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Free Your Mind by Kim Olver

“Sometimes you’re your own worst enemy.” Our minds can convince us of things that have no basis in reality. Through studying neuroscience, I’ve learned that our brains are hardwired for negativity. Should we find ourselves in life-or-death situations, this can be very helpful. But this negativity does not serve us in our relationships.How can you stop this hardwired reflex? Well, you can’t. Your

Freedom to Grieve

Freedom is a word that resonates deeply with me, and I'd planned to write a very different post this month. I'm a digital nomad, which means I travel and work from wherever I lay my hat. I love that freedom to roam. Freedom to change my surrounding. Freedom to explore. Freedom to embrace new experiences.Freedom represents joy. It's my happy place... but ... with the recent death of my Mum,

Chains of Freedom - Alice Rosewell

 In my early life I always assumed that freedom was just aroundthe corner, or at the very most, some few years away. Freedom from parentalsupervision, freedom from the constraints of full-time educations, freedom fromfinancial insecurity or reliance on others for a home.Nowadays I long for freedom from more uncertain evils; from kneepain, from concerns about my children, from anxiety about

Another Poem About Freedom by Sarah McDermed

One of my favorite poems is exhibited on a brass plaque on the inner wall of the Statue of Liberty's pedestal. The great American poet Emma Lazarus wrote the poem in 1883. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!The New Colossus by Emma LazarusNot like the brazen giant of Greek fame,With conquering limbs astride from land to land;Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall standA mighty woman with a

One Generation Away

By Courtney PierceWho knew I'd become an activist for the Constitution at the ripe age of 62? I surprise even myself, but that document means more to me now that at any time in my life. As a pre-teen, back in the 1960s, my participation in protest events and social causes fell beyond the boundaries of parental permission. Besides, back then I didn't fully understand the importance of our Bill of

Freedom from and Freedom to by Lucy Monroe

 Freedom.When Judith offered a chance to guest blog with Romancing The Genres and told me the theme for October was Freedom, I could not say no.  Why?  Because I've spent a long time building freedom from… and freedom to… into my life.Freedom from debilitating deadlines.  Freedom to write the stories that burn in my heart to be written.  The worst part about realizing those freedoms were gone was

What FREEDOM means to me...by Peggy Jaeger

 This month's topic is FREEDOM, a word by its very definition that can be a lightning rod for heated debate. Because of this, I chose to write about what freedom -- in my eyes-- means to me - and should mean to all of us.1. The right to make my own decisions about my body, my finances, and my political party. I was born in the century where women first were granted the right to vote, given access

Freedom Takes On A New Meaning

 Here in Melbourne, we are currently the most locked-down city in the world - but that ends on Friday and Melbournians will be re-experiencing 'freedom' - and I can't wait to get back to things that we always took for granted. While I have taken full advantage of the time spent at home over the last few months to put all my time and energy in writing and all the 'business' that goes with it, I'm

Freedom of Mind ... by Delsora Lowe

Anything artistic takes acreative mind—obviously. But, creativity-inspired work takes so much more. Ittakes years of studying and honing a skill, whether it is writing, painting,weaving, pottery, cooking, or…Sauteeing farmers' market swiss chardHaving said that,artistry also takes concentration. And to concentrate, the mind must be free toexplore.These last few years havebeen daunting, in

A Gift of Freedom By M.L. "Matt" Buchman

In preparing this post, I had assumed, as I write military romantic suspense and political conspiracy thrillers, that I’d be writing about the defense of freedom and those who choose to do  so in their daily lives. But I didn’t because that lead me to the idea of the country I was lucky enough to be born into and our incredible freedoms here in the United States (and the horrifying threats that