by AnnSheybani | Jun 29, 2015 | Life
I’m down to the final countdown. The last day or two before I disappear to Ireland for a good long while. Lots of stuff to get done. Lots of people I need to see so I’m not labeled the shittiest friend in the world. And I feel all of that familiar... by AnnSheybani | Jun 22, 2015 | Annita P. Sawyer, books, Eating Glass, Reading
I’ve been gobbling up Annita P. Sawyer’s new book: Smoking Cigarettes, Eating Glass. This was the memoir she was working on when we studied together at Bread Loaf, a prestigious writing conference in Middlebury, Vermont. Like me, Annita was sitting in class... by AnnSheybani | Jun 17, 2015 | Life
I was lazing around on the couch this morning flipping through The New York Times Magazine when I ran into an article about the latest Youtube sensation. Tyler Oakley is a young, gay man who posts videos about the stuff he thinks about on a day-to-day basis. And he... by AnnSheybani | Jun 15, 2015 | Authenticity, Brene Brown, Confidence, Courage, criticism, dealing with criticism, Mama Gena, Writing
It takes guts to have an opinion. It takes guts to share them with others. To open yourself up to criticism. I don’t care what you say, how innocuous it may seem to you; someone will decide that your opinion makes you a member of Al Qaeda. That’s just how it goes.... by AnnSheybani | Jun 7, 2015 | Adult Child of Alcholic, Life
I received a note the other day from a woman who has flirted with the idea of coaching for nearly two years. She’s sent me several letters during this time and in each and every one she recounts the same sad story about living with her deadbeat boyfriend, how...
