A meditation can serve many different purposes. I’m not gona explain how to meditate right now. That's a story for another time. What I am going to explain is a mental exercise on how to organize your emotions and thoughts. This meditation or thought time-line is intended to give you a frame-work to process issues. … Continue reading Meditation 7 – Clean up your Lawn
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The Language of Deviance: Criminality to Gallows Humor
Gystilyn O’Brien - April 10th, 2025 (in peer review) Abstract The term ‘deviance’ has changed greatly over the last several decades, in part due to the rise of acknowledgement regarding the status of mental health disorders, marginalized stratification, and the simple fact that the status quo has begun to adopt those languages and modalities historically assigned … Continue reading The Language of Deviance: Criminality to Gallows Humor
The Circus – We Only Know What We Know
I was at a three month intensive writing workshop in Koh Samui, Thailand, sat around a mid-sized tile dining room table with six other internationals having dinner when the conversation, which had been on families and upbringing, shifted. “At least you’re not a circus freak,” I heard across the table. Our editor, a woman in … Continue reading The Circus – We Only Know What We Know
A Frank and Unabridged Guide to Publishing in 2020
There are about a million interesting things about publishing a book. The hardest, hands down, is pushing the button. I wish I'd had a better guide, a better map regarding what to expect, when I had started. I, like most, had to dig to find the process, and frankly, it's got so many steps that there's no point in being secretive about it. Here is a guide - straightforward and simple.
Millennials’ Grimoire
Now available on Amazon and Kindle. Hardback will be available next month. If you'd prefer an epub copy email me at Gystilyn@gmail.com. Amazon/Kindle Growing up, it turns out, is almost nothing like what my parents' generation taught me to expect. I was presented with a formula for adulting, and through trial and error and a … Continue reading Millennials’ Grimoire
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