To: susunweed@herbshealing.com
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001
Subject: Question about echinacea
Dear Susun,
I was just forwarded your article about herbal remedies for anthrax:
Strengthen Your Immune System.
In it you said, "Capsules and pills of echinacea, if used for
lengthy periods, may be counterproductive." My friend takes echinacea
pills every morning, does this mean that they aren't doing anything
for him? Also, with winter coming on I was considering getting an
Echinacea tea to drink in the mornings before I started my day. DO
you know how effective a tea would be, and if it is effective should
I not drink it daily? Thank you for your time and for writing the
article.
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001
Subject: Avoid Echinacea on a daily basis
Susun's Response:
Taking echinacea capsules or teas can actually lead to disruption
of the immune system. Last years two people died after taking echinacea
daily for long periods in these forms. Think of this herb as you would
an antibiotic. Would you take an antibiotic daily? Of course not!
Echinacea cannot prevent infection, and numerous studies have shown
that it is a total failure in preventing colds and the flu.
I use echinacea as a tincture and only when I need it. If you want
to strengthen your immune system, there are lots of ways to do that
(in the article you refer to), but capsules of echinacea are not a
good idea. Take 5-10 drops of yarrow tincture on a daily basis or
include more seaweed and garlic in your diet or use a daily dose of
astragalus, but lay off the echinacea, OK? :)
Green Blessings,
Susun Weed
To: susunweed@herbshealing.com
Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2001
Subject: I think I have Candida?
Hi Susan. I am pretty convinced That I have candida. But I'm not
sure. It started after a few months of excessive beer drinking. I
would break out into hives on my legs and I had 2 yeast infections
and bladder infections that I would take antibiotics for, which I
feel may have intensified the candida. That was several months ago,
now I've cut basically every thing out of my diet including: sugar,
alcohol, wheat, starches, all fermented foods and dairy. I still have
pain in my bladder and urethra when I consume alcohol and if I consume
a lot I have intense pain. I also still have pain in those areas often
anyway when I'm strictly on this diet. That is my only symptom left
of the candida apart from chronic fatigue and anxiety. So I wonder
if It is candida That I have or possibly something else. I've recently
given a urine sample at my doctor and I don't have a urinary tract
infection although It still felt pain as if I did. I'm very confused
and have started taking Supremeflora a week ago. I am 22 years old
and this is driving me crazy. I've fallen into a depression and am
very sad. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Sent: Monday, November 5, 2001
Subject: Bladder infection, or Interstitial cystitis BUT not "candida"
Susun's Response:
Every healthy human has candida in their gut. It is one of the most
important organisms of the 400 molds, yeasts, bacteria, and fungi
that colonize our intestines. Without these microbial helpers we would
be unable to digest Any food at all. The problem is not having candida,
But not having the other helpers, thus causing the candida to grow.
Your diet needs to include high concentrations of fermented foods
-- yogurt, miso, sourdough bread, home brewed wine and beer, sauerkraut,
and cheeses like camembert and brie -- not to be devoid of them. I
would guess that you have a sub clinical bladder infection. Have you
been drinking (non-sweetened) cranberry juice? Have you tried a course
of uva ursi, an excellent bladder disinfectant? There other possibility
is that you have interstitial cystitis (tiny ulcers in the lining
of the bladder). Recommendations for women with IC are in my book
New Menopausal
Years the Wise Woman Way.
Green Blessings,
Susun Weed
To: susunweed@herbshealing.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001
thank you very much Susun. I appreciate your responding to me.
After much study on the Internet and in health books, I came to the
conclusion that I most likely have interstitial cystitis as well.
I had told my doctor at the beginning that I thought I had interstitial
cystitis and she immediately said no without explanation as to why
she thought that, and now a week ago after she's eliminated all other
options she tells me that I might have that, with no recollection
of my previous self diagnosis. Any how, I'm sure that you already
know that typical doctors seem to be that way. Thank you again Susun,
take care.
To: susunweed@herbshealing.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 7, 2001
Subject: Rosacea
I have recently been diagnosed with Rosacea and have been give a
topical antibiotic gel for treatment. I don't like man-made chemical
preparations......any advice? I have heard something about "mahonia
aquifolium" . Do you know anything about it? They mentioned it
in treating psoriasis, but not rosacea.
