TVR – Life Skills
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On Why I Can’t “Church” Right Now
Yesterday I wrote about “rough drafts” – pieces and parts of articles in my inbox that are so emotionally raw to me and likely hurtful to people I love that I fear putting them out into the world.
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Velvet Rage Skills – Wrap Up #1
So yeah, I got tired of the daily blogging of each of the 22 skills. This is part one of two which will wrap up the remaining 10.
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Just Keep Swimming – Velvet Rage Skills 9, 11, 22….. and 20.
Confused? Ambivalent? Feeling lots of feelings? Good.
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Pain Hurts… Duh – Velvet Skill #8
The recurring feelings of hurt, abuse, neglect, failure (fill in the blank) begin to define who we are, and we fear we won’t know who we are if we become someone BEYOND or WITHOUT that pain.
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Judgment-Free Zone – Velvet Skill #7
Actively resist the temptation to place everything in your life on a “good-bad continuum.”
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The Multitask Myth – Velvet Skill #6
You are going to be surprised (unless you are already a pro at this) at how difficult this skill is. Apart from those of us who have pre-programmed performance orientation, society itself keeps telling us “busyness” and “doing many things at once” show value.
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Stupid is as Stupid Does – Velvet Skill #5
When life doesn’t turn out the way you want, stop insisting that it not be so.
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And that’s ALL I need – Velvet Rage Skill #4
We don’t know where to begin unwinding what it is that will make us truly “content”…
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Fight, Flight, or… – Velvet Rage Skill #3
The presence of intense emotions will increase the likelihood of seeing ONLY this or ONLY that as possible reactions.
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Serenity Now! – Velvet Rage Skill #2
Yes, it turns out when Jesus tells us to “love your neighbor as yourself”, it only really works right IF YOU LOVE YOURSELF.
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WWRBD? – Velvet Rage Skill #1
Our hearts tell the truth, even when what it has to say scares the shit out of us.
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The Velvet Rage – Pre-Pride Ponderings
“Straight people don’t get a Pride Month!” Exactly.
defying atrophy 