by AnnSheybani | Oct 13, 2014 | identity, Life
Once upon a time I was an aimless girl who twisted herself into a little pretzel to win over a man. He was a decent man, with his own complexes and flaws, who led me down the primrose path into the Islamic Republic of Iran. This did not go well. As with any episode in...
by AnnSheybani | Sep 21, 2014 | anxiety, expectations, growing up, identity, Ireland, Life, parenting, personality disorder, running, self-sabotage, tension
I watch my mother get ready for work while I’m visiting her in Medora, North Dakota. At 76, she spends the summer months selling expensive trinkets in some tourist trap at Teddy Roosevelt National Park. Always an early bird, she’s out of the sack by 6 a.m. She...
by AnnSheybani | Aug 26, 2014 | identity, Life
I just flew out to visit my Mom in Medora, North Dakota. Every summer for the last, I don’t know, decade?, she’s worked at Teddy Roosevelt National Park. She’s got a crew of girlios to hang around with, a bunch of grannies who travel the country in...
by AnnSheybani | Jul 15, 2014 | Authenticity, County Cork, identity, introvert, Ireland, Life
Walt and I went to Dublin the other day. I don’t know what it’s going to take to FINALLY learn this lesson: I just don’t like big cities. We rode up with some friends who had business to attend to, and while they were off doing their thang, they...
by AnnSheybani | Jun 16, 2014 | adventure, Alcoholic rules, Alcoholism, Anne Batterson, Anne Lamott, books, choosing a mate, climbing lessons, coaching, identity, Reading, Writing
I had the huge privilege of being interviewed by Denise Brown for a column she writes in the North Star Monthly, a northern New Hampshire publication. I thought I might share it with you here. I think I sound horribly impressive.Unfortunately, the paparazzi just...
by AnnSheybani | Jun 9, 2014 | choosing a mate, coaching, Codependency, confrontation, Courage, dating, extreem dependency, identity, infidelity, Life, love, mistakes, nice girl complex, people pleasing, risk, Self love, Self-Esteem, voice, vulnerability
Walt and I are giving a talk one evening when I meet a woman who is interested in exploring a coaching relationship. She’s impressed by the way Walt and I interact as a couple, our obvious love and respect for one another, and she wants “a look under the hood” so she...
