The Artist's Way

[ahavah]

I've been working through The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity for the past couple of weeks. When I went to NC, my dear friend lahermite was telling me about all the awesome progress she was making with it, and I happen to have that book (started it but never stuck with it), so I decided to give it another try. It's very helpful having a

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[minteluxe]

I'm glad you're doing so well! I'm trying to take control of my life too. I feel like a failure in many ways.

[ahavah]

I'm sorry. :( That's what I've been trying to work through. Have you ever tried the Artist's Way? I'll help you along if you want to do it with me. Whatever you try, I hope it's successful.

[minteluxe]

Do I have to buy a book to do that? It sounds cool. I've just been trying to do more like we've joined a gym and I've been getting more of my long term to do list done and doing more stuff on my own. The bad part is that I feel bad when I get something done like I still haven't done enough. The working out is helping a lot though!

[ahavah]

Every little bit helps! If you have a to-do list, make sure you also keep a ta-da list. That's what I do. I'll keep a list on my fridge (or, more lately, on twitter) and list all the little baby steps I accomplish each day.

The Artist's Way is a book, but a lot of libraries carry it so you may not have to buy it. If your own thing is working for you though, that's great! It is a good one if you need active healing though.

[badgerbear]

Hi lady! Haven't been on LJ for a while, and been busy with not much to say. I am glad you are loving your farm, and working on healing! *hugs* I made a little life pie like you describe and I need to play more and exercise also. I went on a detox and it made me miserable, so I think just eating better and exercising will be the key rather than being on herbs that make me unable to eat pretty much anything. Just wanted to say hello. *waves*

[ahavah]

*HUGS!* I haven't really been on lj much either, and I'm trying to fix that.

What kind of detox did you do? I tried some kind of cleanse once, and it made me sick. I used to fast regularly, and I'm really going to try to get back to that. I always felt healthier and refreshed on/after a fast.

[badgerbear]

I tried Colonix, which it touted as being mild, but it totally kicked my ass. I was irritable, crampy and miserable, although it took me two weeks to give up. I read through the ingredients and think it may have been the rhubarb root in the mix that was doing me in. Severe abdominal cramping is listed as a side effect, and that is surely what I was experiencing. I pretty much stopped eating for fear of being in pain. It seemed like all I could eat without problems was fruit, and oddly, pad thai and sushi. But that isn't enough to live on all the time, so I was starting to not eat much. :(

[ahavah]

Yikes! Definitely don't want to stick with it that long if it's making you sick. It seems like lots of folks get ill on cleanses. I'm not sure I put much stock in them anymore, personally.