Not All Poetry Feedback Is Equal: Stop Taking Their Words Personally

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Not All Poetry Feedback Is Equal: Stop Taking Their Words Personally

Not all poetry feedback is equal, nor is it equally appreciated. It depends on what you write, who is offering the feedback, and the type of relationship you share.

I write poems about sex, sadness, and spirituality, thus my audience is broad and eclectic. I want to be read wildly by most everyone, except perhaps by my family, colleagues, neighbours, and acquaintances who may (read have) raised a few eyebrows at my work…

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Feeling Unsupported? How To Handle The Negativity The Comes When You Make Positive Life Change

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Feeling Unsupported? How To Handle The Negativity The Comes When You Make Positive Life Change

When you start to make changes in your life in any positive direction, you will encounter haters. There are people who will share with you all of the reasons that you should stop doing what you are now doing, and why you will fail. They cause you to doubt yourself, question your goals as well as the methods that you are going about acquiring them…

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You Are Allowed to End Toxic Relationships

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You Are Allowed to End Toxic Relationships

"Typically, we don’t leave a relationship until it becomes so bad that the truth of the situation is truly undeniable.

However, by then, we have been beaten down and are broken by the relationship’s turn for the worse. Our confidence levels are shattered and we may have the symptoms of a plethora of mental afflictions – we are anxious about the future and depressed about ourselves. Our self-worth drops so low that we feel like staying is the right option because ‘they are the best someone like me could get’ or ‘at least I am lucky enough to have someone’..."

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What To Buy When Your Expecting & Lots More Info You Need To Know

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What To Buy When Your Expecting & Lots More Info You Need To Know

If you are currently pregnant and wondering what to buy and why, this is for you. It covers what you should buy prior to the birth in preparation. As baby gets older, you will need to get more things, but by then you will know what you need...

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Why I Cut Myself, and What Helped Me to Stop

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Why I Cut Myself, and What Helped Me to Stop

"It was like releasing water through a dam. It felt like if I didn’t cut, that my mind would crack, with devastating results ..."

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Finding the Balance Between Mania and Creativity - Words from a Mentally Ill Writer

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Finding the Balance Between Mania and Creativity - Words from a Mentally Ill Writer

It is 4am as I write this, I am slightly inebriated and my brain is buzzing. I have been up all night writing and I am still going. I can’t stop.

I must keep writing. When I get on a roll I can’t help it. Something comes over me and I must get it out. It is an affliction. This has happened before and will happen again...

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Your Anxiety is a Liar – and it’s Costing You Years of Your Life

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Your Anxiety is a Liar – and it’s Costing You Years of Your Life

Reflecting on my experiences with anxiety leaves me with a one sentence, anxiety killing mantra:

“Anxiety is a liar and it’s taking up too much of my life”.

I want to prove it to you. Consider the following questions:

- When has it ever been as bad as you thought it was going to be?
-How many times have you worried about something that just has never occurred?
-How many anxious thoughts do you have about one thing - could each possible outcome come true?
-How many times were you anxious before an event, only to be completely fine during the event?

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Why Putting Yourself First is Not Selfish

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Why Putting Yourself First is Not Selfish

"People should look after themselves first. Now this is not a selfish idea either mind you, I believe that it is to the benefit of society as a whole, as well as in the best interests of the individual that would be the recipient of the sacrifice. Because if you don’t look after yourself, and you fall, how will that person get the help they need...?"

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The Two Pieces Of Advice That Stopped Me Committing Suicide

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The Two Pieces Of Advice That Stopped Me Committing Suicide

"Each time that I was close to following through, one thought kept coming to mind. It was so poignant that I couldn’t shake it ..."

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