Tag Archives: self-actualization

FMM 7 19 2024 Bout Better Being

“I’m like a recovering perfectionist. For me it’s one day at a time.” ~ Brene Brown. When I was eleven, I sat what was known as the ‘Common Entrance Exam’.  This was in Jamaica, and was common to all British based educational systems.  I forget how long it lasted, but it was a serious event, […]

FMM 5 31 13 Challenge your Assumptions

“…I am not what you supposed, but far different…” ~ Walt Whitman I was quite surprised when I learned that the poet Walt Whitman was a nurse. During the Civil War he bandaged the wounded and held the hands of the dying. It was a time when it was deemed to be inappropriate for women […]