Polly Hansen, award-winning memoirist https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Deflect Name-Calling and Know You Are Precious and Beautiful How to End Self-Inflicted Emotional Suffering Are you laying out clues without solving the mystery?  Have Hope. Your Impulse Control Is Saving the World When jewelry is a priceless gem better than a headstone What Grabs Your Heart and How Will You Help? Can You Fail to Communicate Clearly with Your Soul Mate? What Happened to Me Wasn’t My Fault I Love Sleeping in the Guest Room, but It’s Dangerous I Forgot to Buy Napkins. What Happened Next Surprised Me. You Do You, I’ll Do Me Forty-One Years and A Lot of Personal Growth After Sixty Years, I Finally Saw the Truth Published Works, Awards and Interviews Hiking Poles Would Have Been Better, but Reminiscing Sure Helped How New York Showed Me the Enormity of God I Wanted Deep Shade, Convinced I was Right for Everyone Dear God–Grant Me Patience Now, Damn It! Vile Trolls Made Me More Determined Than Ever About This Blog My Memoir, A Minor, Unaccompanied, featured on NAMW How To Be Your Own Best Friend? Speak Up When You Need Help Deflect Name-Calling and Know You Are Precious and Beautiful How to Make Polly’s To-Die-For Cinnamon Lovers Cinnamon Rolls Attention! I Am Here for You–If You Want Me What people think of me is none of my business We are so much more than what happens to us How to Bring More Balance Into My Life Self-Forgiveness and Self-Agency Makes a Happy, Confident Person I ignored the beggars and gave to the buskers A Zap, a Zing like a Jubilant Pinball Machine How to enjoy a long weekend with your partner? Remember to pack humility When I take out frustrations on my husband, I make amends My life is perfect as it is I discovered something about myself and now I have to tell my husband Never underestimate your talents. You never know who might love your work. Are transgender women on sports teams unfair? The Challenge of Balancing Social Media and Writing Time When human cruelty gets you down, look to the Universe to feel awe, strength, and hope again. About me Learning Not to Interfere as an Act of Love How to Stop Second-Guessing God and Act on Faith Contact My spirit guides give me protection and strength By Waiting, I Experienced Good Fortune Not a Human Bean, But a Polly How to feel happy, solid, free-spirited, and grounded Humbled by my bad behavior and the poor choices I made in the past Do You Know How Precious You Are? A Minor, Unaccompanied: a memoir