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Love Letter To Your Inner Child: An Exercise In Getting Out Of Your Own Way
Lissa Rankin, April 14, 2011
Do you hear voices in your head that hold you back? Is The Gremlin of fear hissing, “You’ll never amount to anything!” or, “When are you gonna learn that ugly girls can’t do things like that?” or, “You’re not smart/pretty/talented/sexy/rich/wise enough!” when you start dreaming big?
Or maybe The Gremlin is spewing “You’ll never belong!” or, “What makes you think anybody would ever care about a book you would write?” or, “Get over yourself and know your place!” or, “Nobody will ever love you.”
So often, those voices stem from childhood. The Gremlin is just repeating things we heard from our parents or things we told ourselves when we were very young and impressionable.
And yet, those voices are powerful forces in our lives, and we may mistake them as truth, when they’re just bitter toxic lies spitting out of our minds like ammunition aimed at the jugular.
Embrace Your Inner Pyro & OWN Your Creative Genius
Lissa Rankin, March 15, 2011
Do you feel called to give birth to something within you the way I described here? Are you trying to think your way through something you just need to feel?
Yeah. Me too. That’s why I spent this weekend back in my art studio, which has been too long neglected. When I find myself in stuck in some part of my life -- or when I’m having a hard time making a tough decision -- I paint. Suddenly, my hand is swirling and my mind is slowing down and I find myself in a sort of meditation that I think some call “the zone.”
It all sounds very mystical, doesn’t it? Something reserved for monks and professional artists. But it’s not. It’s right there -- completely accessible to you -- any time, any place.
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Roundtable - How Do You Connect With Your Inner Child?
Lauren Nagel, November 3, 2010
Welcome to the Owning Pink Roundtable, where we pose the same question to several of our bloggers and let 'em have at it. This week, following the festivities of Halloween, we went to the OP staff to find out how they connect with their inner child. Whoopie cushions, anyone? Enjoy!
Halloween celebrations (and the consequent sugar overload) are enough to make anyone dress up, get silly, and have a little fun. But how do you get in touch with your inner child on a daily basis? Do you make time for playtime?
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Roller Coaster Therapy
Guest Author, October 22, 2010
Is it really Saturday already? Wow -- this week, month, year has FLOWN by! Luckily the community is full of fabulous Pinkies like Tracy Swartz to help slow down time a bit and squeeze the joys out of each moment. Happy weekend Pinkies!
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Reclaiming Your Inner Child
Melanie Bates, May 23, 2010
I was told recently that part of me is missing. I wondered, what exactly does that mean? I have all of my limbs, my digits, my hair, though I am short a few internal organs. So hey, perhaps I am a bit disjointed. Aren’t we all? Apparently I misunderstood. I was told instead to imagine that we each have a number of different selves within us determined by how long we’ve lived and depending on our life experiences. Say, for me, I have five selves. (God forbid I’ve left any out.) For example, I have myself as a child, a teenager, a married self, a divorced self, and my current self. Well, unbeknownst to me, my inner child is on the lamb.
Read More...Owning Pain: The Secret to Healing
Guest Author, December 29, 2009
Dear Pinkies, We are honored once again to welcome the amazing Pink Goddess Tama J. Kieves to Owning Pink. We invite you to soak your tired feet in Tama's brilliant message about feeling what we're feeling. You can read more about her and her work at the bottom of this post- and if you love this post, grab a copy of her book, This Time I Dance!, which is our Pink book club selection in January. Enjoy, and big Pink thanks to Tama!
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Rev Up Your Mojo By Decreasing Stress And Increasing Happiness
Lakenda Wallace, September 20, 2009
Hiya Pinkies! Please welcome back Less Stress, More Life Mojo Mentors, Lakenda Wallace (aka Good Witch) and Simone da Rosa (aka Bad Witch). Three PINK cheers!
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