BECOMING MORE OF YOUR TRUE SELF BLOGS
I’m Thankful for You.
Every time I see you, I say a little prayer of thanks that you’re in my life. You help me more than you know. I’m thankful….. …..for the new ideas you bring to me. …..for your smiling eyes that greet me even though your heart is full of pain. …..for your honesty that...
On Turning 50: What Matters Now?
My husband keeps asking how I want to celebrate my dreaded 50th birthday. He means well. But nothing sounds quite right. A Mediterranean cruise?...No A zip line through the Rocky Mountains?...No A party with all our friends and a margarita machine?...No All I can...
On Losing Christian Fundamentalism…and my Fundie Facebook Page
I closed my original Facebook account...the one full of cousins and college roommates......the one full of Christian fundamentalism. Two weeks ago. I’ve never felt better. True confession: I created a new account before closing my old one. I began populating New...
Parenting Advice: 10 ways to misbehave and connect with your kids
Healthy Misbehavior for Parents When I was a kid, I had a wish list. It went something like this. a horse to meet Donny Osmond a camper in which my siblings are not allowed, and... some sign of who my parents are, as real people My parents ate, slept, and breathed the...
I Heart Texas
Texas is my Spiritual Home I love Texas because it loves itself. I love it for it's ego, its comical arrogance. I love that everyone there loves where they are. I love Texas because it's chock full of contrast, from Mount Pleasant to Valentine. In skin color,...
Leap of Faith, II: Trust your Gut & Try Something New
You wake to your alarm, grab the phone to shut it off, and groan. You feel sort of depressed, sort of sick. You’d pay someone a thousand dollars if you could just stay in bed without facing consequences later. You force your body upright and swing your feet to the...
Write Your Way Out of Depression
I was 41 and it seemed like the gate had closed forever on my life goals. I couldn't sleep. I coughed constantly and had mysterious pain in my butt that resisted all chiropractics. I kept falling – even up the stairs. I felt trapped in an academic job I’d outgrown. My...
The Life Cycle of Long-Term Love . . . Or the Many Major Traumas of Life Partnership
“Where did I go wrong?” Says the woman across from me, her husband’s chair, the third point in our triangle. “I mean, at what point did I screw up so badly that my marriage turned into a roommate situation.”
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