by AnnSheybani | Dec 30, 2012 | books
I’ve been reading Jenny Lawson’s Let’s Pretend This Never Happened. Seriously, you’ve got to buy this book, or check it out from the library, because it’s so freaking funny. Here’s what it looks like. I saw it on the best seller...
by AnnSheybani | Dec 20, 2012 | books
My friend, who is a librarian in Connecticut, told me I had to read this book. She said that it reminded her of me, of the kind of stuff I say to her when her life is a shit show.
I seriously WISH I wrote like this. Or that I was as clear, and funny, and...
by AnnSheybani | Nov 20, 2012 | adventure, Alexandra Fuller, Anne Lamott, Anthony Bourdain, Bill Bryson, books, David Sedaris, Eric Newby, Funny books, Happy Place, Mary Roach, mountain climbing, Tina Fey
Well, the holidays are upon us. I just realized this as Walt and I made our way through the grocery store this weekend. I couldn’t figure out what the deal was with all the turkeys, and the raw cranberries, and the bottles of gravy clogging up the aisles. My...
by AnnSheybani | Sep 10, 2012 | Authenticity, books, Honesty, Intimacy, Martha Beck, rage, recovery, self-sabotage, The Joy Diet
I once had a wonderful brother-in-law—a neurosurgeon in Tehran– who liked to point out interesting articles in his medical journals. Like the case study of an Iranian boy who’d bitten his tongue off, broken his bones, burned off 80% of his skin, all because he...
by AnnSheybani | Jul 3, 2012 | Authenticity, books, connection, introvert, Quiet, reinvention, Susan Cain, Tony Robbins
I love a book that tells me I’m ok. I used to wonder what was wrong with me. I despise conflict. I feel drained after being out and about, even if I’ve enjoyed myself. I do my best work on my own, and I recoil at the very idea of group projects. I hate small...
by AnnSheybani | Jun 26, 2012 | Alcoholism, books, Boundaries, coaching, Confidence, expectations, goals, Jack Canfield, limiting beliefs, parenting, rage, Self-Esteem
Several years ago I opted to work with a Jack Canfield coach. I wasn’t sure what the arrangement was going to be like, I just knew I needed a kick in the ass so I could get out of my own way and accomplish some really big goals. I was required, as part of the...
