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The PayPal Debacle
By Savina Thompson on Jul 29, 2009 | In Welcome, In real life | Send feedback »
So this week has DEFINITELY not been one of my favorites. I am thankful that it hasn't been worse, but it's definitely not been one of my favorites!
I can't tell you how happy and fulfilled I am now that I've started my own business, but there are some aspects of it that are very difficult, made especially so since I've been searching for a new assistant (I just found one, which I'll announce in another blog post). It sounds easy, but trying to do all of the administrative work, marketing work AND spiritual work has been incredibly trying over the last month, culminating in a logistical problem with PayPal, the online site I use to process credit card information.
Loss: A Theme
By Savina Thompson on Jun 20, 2009 | In In real life | 2 feedbacks »
This has been an incredibly difficult time for me. It's a time of great loss for me personally and, to be honest, I'm just trying to process it all - to make sense of things. Whenever we encounter a loss in our lives - whether it's by death, breakup or layoff, there's an initial period of shock, which is the kindest part of the grieving process. Once the shock wears off the real healing begins as we try to make sense of the hole that's been left in our lives. We generally begin the process in disbelief before trying to fill the hole in some way. I remember when my dog-children died in the fire, I told literally every person I met what had happened. I walked around in a daze just telling every person I met of my loss, which is very unlike me since I tend to be a very private person. I remember hoping that, if I told enough people what had happened, one of them would shake me and wake me up telling me it was a dream.
Spreading My Wings
By Savina Thompson on Feb 15, 2009 | In Welcome | Send feedback »
This weekend has been like a whirlwind. Within 2 days I've struck out on my own - leaving the bookstore where I've worked since 2002 and taking my work into my own private practice - AND held my second spirit circle at my new location. It was a very scary decision to leave a place I'd been for so long, but the truth is that the environment there was unhealthy for me and it was time for me to move on. I won't say anything further except to say that I stayed in a toxic work environment for far too long and am ecstatic to be out on my own!
