Comments on: Friday Check-in #10: the getting chilly edition

By: Jennifer Louden

Jennifer Louden — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:26:30 +0000

The good: Meeting Havi in person! Having Havi like my workshop! Teaching a workshop – god, i love talking about change and teaching. Staying with Mark Silver and his wife Holly! Interviewing wise people like Oriah Mountain Dreamer and Amy Weintraub and Pam Slim about fear and getting comforted from it and more to come. Getting excited about a creative project again. Doing Dance of Shiva – still at the very beginning of level one. Birthday dinner with girlfriends (not my birthday). My sweetheart breaking through into a good mood from his own stress. A burp fest at dinner with our kids. Two walks in the sunlight fragrant woods. Crisp sunshine. Talking to Havi’s gentleman friend about design – he’s brilliant. Cuddling in bed with above mentioned sweetheart. My daughter being sweet. My daughter going to her first High School dance.

The bad: knowing my retirement money was shrinking vastly, knowing people are afraid, being disappointed in Obama for not answering the debate questions more directly, dealing with my own ever present anxiety over creative future, missing exercise two days and Dance of Shiva one. Being so friggin frustrated with technology and my slowness with it. Deciding my therapist is clueless. The sadness of missing my dad and my marriage and my daughter being a baby. Drinking wine and eating cake and feeling tired because of the sugar.

Wow, this is a fantastic exercise. I think I may make this a blog thing for me, too. Thanks Havi, you are so inspiring.

By: Tzaddi

Tzaddi — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:53:40 +0000

The good: Friends. Work I love. Conversing with deer (which went something like “Hey. Shoo!” and in reply, “Munch. Munch. Stupid human.”) Hiking in one of the most beautiful places of the world.

The not-so-good: Missing Wednesday’s call. Frost on the car this morning. Dogs freaking out, begging to be let at those deer. Still not finished the project that is sucking our life away (but oh, so close).

Have a great weekend!

Tzaddis last blog post..Being Thankful

By: communicatrix

communicatrix — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:25:18 +0000

Ho ho, there, missy-ma'am! I hope you and that duck worked up an appetite over the holiday, being all conscious and stuff. I like to chow down, and I intend to take full advantage of all the good chow PDX has to offer! communicatrixs last blog post..Staying Awake in Seattle, Day 12: Hump day

By: JoVE

JoVE — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:17:46 +0000

I'm enjoying this season more now that I am in someplace that has proper seasons. For me, cold is so much easier when it is sunny and dry. I suspect Portland is like England and I HATED that kind of winter. Here is more like Michigan and I love it. Go figure. Right now, more like New England. In fact, I think I should go take photos of the maples lining my street to put in my blog header. JoVEs last blog post..Another Canadian science supplier

By: Havi Brooks

Havi Brooks — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:31:51 +0000

Oh boy!

You know, I sent out TWO Hooray certificates this week, and neither one to clients. Very unusual. And very cool!

Mmmm curry!

By: Nath

Nath — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:49:02 +0000

My first Friday Check-in: yay!

This week has been hard and good. First, as the Scottish autumn sets in both me and my lady friend have been having more pain than usual (we both have severe chronic pain). And Havi’s tale of the cat had me sobbing for a good hour or two (yep, I’m not so manly that I’m above a good sniffle!).

The hard: made several phonecalls, including a ‘stranger’ call – thus setting aside for a while a major phone phobia. Yay :)

The good: many cuddles, a lovely pub dinner (mmm curry) and a “Hooray” certificate from Havi.