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When Anxiety Strikes, Five Senses Provide Relief
I admit, I like to have a plan. Knowing what’s going to happen next helps me feel like I’m in control of my life. Of course, this doesn’t always work out. Plans change, fall through, or simply aren’t possible much of the time—and that’s when anxiety can rock my world. Continue reading When Anxiety Strikes, Five Senses Provide Relief
Happily Never After
Perhaps I am a slow learner. It took me nearly 40 years to figure out how to manage the connection between my thoughts and my experience of reality. When I discovered how to train myself away from being anxious and negative Continue reading Happily Never After
Perhaps I am a slow learner. It took me nearly 40 years to figure out how to manage the connection … Continue reading Happily Never After
The Joy Plan: A Birth Story
I wasn’t planning to write a book. It was only meant to be a blog post. But it kept going and going and was simply too long. Thus, The Joy Plan was born. I didn’t know what to call it, so I asked my daughter Kira, who was 9 years old at the time, for her advice. Continue reading The Joy Plan: A Birth Story
I wasn’t planning to write a book. It was only meant to be a blog post. But it kept going … Continue reading The Joy Plan: A Birth Story
The Joy Plan Talk and Book Signing in Oakland, CA
I’d love to see you at The Joy Plan Talk and Book Signing, a free, family-friendly, community event at A Great Good Place for Books in Oakland, CA on Saturday, August 19, 7:00-8:15 pm. Deaf community welcome! Continue reading The Joy Plan Talk and Book Signing in Oakland, CA
I’d love to see you at The Joy Plan Talk and Book Signing, a free, family-friendly, community event at A Great Good Place for Books in Oakland, … Continue reading The Joy Plan Talk and Book Signing in Oakland, CA
The Joy Plan Book Release Party In Santa Cruz, CA!
Sourcebooks and Bookshop Santa Cruz present a JOYFUL community event celebrating the publication of The Joy Plan by local author, Mindfulness teacher, and blogger Kaia Roman. Continue reading The Joy Plan Book Release Party In Santa Cruz, CA!
Sourcebooks and Bookshop Santa Cruz present a JOYFUL community event celebrating the publication of The Joy Plan by local author, Mindfulness … Continue reading The Joy Plan Book Release Party In Santa Cruz, CA!
Do I Have Enough Problems?
As more and more people (beyond my parents and a few friends) are reading my book, The Joy Plan, one of my worries is that I don’t have enough problems. I mean, people will look at me and think that all of my problems are gone. And so what could I possibly know about how hard it is to find joy? Continue reading Do I Have Enough Problems?
As more and more people (beyond my parents and a few friends) are reading my book, The Joy Plan, one … Continue reading Do I Have Enough Problems?