http://joananderson.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Joan Anderson en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:12:32 GMT 2010-01-03T12:12:32Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977349434 Exercise 4 Are you troubled by your past—mistakes made, sins committed, bad decisions acted upon? Most of us (if we are human) have taken short cuts to happiness or grabbed at something . . . Tue, 20 May 2008 15:48:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977349434 Joan Anderson 2008-05-20T15:48:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977346120 "Hey, sweetie, you're falling down on the job," Robin says, snapping me out of my daze. "Sorry," I say, though I can't remember where we were in our conversation, or . . . Thu, 15 May 2008 14:57:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977346120 Joan Anderson 2008-05-15T14:57:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977340785 Excercise 3 So you've made time to be away or you've decided to go off with a few friends for a weekend of contemplation. How do you start centering down and putting the focus on . . . Wed, 07 May 2008 19:15:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977340785 Joan Anderson 2008-05-07T19:15:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977337184 Since that very party is today, Robin has insisted that we get the twinkle lights up on our picket fence. "C'mon, sweetie, we've got to do something seasonal," he says, urging me off . . . Fri, 02 May 2008 17:56:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977337184 Joan Anderson 2008-05-02T17:56:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977336259 Exercise 2 If you were to go away or be left alone would you know what to do with yourself? Most women are doers, not be-ers. As such, we haven't been trained to listen to what our hearts . . . Thu, 01 May 2008 13:48:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977336259 Joan Anderson 2008-05-01T13:48:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977334904 It's always been my nature to defy convention. Tell me that's the way it's done and I will surely choose another way. My taste for such behavior goes back to my formative years and the attraction . . . Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:37:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977334904 Joan Anderson 2008-04-29T18:37:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977332081 The Second Journey is a second chance. Most women have lived the first half of their life in a prescribed manner. By the time she approaches the midway point she is more than ready for her turn. The . . . Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:28:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977332081 Joan Anderson 2008-04-25T17:28:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977331388 Early December Traveling is not just seeing the new;   it is also leaving behind. Not just opening doors;   also closing them, never to return.   But the . . . Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:28:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977331388 Joan Anderson 2008-04-24T18:28:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977328855 It's time for the unveiling—not of a newly decorated house or a piece of art, but my body which has been covered in layers since late Fall. Winter has come and gone and with it resolutions . . . Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:28:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977328855 Joan Anderson 2008-04-21T19:28:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977323307 Most of us, halfway to a hundred, confront a need for greater   self-awareness. We reach a point when the power of youth is gone, the possibility of failure presents itself, and the dreams of . . . Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:49:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977323307 Joan Anderson 2008-04-15T16:49:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977323092 A while ago, before the "change of life" was a reality I fully understood, I was sitting in my best friend's backyard ruminating about the prospect of our lives with our children grown and . . . Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:07:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977323092 Joan Anderson 2008-04-15T16:07:24Z