by AnnSheybani | May 25, 2015 | Life
I was thinking about my relationship with discomfort this morning on my long run. Walt and I set out to do 12 miles, and sure enough, at about mile 6, this twingy thing I’ve got going on with my left hamstring reared its ugly head. Of course Walt is of the... by AnnSheybani | May 18, 2015 | Alcoholism, all or nothing, change, Codependency, connection, eating disorders, extreem dependency, Life, recovery, self-sabotage, Work Less
All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.–Blaise Pascal I was sitting in a mindfulness breakout session in Dublin last week when the leader wrote this quotation on his whiteboard. It was one of those... by AnnSheybani | May 11, 2015 | Boundaries, Codependency, guest post, Life, Reading
This is a guest post by Karen C.L. Anderson. I met her at a networking event and what grabbed my attention was what other people had to say about her and her programs. Raving fans, I tell you. She’s all about drawing healthy boundaries, particularly with... by AnnSheybani | May 10, 2015 | Writing
Years and years ago, I decided that the best way to keep myself writing was to hang out with other writers. So I set out to find other writers in the area and eventually joined a tight-knit writers’ group who met once a week in the author Anne Batterson’s... by AnnSheybani | May 4, 2015 | Life, Reading, Writing
I was 26 the first time I realized that what people thought about me had more to do with them, then with who I was/am as a person. Such an epiphany should have freed me up; unfortunately it didn’t. When I’d first moved to Iran, I wanted two things more than...
