Listen to the Wisdom of Your Little Voice

When you don’t know what to think, perhaps the best advice would be to postpone thinking and shift into listening mode.

Julie Powell, author of the best selling book Julie and Julia, shared her success story at the Missoula Businesswomens Network’s Fifth Women’s Symposium last Saturday, February 20, 2010. Julie candidly told the 400 women who attended the luncheon she did not develop nor follow a business plan to write her best selling novel which was then made into a movie starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams. She pointed out how both chance and perfect timing played a major role in finding her voice as a writer. Julie contributed her success to listening to the wisdom of her little voice.  She said, “The crazier your ‘little voice’ is, the more you want to listen.”

Do you listen to your little voice?  Or do you ignore, over-rule and discount what your little voice tells you, based on whether you agree or not?

One of my blessings acquired from living with a brain injury was tuning in to hear my little voice. Previous to my brain injury, [Read more...]

Coping Humor

Community Medical Center hosted their second Voices of Hope  Cancer Education Summit this week.  My personal interest in attending this event was because I wanted to listen to the cancer survivor stories to learn about their coping strategies. Both women shared how they used humor to deal with awkward moments, wore goofy hats to cover their bald heads, and joked about how they were going to pay their outrageous bills. Both women offered this advice, “When someone asks you if they can do something to help you, say yes. Let people help you.”

Joni Rodgers, best selling author of bald in the land of big hair,” shared how her cancer experience led her to write two novels and how she became a best selling author, even before she wrote her memoir.  [Read more...]

Never give up or lose hope!

February 1st shines brilliant with hopeful anticipation, not just for this year, but for this new decade!  It seems impossible that less than one month ago, January 4th to be exact, my outlook for the new year appeared dismal and my spirit disconsolate.

Here’s what I learned:  Sometimes when we are in a tough place, we don’t  really know how tough of a place it is until after we’ve moved past it. 

Unforeseen health complications, ripple effects of my brain injury, were forcing me once again to make major life-style adjustments.  It was all too familiar, like history was “starting” to repeat itself.

I pouted. I cried. Then I laughed, [Read more...]