"Mantra" Blogs & Blog Posts

There’s a Kurt Vonnegut quote I’ve been leaning on a lot in 2020, taken from his 1969 novel Slaughterhouse-Five, that weird sci-fi time trip that blends the real and the fantastical in a story struggling to contextualize the surreality of the aut...

When we were foster parents to a nine-year-old boy a couple of years ago, my husband and I implemented a family motto. It was one that was suggested to a group of us during a foster parenting training session, a mantra that is often used when parenti...

Lately (as I’ve mentioned) my mantra is, “Is this strategic, or just cathartic?” I’m training myself to repeat it when I feel tempted to say something really stupid during a tense discussion or basically any interaction on Twitter. So far, I...

NEW ALBUM - "Songs of a Siren" Nominated for Vocal album of the Year on Zone Music Reporter ! Cheers ! Hope the weather is warming you, wherever...

You must leave now take what you need you think will last, but whatever you wish to keep you better grab it fast...Bob Dylan, It's All Over Now, Baby Blue...one last trip to the house where I grew up for any childhood or adolescent relics&n...

"Squelch the doubt with a challenge, you'll be surprised how high you climb." ~JoniI sometimes come off as harsh, and if yesterdays post offended anyone, please accept my apologies. Anyone that knows me, knows I’m honest, to a fault. I tell it like...

As the next two years promise to bring very significant changes in my life,  I decided I needed a mantra. Tagged: changes in my life, Floral, healthy-living, Inspiration, mantra, Motivational Quotes, quotes, success...