Up Your Impact Factor

I told a story once on my blog about how I had been laid off from my cushy software development job where I was working from home making about a hundred thousand a year (which is great for a wage slave). It was exactly the kick in the ass I needed to get serious about building my own business and my own income. It gave me the breathing room to begin writing my blog again, and the strong impetus to make this company work. They played off each other since the blogosphere loves pornographic stories about passive income. I was (click to read more…)

I used to think that the reason there were different parts of me was because I had been broken. I believed that my mind had been shattered by early-childhood trauma and that, until the pieces were fit back together properly, I would never be healthy or whole again. For years, many well-meaning therapists instilled this in me. They patiently explained how the mind, in a heroic effort to protect its core self, will split apart in times of great trauma. These splits can become more pronounced if the person is very young or the trauma is especially intense. I was (click to read more…)