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Meet Rossana

Rossana Snee is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. She is the mother of two grown sons, and the wife of an elevator mechanic who is the wind beneath her wings. She is an avid reader, whose passions include playing two instruments, painting, languages, and working out.

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The Least You Can Do is Defend Yourself!

What would you do if you were sitting on a park bench, minding your own business, perhaps working on a poem, your journal wide open, and someone sat next you, glanced down at your notes, and said, "You stupid fool! Why are you even trying to do that? You're wasting your time. Give up! You really think you can come up with something anyone wants to read?" Then he stands up, throws his head back, and laughs as he walks away.

What would you do in a case like that? Would you stay quiet? Would you believe him and start doubting yourself? Would you stop writing poetry? Or would you say, "Who the hell are you? Mind your own business, and get the hell out of here!"

Daily Tips

What are you thinking?

Do you ever find yourself in the middle of a project, not thinking about the project at all, but about what you're going to be doing for dinner, or the movie you're going to watch with your friend that evening?

Maybe you find yourself thinking about what you'd prefer to be doing instead of the very thing on which you're working. Perhaps you're fantasizing about eating an ice cream, going shopping, or checking your Twitter account.

If you're doing that, then you're not in the NOW. You are nowhere to be seen since the NOW is the only space in which you can operate.

If you find yourself in that situation, and most of us do at one point or another, practice mindfulness and see if you can't reel yourself back to the present moment.

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