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Wisdom from My Mom "It's Always Nice to have Options"

5/12/12 10:52pm by Sloane Rhodes
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A long time ago, when I was just a typical, know-it-all teenager, my mother was talking about something that I was not (as usual) listening to, when I heard her say the following statement, “It’s always nice to have options, dear” followed by more of whatever else she was talking about (remember I was a teenager, and therefore only listening to about 25% of what she said!). For whatever reason, on that particular day, my teenage brain let those particular words in, and my body was alerted to their meaning.  Read more >

I Am Filled With Words

4/20/12 10:07am by Sloane Rhodes
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It could be because I am a writer, or maybe it is just the nature of being an introvert, but when I am in groups I can go very quiet. I am listening and absorbing words, energies, reactions, all nuances within the group. Observation is unavoidable; analysis will take longer. It will clarify when I sit down to write. As I write, I begin to understand what I have been feeling, thinking, and documenting without even really being aware of it. I may be quiet, but I am filled with words.  Read more >

Shifting Paradigm

4/11/12 12:35am by Sloane Rhodes
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There was a time in the not too distant past when I thought, felt and truly believed that I had to operate as some kind of lone ranger. That it was shameful or embarrassing to both ask for and to receive help. This belief that I was supposed to handle everything in my life completely alone and in isolation was no doubt adopted early on, clinging to my psyche and embedding in my cells as a hard and fast truth. In quiet rebellion, I worked to change the direction of my thoughts, and of my life.  Read more >

Autumn

10/1/11 5:41pm by Sloane Rhodes
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Fall is my favorite time of year. It is when the light changes and shadows grow. There is an unmistakable smell to autumn. I instinctively begin hoping to catch fall’s scent as summer fades from its glory. The open, rambling freedom of summer gives way to a more structured, more reflective time. As the leaves begin their journey from the treetops to the ground, a subtle sense of urgency begins to creep in. The days are growing shorter; there are things that must be done before the even shorter days of winter enshroud us.   Read more >

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Full Name
Sloane Rhodes
Member Since
February 2011
About Me: 

I have long been a dedicated and observant pupil of life’s often hilarious, and just as often, heart-breaking ways of moving through me.  I am, what you would call, an expert on the subject of me.  In becoming said expert, I have also come to have a fairly deep understanding of the universality of my experiences, thoughts and feelings in relation to others.

Of course, I have other qualifications, such as being a Ph.D. candidate in Depth Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute, as well as being a life-long scrawler of the universe's crazy logic.

I am also (and most proudly) mother to three fabulously smart, creative, and beautiful girls, not to mention guardian to two dogs, one lazy cat and a fish that has never been properly named.

In summary, you could say that I am a full-time single mom, writer, survivor, psychological thinker, quietly kick-ass rider of the undulating waves of life.

 

Rip pen

To page

Leave scars

That gape

Rage

And jumble

Then


Make tea

 

Please visit me at my website and blog where I post about grief, loss and transformation, as well as segments from my upcoming book How I Landed at the Pork Palace:

http://www.hotflashdiaries.com

 

 

 

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Antioch University

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