Writing Alchemy Self-love Special Part 1 Summary
This episode departs from the usual Writing Alchemy format to focus on the topic of self-love in a workshop-style collaboration between Fay Onyx and Liz Cruz that explores barriers to self-love and self-love practices as experienced by people living at the intersections of oppression. For this episode they are joined by Tobi Hill-Meyer, who reads her erotic story, “Self Reflection,” which explores the themes of self-love and self-talk in a rather surprising way.
Story: “Self Reflection” by Tobi Hill-Meyer
Collaborator: Coach and consultant Liz Cruz
Photograph of the top portion of an abstract charcoal drawing in swooping curves with feathery edges that together are suggestive of a heart shape.
Show Notes:
Today’s story
Self Reflection: http://handbasketproductions.com/self-reflection/
Exercises
The exercises for today’s story can be found at: http://www.lizcruzconsulting.com/downloads.html
Fay’s Links
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Being more affected by media messages than we think: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-person_effect
Challenging negative self-talk: http://psychcentral.com/lib/challenging-negative-self-talk/
NPR story on self-talk: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/10/07/353292408/why-saying-is-believing-the-science-of-self-talk
Scientific research on talking to self in 3rd person and using affirmations: https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201505/the-voice-reason
Networking for People Who Hate Networking, A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected by Devora Zack: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8267674-networking-for-people-who-hate-networking
Liz’s Links
Liz Cruz Consulting: http://www.lizcruzconsulting.com/
Unfollow a man: http://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/why-i-created-the-unfollowaman-movement#.oc2nBQoQ4
Tobi’s links
Call for submissions to her anthology of trans erotic fiction: http://handbasketproductions.com/call-for-submissions/
Follow Gender Justice League on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GenderJusticeLeague
Music Credits:
Intro: Kickin’ in the Turbo (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Podcast announcements: The Place Where I’ll Return To (Alasdair Cooper) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Mysterious music: Wet Riffs (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0
Sad music: Touching Moments Two – Higher (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0
Loving music: Rains Will Fall (Kevin MacLeod) / CC BY 3.0
Outro: Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine (Chris Zabriskie) / CC BY 4.0
