I'm a woman of many interests, including music, needlework, psychology, and spirituality. I am currently making my living doing freelance work, largely in handcraft repair. The details of my work may be found at rebeccaworks.com and at counselgiver.com. I live in North Carolina, and consider myself to be liberal in philosophy as well as politics.

My passion is ...

multifaceted.

I know too much about ...

grief and depression.

My parents always told me ...

to honor everyone.

Why I write ...

to share my thoughts

My first job ...

Desk hostess in my dorm in college

Other Human imperfection

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I recently had occasion to remind myself to trust my own judgment about something; to ponder it a bit, then if my ponderings had not led me to a good reason to change my mind, to stay with the decision I had made.

So I did that. And no, I'm not planning to tell the subject of the decision, because trusting one's judgment is the point here.

It took me a lot of years to realize that I could do that. But that realization was one of the most freeing and empowering ones I've ever had.

Note that I'm not suggesting never asking for advice. What I am suggesting is remembering in the end o...

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