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001
Subject: Rosecea - use burdock, yarrow, or aloe vera gel
Susun's response: Aqui means water, Folium means leaf, mahonia
is a plant. I have never used it. I know several women who have used
burdock successfully; tincture of the root or seeds. A dropperfull
or more every day is the dose. You may need to take it for months
maybe even years. Meanwhile, you could try one of these on the on
your face: yarrow tincture, yarrow face wash (see November newsletter),
or aloe vera gel. Let us know what works.
Green Blessings,
Susun Weed
To: susunweed@herbshealing.com
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001
Subject: Infusions or tinctures?
Hi, Susun thanks for the information on anthrax. I have a couple of
questions I have all of your books. Great info! Since I cant find
the herbs locally. Are dandelion and chickweed tincture just as good
as the infusion. My health food store sells the ones by herbpharm.
Are the tinctures more effective if you place in a tea or use under
the tongue? Or are the infusions better to take? Also, do you have
any specific herbs for men as you do for women.
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001
Subject: The differences between Infusions and Tinctures
Susun's response:
Infusions extract minerals and vitamins; tinctures do not. Tinctures
extract the powerful, potentially poisonous, active ingredients in
plants; depending on the plant, infusions may or may not do this.
Herbpharm tinctures are excellent. I usually take tinctures in a small
amount of liquid. The effectiveness is unaffected by how you take
it, so far as I know, but tinctures may be better absorbed if they
are not put directly into the mouth.
I am not sure what you mean by a specific herb for men. There aren't
really specific herbs for women. Red clover and raspberry leaf tonifying
the sexual organs of men and women; ginseng and saw palmetto affect
women as well as men. I mostly use nourishing herbs that are fine
for both men and women.
Green Blessings,
Susun Weed
To: susunweed@herbshealing.com
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001
Subject: How do I get off Fosomax?
What do I need to do to receive your newsletter? You are a delightful
teacher!! Another teacher of mine, Mary Rose told me about you.
Also, I would like to get off of fosomax. I am taking it because my
bones "release too much calcium". Any suggestions for how
I can correct whatever I am missing in my diet to make it OK for me
to stop taking the fosomax?
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001
Subject: Increase your bone mass naturally - not with Fosomax
Susun's response:
The best things I know of for increasing bone mass are (1) yogurt,
at least half a cup a day; (2) nourishing herbal infusions of nettle,
oatstraw, comfrey leaf, or red clover, at least two cups a day. (I
rotate the herbs so I have each one about two times a week.) (3) Elimination
of coffee, white sugar, and white flour from your diet (little bits
won't hurt, but not daily use). (4) Increase in the amount of fat
in the diet (needed for the processing of minerals).
I have seen women increase their bone mass by 6 points in 6 months
by using these three tips.
But I am not so sure that you really have a problem. Bone mass does
not correlate with bone breakage!! Bone flexibility is what we want
because that is what prevents breaks. Fosomax makes the bones more
massive, but more brittle. Yoga, tai chi, and other stretching forms
of exercise help women be more flexible. Are you doing this weekly?
Massive bones are not necessarily an indicator of health. Women with
high bone mass are four times more likely to be diagnosed with breast
cancer! Women who take calcium supplements are twice as likely to
break a bone as women who don't. Perhaps you are listening to your
doctor and doing what your doctor wants but maybe this is not so good
for you.
I know this is a lot to think about. You could read
my article on Building
Better Bones or read lots more about healthy bones in New
Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way
Green Blessings,
Susun Weed
To: Susun Weed
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001
Subject: Re:no more fosomax
Thank you so very much, Susan!!! Many blessings to you!!!
I am spreading the word.
To: susunweed@herbshealing.com
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001
Subject: abuse, depression, bingeing, recovery?
Hello. I am a survivor of various forms of abuse and am working on
healing myself. I have noted in myself and others that a history of
abuse seems to bring on a whole host of chronic problems. . .depression,
night terrors, dissociation, bladder infections, fatigue, sugar binges,
and insomnia are some of the things I have been trying to overcome,
with only small success(heh, if you want to call it that).
