Emma Alvarez Gibson

Entries from November 28th, 2009

The Big Sleep

November 28th, 2009 18 Comments

I’ve been thinking a lot about death lately. Yours, mine, and the way that we relate to death in general. This is obviously one of those topics that make a lot of people uncomfortable. (Which is to say, it’s one of those topics that tends to make people say and do really stupid things. More [...]

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I Don’t Know…Ask Emma!

November 24th, 2009 No Comments

Ooh, look! My very own advice column! Yes, I’m totally serious. It’s a part-time job for me anyway, so I figured I would go public with it. Need advice? Send me your quandary and I’ll address it here.
Hi Emma,
A few years ago I started sitting with a meditation group and I ended up taking refuge [...]

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Not for the non-addict.

November 21st, 2009 No Comments

I followed a link today and wound up reading a straight-up, no-bullshit blog post written by someone who is highly intelligent, articulate, and on the very first day of a long, hard journey.  I know addiction and its alluring, tantalizing promises. It is one sexy demon. I come from two long lines of addicts, both [...]

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My Co-Workers: You, You, and YOU.

November 10th, 2009 8 Comments

A few weeks ago, my friend Stacy put words to something I’d been thinking about for some time. Appropriately, she said it via Twitter: “…twitter is like the watercooler for the self-employed.” Of course! I thought. That’s exactly what it is. Since I am self-employed, I see very few other humans during an average workday, [...]

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