Tag: patterns
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If You Understand Your Patterns, You Understand Your Productivity
Almost a year of logging her own creative workflow — and letting AI find the patterns. Here’s what she learned about building a productivity system that adapts to you, not the other way around.
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Paula Deen, World War Z Zombies, and Real-Time Communications with Digital Pitchforks
What do Paula Deen and the zombies of the movie WORLD WAR Z have in common? The evolution of the “virus” of communication in real-time. Last weekend, I saw the new Brad Pitt movie WORLD WAR Z. Even before the zombie apocalypse became routine, I was a fan of zombie books and movies, particularly THE…
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What It Means to Be a Woman (or a Man)
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Passion to the Third Degree. We learn what it means to be a woman— or a man— usually from our parents, our primary role models for our sex. And we take what we learn into our adult relationships and pass along this coding to our own children. Usually…
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The Dangers of Working with Saviors
Epiphanies always amaze me, but then, that’s what an epiphany is supposed to do, right? Surprise, amaze, give you a “doh!” moment? It’s not late-breaking news to see someone cut others down or sabotage their efforts to make themselves look good. I’ve seen plenty of that in my career as well as elsewhere, but usually…
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Sometimes You Just Don’t Need a Good Psychic
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Love in the Third Degree. I talk a lot about psychic awareness and intuition, but the truth is, for a lot of people, you don’t need psychic abilities. They’re so predictable that you know what they’re going to do even before they do. If it weren’t so hurtful…
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“You Won’t Recognize Yourself,” He Said
Almost two years have passed since I filed for divorce. Sometimes I remember what my psychic pal, Mark, said about 3 years ago in a counseling session when he told me that in 3 years I wouldn’t recognize myself. His comment terrified me, but I see now that it was meant to console me. Life…
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A Season for Seeing Contrasts
I screwed up last night. It was late. I was tired. Dark was coming. From the Bookshelf Rite of Reckoning — a Southern witch returns home to secrets that won’t stay buried. Available direct from the author → I’d spotted one of the flowers I’d forgotten to plant last weekend. It had fallen over into…
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Repeating Frustrating Patterns in Romance, Career, and Life
From the upcoming book, 23 Ways I Screwed Up My Life with the Law of Attraction—and How I Fixed It My 17-year-old sprawls across the passenger seat, her injured foot on the dashboard, and she cuddles against her pillow. Her mood is that of a wounded kitten, and she’s withdrawn rather than her usual outgoing…
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A Year and a Day
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Life in the Third Degree. A year and a day ago, my ex-husband and I sat down and discussed divorce. We had a pretty good discussion. We understood each other, even in our disagreement. We both wanted the best for our children. We both agreed that a divorce,…
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Words Can Never Hurt Me …and Other Lies
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Life in the Third Degree. What is it about me that attracts verbal abusers into my life? The good news is that I can spot them now—they speak the same language, same phrases, the exact same words and actions—but the bad news is that there are just so…
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Bringing Unaware Patterns to the Surface
The Treat. He’s the King of Wands, and I’m a cold, heartless b**. I’ve heard of him before, in this terminology. Last October, while my divorce case was in full-fledged hell, I’d asked a church Elder to lay a Tarot spread for me. She didn’t get around to it until two weeks after the divorce…
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Maybe this Opportunity Isn’t Meant for You
I’m working on several projects and events that will offer some profound opportunities for others, yet it’s interesting to see how people turn down those opportunities at every chance. These are not people I’ve gone after with an offer of something grand, but rather, they’ve heard about my projects and have come to me. While…