I have read through Childbearing
Year the Wise Woman Way, and a little through you book
on menopause, both of which have been very very helpful. I am 27,
though, so neither menopausal nor ready to have children. Although
I see many specific remedies for specific ills, I am wondering if
you might elaborate on the wholistic, entireistical way. . .that the
wise woman tradition deals with trauma and recovery. The"scientific
tradition" method, of course, thinks women who have been victimized
ought to pump themselves full of prozac (which I did formerly and
surprisingly enough it helped for a little while), and also talk therapy,
which I have done and has been VERY helpful(because I lucked out with
a good therapist). but surely, although I know there are no easy answers,
this tradition must have a take on this.. .My history is pretty extreme,
but I have faith in my ability, in time, to live as a whole/holy/healed
human woman. I dearly want to empower myself to grow past these bad
memories of mine, and thus, perhaps, I hope, to heal myself of the
other ills which trouble me. I would be most grateful to know your
thoughts.
Sent:
Subject: Wise Woman Ways for You
Susun's response:
The Wise Woman tradition is focused on nourishing our unique
wholeness. Nourishment has three major components: simple ceremony,
compassionate listening, and whole foods.
Sounds like your therapist is providing compassionate listening.
What simple ceremonies do you have for helping yourself when you
are depressed? (smile!) when in fear? (use that energy to whistle
a happy tune) Reaching for the sugar? (organic chocolate is divine
and so good for you). Last year at my intensive Priestess
of Her Own Pleasure, we had a student who survived horrible
tortures as a child. The ceremonies we did have thus far helped her
to eliminate most of the self-tortures she was inflicting on herself.
Whole foods means whole grains, seaweed in your diet, and daily use
of nourishing herbal infusions, for starters. Instructions for making
infusions are in both the books you have; there are some seaweed recipes
in the menopause book. (And a big section on remedies for women with
depression is there too.) Drinking nourishing infusions is one of
the most important steps to whole health that I know of.
Green Blessings,
Susun Weed
To: susunweed@herbshealing.com
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001
Subject: I want to avoid a preterm birth...
Hello Susun,
I have two children and they both were born early(35 and 33 weeks
gestation). I took incredibly good care of myself and my diet was
excellent. I had very good midwifery care with both and I drank plenty
of red rasp. tea. I had no health problems and both my babies were
born very healthy and fully developed just early. In both cases there was no
known cause for their early arrival. With my first my membranes ruptured
and my second they leaked. We are thinking about having another child
but I would like to know if there are herbs I can take throughout
pregnancy to hopefully avoid a preterm birth. My first was 35 weeks
and my second 33 weeks and I am afraid that there if a pattern here
and my next might be 31 weeks gestation(I have met women who have
had babies 2 weeks earlier each time) One midwife suggested that my
progesterone levels may have been too low and that applying wild yam
cream on my forearm from 5 months on would help. I would appreciate
any help you could offer me.
Thank you Susun.
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001
Subject: Wild Yam Cream Does Nothing
Susun's response:
It sounds as though your babies coming early was not a problem
for you or for them. Am I missing something? I have not heard that
women in your situation give birth earlier each time. As a matter
of fact, a friend pregnant for the third time, who had given birth
"early" before was two weeks "late" this time.
Women are variable, much more so than medical science is comfortable
with.
Anything is possible when it comes to hormones, but usually progesterone
deficiency causes miscarriage. And since wild yam does not contain
progesterone, taking it would not necessarily increase progesterone,
although it could. There is nothing in wild yam that can go through
the skin and produce hormones in your body. I believe that rubbing
wild yam cream on your arm is a waste of money and time. (More info
about the uselessness of wild yam cream in my book New
Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way,
available at: www.wisewomanbookshop.com
Butter has far more hormonal precursors than wild yam and could possibly
be absorbed through the skin. Fat from around the ovaries of an animal
would be the logical application if you want to go that way, but again,
I do not think it would be beneficial.
From what you say, I don't see a problem. Take good care of yourself,
as you are. When you start to worry about this problem, instead focus
on the health of your babies and put your trust in the Goddess or
the Universe or even God, if you trust him, that is. I use an image
of protection that I put around things that worry me. This helps me
focus my energies on better outcomes and bypass my disaster brain.
Hope this helps.
