2018-01-10 16:30
To be happy, I need to hold on to the thought that I am ordinary. It sounds wrong, I know, when everything tells us to be extraordinary, when everything we aspire to do seems so hard only ex… Read More
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2017-08-24 14:49
My 2017 eclipse day had two breaks in the clouds, during which my husband and I watched the sun with a bite taken out of it through our eclipse glasses. The best viewing—most free of c… Read More
2017-08-09 23:44
I sometimes think I never wanted kids because, somewhere in the pre-teen core of me, I knew I was a person whose need for solitude was great. Feeling guilty about wanting to be alone doesn&r&hell…Read More
2017-06-06 00:34
So I finally got around to reading Matt Haig’s Reasons to Stay Alive. I follow him on Twitter, and a friend sent me a couple of quotes from him at important moments. I like that he con… Read More
2017-04-05 20:14
I’ve been concerned about suffering since I was eight, and I went to a friend’s Baptist church with her. They had fun games about remembering things from the Bible, and—alw… Read More
2017-03-26 18:55
I gave this talk as part of a panel with Casey Clague at the Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers conference a couple of weeks ago, so forgive the speech-l… Read More
2017-03-13 18:39
My former student and beautiful writer, Taryn, on meditation in her life. Enjoy! –Katie When and why did you start meditating? – I didn’t start meditating earnestly… Read More
2017-02-22 04:09
Another in our Meditation Monday series! Writers, you might be particularly interested in this. I’m especially glad to have so many people willing to talk about their meditation pract… Read More
2017-02-13 22:07
Welcome to the 2nd in a series of interviews with people who meditate! I hope you’ll find something here that resonates or even encourages you to give meditation a try. –K… Read More
2017-02-06 17:26
Hello and welcome to the first Meditation Monday! I asked some of my friends and acquaintances to answer a few questions about meditation, and the answers were smart and funny, surpris… Read More
2017-01-31 22:37
A standard message for motivational speakers and writers of self-help books is to promise that, if you do what the book suggests, you will have success. Often there’s an element of mag… Read More
2016-12-09 22:45
(this post originally appeared on The Gloria Sirens)
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don’t let the bastards grind you down.
—Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
I… Read More
2016-10-19 16:46
The Gloria Sirens
A standard message for motivational speakers and writers of self-help books is to promise that, if you do what the book suggests, you will have success. Often there’… Read More
2016-09-28 15:34
The Gloria Sirens
Meditation teachers will tell you to find a room and shut your animals out before you sit down to meditate. Too much distraction, they say. You should concentrate on yours… Read More
2016-09-07 22:26
The Gloria Sirens
I recently got back from vacation (see my last post!) and one of my friends, as friends will, asked how I was readjusting to being home. I said, “On vacation, every… Read More
2016-07-02 18:39
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2016-06-14 18:30
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Like many of us in the wake of the Orlando massacre, my daughter, a former patron and fan of the club, has been reeling and weeping. Her fear and sorrow only escalate… Read More
2016-06-13 15:52
A voice on the Orlando shootings that’s full of love and humanity, not politics.
“In my little sheltered American life, I’ve lived through bomb threats, lockdowns, and a fe… Read More
2016-06-07 09:00
Today is the 12th day since I stopped taking my anti-depressant. Before that I went on half the dose for a month. Before that I was on that particular drug for perhaps 5 months.
I know it is… Read More
2016-06-02 16:19
“I’m working on a memoir about mental illness, and, at times, the process feels like a long, combative, and slightly schizophrenic therapy session. One part of me lies on the cou… Read More
2016-05-29 01:50
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2016-05-18 16:49
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As I work with more dogs, I only become more convinced that, as hokey as it is, dogs are people too, and also, (although it’ll raise hackles), people have … Read More
2016-05-05 20:49
The Gloria Sirens
Hey friends! This is the first in a series on meditation. You–yes you–can meditate. You don’t have to “clear your mind,” and there are a lot… Read More
2016-05-05 20:27
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Maisie, Mick, and Lisa–Click to visit our Youtube Channel, Mick’s Tricks!
From what I hear, it isn’t enough for a writer to sit around writing alone… Read More
2016-05-03 17:12
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“Lady at Large.” Click to buy
“When I feel disconnected from my body, I don’t take care of it. When I embrace my body, when I appreciate what it… Read More
2016-04-29 20:43
“The more I am exposed to people, the more I love people. I want them to express themselves freely, I want them to be happy. I want them to feel SAFE. I want to be politically correct… Read More
2016-04-26 18:37
The Gloria Sirens
Do you want more support in achieving your creative and professional goals–especially if those dreams meet with discouragement from the people around you and th… Read More
2016-04-25 18:32
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2016-04-23 20:45
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—This is an adaptation of a speech given at Florida Gulf Coast University, at the behest of their Creative Writing Club and Sigma Tau Delta society.
I feel at… Read More
2016-04-22 09:30
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2016-04-22 01:44
The Gloria Sirens
I’m Nobody! Who are you?
Are you – Nobody – too?
Then there’s a pair of us!
Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know!
How dr… Read More
2016-04-04 02:19
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2016-03-27 16:52
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Yes, a headline caught me and reeled me in: “Missing Persons Case Solved! Woman Missing Since 1974 Found Living In Texas.” The article is so short it resists s… Read More
2016-03-27 16:51
The Gloria Sirens
by Suzannah Gilman
When a woman hasn’t been the victim of physical abuse by her partner, odds are she doesn’t think she’s a victim of domestic violenc… Read More
2016-03-17 23:11
The Gloria Sirens
Today’s Ask a Siren question comes form a deep soul, and cracks at the very hearts of our
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being:
When did you firs… Read More
2016-03-11 01:57
The Gloria Sirens
In response to a really interesting question on our initial “Ask a Siren” call, here’s our first “Ask a Siren” answer!
Question: [Ask a Sire… Read More
2016-03-08 18:09
The Gloria Sirens
I often find the phrase “be the change you want to see in the world” intimidating, because the change I want to see in the world is huge, sweeping, overwhelmin… Read More
2016-02-24 20:07
The Gloria Sirens
To my blog-reading peeps: this is from a letter I wrote to my new mother-in-law, who lives in England. I’m an introvert, so I hate talking on the phone. What to do i… Read More
2016-02-15 09:00
I will live in uncertainty. I will put myself out in the world without having a guarantee that everything will go the way I want. I will understand that the condition of living in uncertaint… Read More
2016-02-05 19:47
The Gloria Sirens
Comparison is the death of joy.
–Mark Twain
A lot has been said about the potential for suffering when comparing yourself to your friends on Facebook—they… Read More
2016-01-25 17:39
The Gloria Sirens
So often, what we need from friends, family, and the world is permission–permission to feel what we actually feel rather than what we’re supposed to fee… Read More
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