Amen amen amen. I share your somatic response to critique. And living through a surprise critique attack would have put me under. This applies not just to my writing but to my professional life as well - there has never been anything more stressful to me than performance reviews. I have tried to figure out where it comes from to no avail. What I do know is that as I get older, I have a (slightly) easier time keeping the bitches out of the room when I'm being given constructive feedback, especially with my writing. I appreciate how much time and care you put into your retreats, helping all of us become better writers and more thoughtful supports to other writers. And someday I will call upon your skill and techniques when I host my own retreat!!
Thanks for dropping in. I never would have guessed that about you! You are so calm and cool in the writing space! (Maybe this is why your work emerges fully formed! :)). And yes, performance reviews, awful. And I feel the same-- at a certain age I think there just isn't time for that Bitch anymore, is there?
Amen amen amen. I share your somatic response to critique. And living through a surprise critique attack would have put me under. This applies not just to my writing but to my professional life as well - there has never been anything more stressful to me than performance reviews. I have tried to figure out where it comes from to no avail. What I do know is that as I get older, I have a (slightly) easier time keeping the bitches out of the room when I'm being given constructive feedback, especially with my writing. I appreciate how much time and care you put into your retreats, helping all of us become better writers and more thoughtful supports to other writers. And someday I will call upon your skill and techniques when I host my own retreat!!
Thanks for dropping in. I never would have guessed that about you! You are so calm and cool in the writing space! (Maybe this is why your work emerges fully formed! :)). And yes, performance reviews, awful. And I feel the same-- at a certain age I think there just isn't time for that Bitch anymore, is there?