If you were one of those kind souls who subscribed to my previous newsletter, you will have noticed that it quietly fizzled out for lack of content. There's a limit to even my ability to babble on about personal growth and the Lizard Brain and all that. But now I'm about to announce a new … Continue reading Announcing my New BlackBox Cosmetics Newsletter
Category: The Newsletter
I Saw the Lizard For Real – and a Newsletter Erratum
I went to a fabulous MoMonday event yesterday, organised by the lovely and accomplished Stephanie Staples. Sprawled across the stage, right in front of the speakers, was this giant stuffed lizard. I kid you not. You can read the newsletter I wrote about it here, but I wanted to make sure that you had the … Continue reading I Saw the Lizard For Real – and a Newsletter Erratum
I’m Not From Here
Lately I've been doing a lot of thinking about belonging and disassociation, connection and disconnection. Also about eating disorders, about food and control and expectations. I wrote a piece about it in my newsletter. If you are interested in such things, you can check it out in the archives, and then sign up. Otherwise, bounce … Continue reading I’m Not From Here
Public or Private?
I don't normally include an entire newsletter in a blog post, because I want you to subscribe to the newsletter for its exclusive content. But I'm making an exception now, because I want your input on this matter. So enjoy! This week I'm going to ask you to help me decide the direction of this … Continue reading Public or Private?
Is the Coffee Challenge Unethical?
So this week my newsletter was about coffee. Specifically, it was about Noah Kagan's Coffee Challenge. In short, you are supposed to go into a coffee shop, order a fancy coffee, then ask the barista for a 10% discount. I go into the reasons for this in the newsletter. I got a couple of interesting … Continue reading Is the Coffee Challenge Unethical?
Monkey Business!
Another brief newsletter plug. I decided to give the lizard metaphor a rest, so this week I talked about the monkey mind. Have a look at the archive and see if you want to sign up! I'd be so delighted if you did.
Caring for Your Lizard – Nutrition
It's another Lizard! I mean, newsletter. This one is about food, as you can see. If you can't see, click on the picture and it will come up big enough to read. Nutrition is a really complicated, nasty, multi-layered issue. So I had a few things to say about it. Go see in the newsletter … Continue reading Caring for Your Lizard – Nutrition
Caring for Your Lizard – Sleep
It's another newsletter edition! Click on the image to see a larger version. I'm talking about ways in which we can convince our screaming inner toddler to go to sleep already. Not with coercion but with love. If you are interested in a conversation about the ways in which we can calm that toddler and … Continue reading Caring for Your Lizard – Sleep
Affirming Beauty
I just unleashed this little beauty on my unsuspecting newsletter readers. If you click on her you'll get a larger version, but it's still just a picture. If you want to know more about her, sign up for my newsletter and I will send her to you!
Loving the Lizard …
So you still haven't signed up for my newsletter, because you figure I will just put it out on FB and Twitter and archive it here on the blog, so why bother. You know, I would really like to talk to you directly over email. I have no intentions towards your email address, and I … Continue reading Loving the Lizard …