: http://jennyphoria.comMusic CreditsHip Hop Rap Instrumental (Crying Over You) by christophermorrow https://soundcloud.com/chris-morrow-3​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/2AHA5G9​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/hiYs5z4xdBU​ About UsSince well before Victor Hugo looked up at Notre Dame and thought, "Huh... what if a hunchback lived in there?" authors have been inspired by Paris. The Storytime in Paris podcast will help keep this tradition alive with short interviews and readings from your favorite contemporary authors with a French connection. Every episode will feature five questions, asked by you, our authors' biggest fans, and answered live on air. Then, our authors will treat us to a reading of an excerpt from their book. Who knows? Maybe you'll even be inspired to write your own Great French Novel. Happy listening!

We need to talk about Anais Nin and her erotic short story collection Delta of Venus. Did Anais Nin write "female erotica"? Is there such a thing? Have Things™️ changed much since 1941? Noted smut writer Dame Jodie Slaughter is Shelf Love's international smut history correspondent. She schools us on the long history of smut, French people, Choice Feminism, why she doesn't believe in the female gaze, how her work is contributing to the demise of "our value system," and more! We unpack Anais's assertion that "women are more apt to fuse sex with emotion, with love" via Dr. Jodi McAlister's book "The Consummate Virgin," and her theories of compulsory (female) demisexuality. Shelf Love:Join the Conversation on Discord: https://www.patreon.com/ShelfLoveSign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Patreon | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeEmail: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.comGuest: Dame Jodie Slaughter, Shelf Love's International Smut HistorianWebsite | Twitter | InstagramDiscussed:Delta of Venus by Anais NinThe Consummate Virgin: Female Virginity Loss and Love in Anglophone Popular Literatures by Dr. Jodi McAlister: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-55004-2Hard-Core Romance: Fifty Shades of Grey, Best-Sellers, and Society by Eva IllouzSady Doyle's Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/apr/07/anais-nin-author-social-mediaSherilyn Fenn “MTV Books, Feed Your Head” 1991 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHRo5FAJ3g0 

"We don't see life as it is, we see it as we are." - Anais Nin. Today's tip is this quote as a metaphor. On your personal development journey, you need to be sure you have the right foundation in place. Discover the 7 Fundamentals To Self Improvement and instantly accelerate your growth! (Who knows what you might be overlooking and how it's holding you back…)

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. –Anais Nin Check out John Lee Dumas' award winning Podcast Entrepreneurs on Fire on your favorite podcast directory. For world class free courses and resources to help you on your Entrepreneurial journey visit EOFire.com

Oh, the courage that it takes to live.  To truly live.  To follow our passions. To experiment with interests.  To fall in love. To live our values.  Oh, the courage it takes.  JOURNAL PROMPTS: What came up for you as you meditated on this quote?  How can you live more courageously? 

You work or lead a team and you want your team to thrive. You want to do great work. Make a difference for the people you serve.But you are struggling; your team is not performing as well as they are capable of and you are wondering why.What does it take to build a great team?In this episode we explore what differentiates the great teams from the average.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project"You read these management books that say, 'These are the hard things about running a company.' But those aren't really the hard things. The hard things are when you have to layoff half your company, or you have to fire your best friend. Or you have to figure out a way not to go bankrupt."Ben Horowitz“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”Maya Angelou“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”Anais Nin