Green Blessings,
Susun Weed
To: susunweed@herbshealing.com
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001
Subject: I need help for my PMS
Greetings! In your recent newsletter about avoiding
infection by anthrax (which I found very interesting and useful!)
you mentioned that vitamin/mineral supplements are stressful to the
body. Could you please explain more about this, perhaps in a future
newsletter?
I'm really interested, and a bit concerned about this, because I
used to avoid supplements, thinking I could get enough nutrients from
what I ate (mostly whole foods and herbs). But then I moved to a megalopolis
(Tokyo), which is a very polluted and rather stressful place to live.
After I started getting terrible PMS (I've had bad menstrual pain
since my teens), I thought, due to the stress and much higher levels
of pollutants around me maybe vitamin, mineral, and other supplements
were one way to combat this very unnatural lifestyle--maybe foods
and herbs alone just weren't enough for this new and unnatural environment.
Now I'm confused to hear that I've been wrong these past few years.
I've also been taking kanpo (Japanese version of Chinese herbs) which
is VERY VERY slowly working on my menstrual cycle, and my diet is
mostly pretty healthy. What to do, short of quitting my job and moving
to the countryside (and appealing notion, but not so practical at
this point in my life)? Should I really drop the vitamin B megadoses
and the premenstrual calcium/magnesium?
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001
Subject: Re: vitamins and minerals for you
Susun's response:
Yes, there will be more information on the problems with supplements
in my forthcoming book: Healing Well, due out late 2002
or early 2003. If we could put vitamins and minerals into pills there
would be no problem, but we can't . What we get from pills is partial
synthetic replicas of what we need, this further stress us, rather
than helping us.
The best way is improve your vitamin/mineral uptake is to use nourishing
herbal infusions. (Directions for making them are in all my books.)
A quart of nettle infusion contains 2000mg of calcium for instance!!
No supplement can come close to that. (But a cup of nettle tea has
little minerals, the tincture even less, and capsules almost none.)
The secret is using a full ounce of dried herb and brewing it for
at least four hours. My favorite infusions are nettle, comfrey leaf,
oatstraw, and red clover. They are all very rich in vitamins and minerals.
Vitamins are enzymes produced by living tissues. We produce most of
our own vitamins: when we eat carotenes, we make vitamin A. When we
eat whole grains, we make B vitamins. In the sun we make vitamin D.
We must ingest vitamin C, but we need so little of it that that is
very easy. And we get vitamin E from seeds and oils in our diet. It
is in fact very rare for a person to be deficient in vitamins if they
are eating a whole food diet. (Yes, I know it is almost impossible
to get brown rice in Japan, but keep looking, and eat those aduki
beans and use lavish amounts of miso.)
There is no scientific evidence that stress or pollution uses up vitamins
despite the manufacturers claims to the contrary. Eat 5-7 servings
of cooked fruits and vegetables daily and you will be fine on vitamins.
Do you have a copy of my book NEW
Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way? It has an appendix
listing the best sources (food and herbal) of all needed nutrients.
Good luck, and yes, I would dump the pills. (Calcium supplements can
lead to kidney stones and other problems.) Also, read my article online
Ten
Tips for Women with PMS.
Green Blessings,
Susun Weed
To: susunweed@herbshealing.com
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001
Subject: vitamins and minerals for you
Thank you so much for your personal reply to my question! It was
very helpful and thought-provoking. There's so much information out
there, coming from so many different mind-sets--even among approaches
to herbalism (I'm thinking here of your book Wise Woman Herbal Healing
Wise, which I first read many years ago but still springs
to my mind, with its vivid illustrations of the "heroic"
approach to herbalism, for example).
Interestingly enough, you recommended that I toss the calcium supplements--which
I just did, simply because they gave me such a terrible stomachache
every time I took them!
I'm looking forward to seeing your new book, Healing Well. And I
think I'll pick up a copy of your book on menopause for my mom (and
sneak a peek at the appendix myself!).
One last question: right now I'm doing an herbal correspondence course
through Michael Tierra's Planetary Herbology center. They seem to
have lots of seminars and opportunities for hands-on experience, but
(partly due to the limitations of their approach--such as suggested
by your book, and by a book I have by Billie Potts called Witches
Heal), I am really interested in doing work with other people/courses.
