SHALAVEE
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This blog was born as my joy of sharing my journey of self-discovery, others will gain inspiration and permission for their journeys. In my 50's, as the mother of two school-age children, I am learning how to parent as I go and taking care of myself too. Follow to get updates from the blog.
SHALAVEE
1M ago
Midway through the 2024 holiday madness, too soon on the tails of Turkeysgiving, I want to pause and give thanks to all of you who have contributed to this writing journey of mine. To those who supported me in my beginnings, even if you’re dead now or no longer my friend, thank you. To my ..read more
SHALAVEE
1M ago
Whether I like it or not, I’m The Event Planner for the holidays. I need to make myself happy to be able to make anyone else happy ..read more
SHALAVEE
1M ago
The phrase “holidays” is a trauma trigger for me. Spend this many years on life’s holiday production staff and shit will happen. With that many moving parts, some sort of system, communication, or technical breakdown and failure is inevitable. Additionally, in 2024, this “most wonderful time of the year” is dirtied by the politics of ..read more
SHALAVEE
2M ago
One of the big epiphanies which led me to begin my 100 days of letting go of past shite project, was how I’d decided that this project was a waste of time. At the time, I was overwhelmed and doing my forced march to the finish line. I then convinced myself that it wasn’t as ..read more
SHALAVEE
2M ago
You know how it feels when you’ve poured your all into something for so long that you’ve forgotten how and why? All of your creativity, control, values, thoughts, hopes, words, and creative efforts into one project, one task, and you can no longer even see all of that anymore. This is how I felt last ..read more
SHALAVEE
2M ago
This is me beginning to Let go of the idea that my words are worthless I asked myself in my journal, “What if you stopped asking/telling the story about how your words are worthless?” As my recent writing Substack guru Dan “the Man” Blank asks, how do you find yourself confused why no one knows ..read more
SHALAVEE
3M ago
In the end, we have to make it Okay somehow to ask for support. Ask for anyone to do anything for us because we ask too much of ourselves ..read more
SHALAVEE
3M ago
How do I restart a project I paused 7 months ago? I’d recommend a running start for momentum so I can finish my project and sail on beyond. There’s so much of me that cherishes the esteem I get from these challenge accomplishments. And sometimes life interrupts your best plans. In this case, I was ..read more
SHALAVEE
3M ago
Feeling a little lost. Again, cruising around life looking for something to purpose and ground me. But it's not out there but in here. The Universe knew that ..read more
SHALAVEE
3M ago
We need to talk about our writing/creative efforts and lives more. Yew I'm a mom and also a writer because I write ..read more