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Monica Nelson began her writing career in her 12th summer. While her neighborhood friends were playing, she sat under a tree in the backyard, writing her first romance novel. It was dreadful.

Growing up, she decided that writing was not in her skill set. She took other jobs. But the writing bug nagged at her conscience leading her to make a mid-life career change. She initially found success writing technical documentation during the dot-com bubble. This satisfied her for a while. As the desire to write expanded within her, she branched out into blog posts, an editorial column in a local newspaper, and marketing materials.

She continued to study the craft, hone her skills, and practice. She finished and published a memoir in 2022. Immediately
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When You See Evil Win – Five Steps to Rise Above

When You See Evil Win – Five Steps to Rise Above

Disheartening. Unbelievable. Devastating. These are all emotions that can attack when you see evil win. When it seems the whole world is topsy-turvy. And there is no sense of justice. It is a phenomenon that can bring you down and leave you paralyzed.

How do you crawl out of the hole that leaves you feeling hopeless? Here are a few tips to start you on your way back.

Give Yourself Time to Process.

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“The pain I absorbed seemed to float toward me like mist on a cool spring morning. It was a mix of melancholy love for the timbered mountainous country that surrounded us, the grief of separation from family, and a wound within the soul that agonizes beyond the words that describe love. These feelings permeated my skin, seeping deep within the cells of my body.”
Monica Nelson, Mere Sense: A Memoir of Men, Migraine, and the Mysteries of Being Highly Sensitive

“I palpated her broken heart. It beat within me. Slow and hobbled. Her begging heart wanted healing. Her begging eyes would not let me go.”
Monica Nelson, Mere Sense: A Memoir of Men, Migraine, and the Mysteries of Being Highly Sensitive

“His arm and head touching her, warm at their contact spots, she felt her body relax with the weight of his. His weight communicated an exquisite sexuality, oozing like food dye dropped into water, into her every cell. It curlicued its sensuality into her arm with delicate dips and spins, building momentum as it floated through to her core. Filling cell after cell, creating deep yearning in the cells still untouched. The sensation sprinted up her spine. Causing a reflexive twitch to jilt her back, arching it involuntarily forward.”
Monica Nelson, Rhythm That Surrounds Us: A contemporary law office romance

“His arm and head touching her, warm at their contact spots, she felt her body relax with the weight of his. His weight communicated an exquisite sexuality, oozing like food dye dropped into water, into her every cell. It curlicued its sensuality into her arm with delicate dips and spins, building momentum as it floated through to her core. Filling cell after cell, creating deep yearning in the cells still untouched. The sensation sprinted up her spine. Causing a reflexive twitch to jilt her back, arching it involuntarily forward.”
Monica Nelson, Rhythm That Surrounds Us: A contemporary law office romance

“The pain I absorbed seemed to float toward me like mist on a cool spring morning. It was a mix of melancholy love for the timbered mountainous country that surrounded us, the grief of separation from family, and a wound within the soul that agonizes beyond the words that describe love. These feelings permeated my skin, seeping deep within the cells of my body.”
Monica Nelson, Mere Sense: A Memoir of Men, Migraine, and the Mysteries of Being Highly Sensitive

“I palpated her broken heart. It beat within me. Slow and hobbled. Her begging heart wanted healing. Her begging eyes would not let me go.”
Monica Nelson, Mere Sense: A Memoir of Men, Migraine, and the Mysteries of Being Highly Sensitive

“Freedom guides our actions in powerful ways. I hadn't been so much under the external control of other people as my own rigid belief system. The one that told me to conform to a set of rules. I hadn't even thought through and honestly considered whether it was a good choice or not.”
Monica Nelson, Mere Sense: A Memoir of Men, Migraine, and the Mysteries of Being Highly Sensitive

“The people most sensitive to emotional energy are those whom the rest of us find the most difficult to understand. But, I submit, they have access to a gateway to greater understanding of our embodied existence and the universe we are born into.”
Michael A. Jawer, Sensitive Soul: The Unseen Role of Emotion in Extraordinary States




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