If you know of any short-term courses I could attend, could you recommend
them to me? Even if I can't come now, I'd like to know just for future
reference, and for on-going study! I'm especially interested in experiencing
and working with people (I can read books anytime and anywhere, but
applying what I've read is a different matter!)
Thank you again for all your work! I admire your dedication.
To: susunweed@herbshealing.com
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 4:38 PM
Subject: Wild yam, fertility
Hi, I was just reading your article at Demetria's "Green Tit",
and I had a question about something you wrote:
"Interestingly enough, if wild yam is taken is small doses (a
cup of tea or 10-20 drops of the tincture daily from onset of menses
until mid-period) it increases fertility! In either case, the effect
seems to be triggered by the large amount of hormone-like substances
found in this root. When taken daily, these substances may be converted
into progesterone, thus decreasing the possibility of conception."
It was my understanding that this was a common misconception about
dioscorea, but that it actually does not affect the hormones in any
way in its natural state. My understanding was that there are components
in dioscorea (such as diosgenin) that can be made into synthetic progesterone,
but that this conversion process does not naturally happen in the
body, it must be done in a lab. For that reason, taking wild yam in
hopes to alter or affect hormone levels is useless.
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001
Subject: Wild yam, fertility
Susun's response:
Thanks for your note. The field of plants and hormones is expanding
by leaps and bounds, but we are still far from understanding what
happens in the body when we eat certain plants. Of course, I mostly
speak from experience, not only mine, but those of thousands of women
over thousands of years.
Many plants, especially large starchy roots, contain phytoestrogen
and phytosterols. These substances are most definitely converted into
hormones in the human body and numerous studies attest to it. They
must, however, be fermented out of the plants by gut action and some
people have too little gut flora to manage the job. There is no progesterone,
or any other hormone, in wild yam, but your body can make hormones
out of it if it is taken internally. Which hormones is up to your
body, so I may be wrong when I say progesterone will be the result.
But there will be a strong effect on hormones. Check out my book New
Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way for an article I did
debunking wild yam creams. I certainly agree with you completely as
far as external use is concerned.
Green Blessings,
Susun Weed
To: susunweed@herbshealing.com
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001
Subject: Herbs and Nursing
My Dr. recently found a Lump in my breast. She wanted to wait until
after my period to check and see if it had changed or gone away. I
am not one to Sit around and wait for a "Dr. " to tell me
the next step. I immediately bought your Breast Cancer? Breast Health!
Book. I think it is wonderful and have added a few things to my diet
that weren't already there. I eat a good Nutritious and healthy diet
as well as use herbs. Although I have Herbalism during the Child Bearing
Years I recently moved and can't put my hand on it. I know it would
answer many of the questions I have and just can't remember. I was
wandering about sheep sorrel and nursing is it safe? I am not quite
ready to wean my 22 month old but know it may be something that could
be a possibility. Could you give me your opinion on this situation?
I Love your books and enjoyed your talk at the Wildgathering in MAINE
last summer. Thank You
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001
Subject: Sheep sorrel and Nursing
Susun's response:
Sheep sorrel? You aren't using Essiac are you? Please don't!
I though I made a pretty good case against it in my book. David Hoffman,
director of the California School of Herbal Studies says the oxalic
acid in sheep sorrel can accumulate in your kidneys and cause damage.
I would not recommend that anyone take sheep sorrel as a tea, nor
would I consider it safe for a nursing women to ingest. If you want
to eat some in your salad that would not be a problem. Remember, Nurse
Cassie injected Essiac, she did not give it orally!!!
Green Blessings,
Susun Weed
To: Susun Weed
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001
Subject: Sheep sorrel and Nursing
Thank you for responding. I am not taking the tea and did have my
doubts about it . I did go to the general surgeon and She said the
lump was nothing to worry about and it did not feel suspicious. She
said keep checking and she felt like I would know if there was something
there I needed to be concerned with and to have it checked again in
three months to be safe. I am however still going to keep to the Breast
Health diet, teas and tinctures. Thank you again.
