http://theirrepressiblewriter.com/2010/06/22/need-a-shot-of-positivity-find-a-conference/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Helping you build and maintain resilience for your writing...and your life. Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:30:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://theirrepressiblewriter.com/2010/06/22/need-a-shot-of-positivity-find-a-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Paul Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:54:51 +0000 http://theirrepressiblewriter.com/?p=976#comment-281 I love that quote by Kathi Appelt: “When you’re doing your life’s work, your life works.” Conferences do bring an upwelling of positive energy where the whole is much greater than the sum of its parts. I love that quote by Kathi Appelt: “When you’re doing your life’s work, your life works.”
Conferences do bring an upwelling of positive energy where the whole is much greater than the sum of its parts.

]]> http://theirrepressiblewriter.com/2010/06/22/need-a-shot-of-positivity-find-a-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Carol Grannick Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:10:15 +0000 http://theirrepressiblewriter.com/?p=976#comment-280 For sure, Lisa...And all the Twitter and Facebook in the world doesn't substitute, for me, for the deep pleasure of in-person connection and connectedness. Social meals, walks in the early morning, writing talk, life talk - it's all so nurturing. Retreat, anyone? For sure, Lisa…And all the Twitter and Facebook in the world doesn’t substitute, for me, for the deep pleasure of in-person connection and connectedness. Social meals, walks in the early morning, writing talk, life talk – it’s all so nurturing. Retreat, anyone?

]]> http://theirrepressiblewriter.com/2010/06/22/need-a-shot-of-positivity-find-a-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Lisa Jenn Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:19:31 +0000 http://theirrepressiblewriter.com/?p=976#comment-279 It sounds like such a great experience. I think I have a tendency to think, "I'm doing okay right now, I don't need anyone's advice," forgetting that groups and conferences can help me build up my reserves of positive energy. It sounds like such a great experience. I think I have a tendency to think, “I’m doing okay right now, I don’t need anyone’s advice,” forgetting that groups and conferences can help me build up my reserves of positive energy.

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