TSGOYNA’S BLOG
What Will You Magnify?
“You didn’t know me when I was hot.” I overheard a mother say to her daughter in the dressing room. I listened to the usual conversation girls and women have when looking in the mirror. “Oh God, I hate my stomach. I have so much cellulite. My thighs are huge....
What is the Value of an Incomplete Desire?
Today I asked myself the question What do you want--A desire that is complete or incomplete? I was stunned by my answer Incomplete Incompleteness has the energy of movement and attainment. Successive tiny completions along a spectrum of a goal and desire. Ironically,...
Do You Suffer From T.D.D.Syndrome? The Dirty Diaper Syndrome, Stuck in your own S#!T
On the occasion I lay down on the couch to watch T.V., it isn’t long before I am slumped, crumpled into a tight ball, deep asleep, with a little drool slipping from the corner of my mouth. I go down hard and fast. Then suddenly I’m startled awake. I am cramped...
How Would Adding More Flexibility Change Your Life?
How would more flexibility change your life? If Wounded Peacock’s your jam, then hooray for you. But, I’m talking about flexible thinking. I once worked with a man who had a precise 4-step routine to leave his house. If anything interrupted his routine, like...
Make Believe~Make Belief Monday
What’s Something You Love About Yourself? Or Like? Ok, Maybe, Don’t Hate? “Everyone’s a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.” (unknown author mistakenly attributed to Einstein) You’re a...
So, What’s Your Story?
“I want someone to tell me the truth,” my patient said as he sat at his kitchen table. He’d had a stroke in the right hemisphere of his brain. Right brain strokes cause disorientation in place and time. “What’s the truth you want,” I asked? “Everyone tells me I am...
Make Believe~Make Belief Monday
Do You Know Who You Are? “How old are you? The eight-year-old boy in the swimming pool asked Kevin, my nephew. “Five.” Said Kevin, “but I’m closer to eight.” ‘Duh, if you’re five, you’re not closer to eight.” the older boy scoffed. “Well, I’m closer to eight than I am...
Make Believe~Make Belief Monday
Happy Hour Isn’t a Time--It’s Place in your MIND “Happy Hour” has a complicated history of origin, but regardless of who and how (The French or the American Navy) there was a collective awareness that at a certain time of the day between 3-7 p.m. people are at the end...
Memorial Day Is NOT a Furniture Sale
( This is a 9 year old post. My Uncle has since passed, but he returned to France for a 65th reunion) I am as guilty as anyone else—planning my barbecue and perusing the paper for the best furniture sales of the year. It’s easy for me. I’ve never felt the dread of...
Make Believe ~Make Belief Monday HOW TO STOP YOUR BRAIN FROM CHOKING.
About 10 years ago I was standing on the playground in my green, parent-volunteer apron. Kids were eating, playing, running, sliding, screaming.A fifth grader carrying a lunch tray frantically ran toward me screeching to a halt in front of me. His eyes bulged. He...