To: susunweed@herbshealing.com
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001
Subject: Floating
Greetings! I'm writing to tell you how much I appreciate you and your
work. I had been wanting to understand herbs for many years and your
books were the first ones that made sense to me... when I discovered
Healing Wise several years ago it was like having a
veil lifted! I started going on herb walks, meeting and loving plants,
bringing home delicious nourishment... and starting to feel empowered,
as if healing was something I could discover within myself and in
the world, by paying attention (speaking of paying attention, picking
nettles barehanded is delightful and certainly impresses your friends
and neighbors). I cannot begin to tell you how much the information
you provided has affected me. So many wonderful, magical experiences
have resulted from walking these paths. Someday soon I'd love to share
with you how much I've learned.
I guess what I really want to ask you about is empowerment, making
things happen. I read your bio and I was so moved by how much you
have accomplished, by how you have created a life, a work, a world
-- unique and powerful -- something done without "credentials",
something not previously modeled in the modern world. I guess this
is where I feel stuck. I know that I am powerful, intelligent, compassionate,
artistic, intuitive, that I can teach and heal, love and dance, I
have cultivated awareness of nature, surrender to ecstasy, sharpened
my intellectual skills, strengthened my muscles, learned to laugh
and cry... the weird thing is that deep down I still don't really
believe in myself, this feeling of empowerment is so new to me and
my feelings of being a "bad girl" are so ingrained... I
feel that I could enter the world as you have and help to create the
new paradigm, in fact, I know that it is so necessary for all of who
see this need to stand up and make it happen, but I don't really do
it. I feel alone with it, I talk to my friends about it and they are
friendly and try to be supportive, but not really there for it. I
live on a houseboat anchored offshore Coconut Grove in Biscayne Bay,
which is a lifestyle which contributes to helping me to feel more
powerful, but often I feel a lack of kindred spirits... oh, that's
bullshit maybe... I'm not finding companions because I'm not speaking
up about who I am and what I want to do...
So... I'm not sure yet, I feel you out there, I don't feel the need
to come do an apprenticeship, I just want to know if you have any
advice about starting things: finding kindred spirits, creating community,
becoming brave enough to become myself, instead of sitting on the
boat daydreaming. I have a vision actually of creating a floating,
sailing center for healing and wisdom and I want to get started, I
don't want to be alone in it, and I want to strengthen my belief in
my ability to make it happen!
I have also been pretty self-destructive for a long time, because
for so long I didn't understand that who I am is someone who is fantastic.
So I often stop myself from acting because, you know, "I'm probably
not good enough", "if people find out who I really am, they'll
hate me", "I don't have what it takes" etc. etc. ad
nauseam. Enough! What does such self-doubt have to do with nurturing
my wholeness and helping others? Why is it that if I know that I have
something to offer, that I am going to allow such thoughts and feelings
to allow me to hold back? Am I still trying to get back at everybody
for the pain I believe they've caused me? Is it really another version
of the blame game? How can I get past all of this and allow myself
to give and receive?
I have seen enough by now to know that it isn't friendly, loving,
or healing to be insecure. That as long as I feel unworthy and unlovable
that I won't treat others very well either. So I know that I have
to get beyond this if I'm going to do any really good.
Wow! I think these months of working with Vitex are starting to work!
Thank you for reading this, Susun. If this sounds pretty self-indulgent,
I'm sorry. I really really really want to be part of bringing awareness
of love healing wholeness back to the world. I know I have to start
with myself. Many blessings to you and your tribe.
Date: Monday, November 12, 2001
Subject: The path to success is strewn with failure
Susun's Response:
My dear, your letter is worthy of a month long answer, actually a
three month long answer and that may not even be enough. Of course
you need to come and do an apprenticeship
(at least three months) as this is exactly the work that you would
do as an apprentice: build self worth and discover how to use that
in the world.
For now, I would suggest you start a group that meets monthly. A moon
lodge, an herbal circle, a reading group. Set a specific day (the
first Friday evening of each month or the third Thursday or something
like that) and do it. Do not worry if no one comes. Keep doing it.
It is for you, after all, to learn that you can do something. Sooner
or later, someone will attend and it will grow from there.
Try a number of things that you might like to do. Be willing to let
them go if they do not work out or if you are unhappy. The path to
success is strewn with failure, so get out there and fail. BIG SECRET
Everyone feels inadequate! ANOTHER BIG SECRET. Everyone wants someone
else to tell them what to do and how to live because they feel inadequate.
AND A WARNING It is not hard to succeed, it is hard to avoid being
ruined by success.
Green Blessings,
Susun Weed
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