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Tamy Faierman M.D.'s avatar

Cathy, thank you for your vulnerable share. I appreciated following the meanderings of your mind. So raw. So authentically real.

All I know is how to cultivate present moment awareness and live in the Now. The future is an illusion, as is the past.

All I know is to continue mastering my mind so as not to fall down rabbit holes - at least not deep rabbit holes of thoughts.

I pray your daughter hears good news about her health.

I pray you find peace in your mind .

Possibly reading some of my posts and notes can support you as I talk about giving ourselves permission to BE in this life.

May you be healthy

May you be safe

May you be happy

May you live with ease

🙏🏻✨🥰

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Cathy Shields's avatar

Thank you for your thoughtful comment. It meant a lot!

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Tamy Faierman M.D.'s avatar

🥰✨🙏

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Vickie Rubin's avatar

“don’t know- should I aim to attract more followers or get on more podcasts? All of this becomes, for me at least, a vicious cycle of worrying and giving up.” I get it!!! It’s so frustrating and hard. Sometimes I don’t feel like writing and I think it’s never gonna come back. And then It does. And I start writing again. And When you find out if it’s more important to have followers or Podcasts, please let me know.🙄

Thank you for sharing. I believe every one of your readers who are writers feels similar at points in their lives.

Sending prayers for your daughter that she has a full recovery and continues in good health

❤️

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Cathy Shields's avatar

Thank you so much, Vickie! I love how we connected through writing. Both of us have daughters named Jessica, and we both wrote books about it.

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Kris Burbank's avatar

Thanks for sharing, Cathy. I hope your daughter makes good progress in her treatment and that you continue to feel positive about that. And so much more. I would love to connect and talk about this further. We have a lot in common. Www.krisburbank.com. PLEASE reach out and hopefully we can connect soon. Xo

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Cathy Shields's avatar

I went online and reached out. Let’s chat!

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Melanie D. Spencer's avatar

Cathy - thank you for putting on the page the hills and valleys of aging within the writer’s life. Like you, I have experienced troughs where the day to day is just too much for my mind to organize coherent thoughts, and I wonder if I can ever write again. Sometimes, if I go live life for a bit, I find inspiration, but she can still be fickle muse.

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Cathy Shields's avatar

wow, it's so good to hear some validation of how I'm feeling. Thank you so much for commenting.

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Cathy Shields's avatar

Love this

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Cathy Shields's avatar

I will write to you now!

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