Comments for rhetoricat http://www.catshuler.com/blog thoughts of a feminist rhetorician Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:17:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on getting unstuck: the cat formerly known as a blogger by Kate http://www.catshuler.com/blog/2012/01/24/getting-unstuck-the-cat-formerly-known-as-a-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-1942 Kate Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:17:32 +0000 http://www.catshuler.com/blog/?p=537#comment-1942 Sounds great. Perfect writing and blogs, totally don't go together, in my opinion. I can relate, though, I have tons of standards for myself that I would never expect from someone else. Writing of any kind, so I have read, is supposed to help other writing endeavors. I read this first from Julia Cameron in The Artist Way. I know that it helps me. As well it helps me to believe that I can write and be coherent, a concept that I have trouble believing in at times. Good and healing thoughts, words, and sleep to you. Kate Sounds great. Perfect writing and blogs, totally don’t go together, in my opinion. I can relate, though, I have tons of standards for myself that I would never expect from someone else. Writing of any kind, so I have read, is supposed to help other writing endeavors. I read this first from Julia Cameron in The Artist Way. I know that it helps me. As well it helps me to believe that I can write and be coherent, a concept that I have trouble believing in at times.

Good and healing thoughts, words, and sleep to you.

Kate

]]> Comment on finding the right/write words by Marty parrill http://www.catshuler.com/blog/2010/04/19/finding-the-rightwrite-words/comment-page-1/#comment-1938 Marty parrill Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:19:08 +0000 http://www.catshuler.com/blog/?p=229#comment-1938 The issue of what we label us or what others place as labels on us is a matter of acceptance. before I became symptom free or healed , certain labels bothered me. Now, that was my ego, identifying with my childhood trauma. Childhood trauma leaves us wanting, needing almost craving approval to bolster our self worth. We find us in all kinds of vulnerable or compromising situations trying to fulfill our approve addiction. I could care less what anyone called me for I have sat quietly and inspected my demons. They are similar to a ventriloquists dummy, given life through us but not a real person at all. My trauma has led me to a path to discover my. Inner world and through that journey my mind steadied and opportunity along tranquility arrived. it is enough to be here, present fully without thought to experience this moment. I am all my feeling and emotions without thoughtto slow or dull my senses. Life is to be lived fully, there are no do overs. You have to discover for yourself how perfect the true self is, untouchable with any feeling, word, phrase or negative comment. We are perfect and safe, faced with miracles right below that ego leading you into the past. trauma has been a reward for me now that life has brought me full circle. needing approval has almost ceased and thought gets four seconds in my consciousness before fading without power, opening up opportunity. Rick Hanson in Buddhas Brainn relates that we have one with a million zeroes behind it as opportunity for us each minute. We just need to learn to operate our own mind by being able to focus on now. Fear is an emotion, it can not harm you. If there is fear present in a situation, however nothing happens, what has become of the fear? Did it hurt you orisit just a bodymechanism. learn the inner world and becomes friends with yourself and trauma fades. The issue of what we label us or what others place as labels on us is a matter of acceptance. before I became symptom free or healed , certain labels bothered me.

Now, that was my ego, identifying with my childhood trauma. Childhood trauma leaves us wanting, needing almost craving approval to bolster our self worth. We find us in all kinds of vulnerable or compromising situations trying to fulfill our approve addiction. I could care less what anyone called me for I have sat quietly and inspected my demons.

They are similar to a ventriloquists dummy, given life through us but not a real person at all. My trauma has led me to a path to discover my. Inner world and through that journey my mind steadied and opportunity along tranquility arrived.

it is enough to be here, present fully without thought to experience this moment. I am all my feeling and emotions without thoughtto slow or dull my senses. Life is to be lived fully, there are no do overs.

You have to discover for yourself how perfect the true self is, untouchable with any feeling, word, phrase or negative comment. We are perfect and safe, faced with miracles right below that ego leading you into the past.

trauma has been a reward for me now that life has brought me full circle. needing approval has almost ceased and thought gets four seconds in my consciousness before fading without power, opening up opportunity. Rick Hanson in Buddhas Brainn relates that we have one with a million zeroes behind it as opportunity for us each minute.

We just need to learn to operate our own mind by being able to focus on now.

Fear is an emotion, it can not harm you. If there is fear present in a situation, however nothing happens, what has become of the fear? Did it hurt you orisit just a bodymechanism. learn the inner world and becomes friends with yourself and trauma fades.

]]> Comment on About by Marty parrill http://www.catshuler.com/blog/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1889 Marty parrill Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:49:28 +0000 http://www.catshuler.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-1889 Hi Catherine, Yes, you have my permission to use my blog. It is offered in the spirit of Loving kindness from the Buddhist tradition, with no expectation. I would also like to open a dialogue about PTSD and supporting others. Marty Parrill Hi Catherine,

Yes, you have my permission to use my blog. It is offered in the spirit of
Loving kindness from the Buddhist tradition, with no expectation. I would also like to open a dialogue about PTSD and supporting others.

Marty Parrill

]]> Comment on who/what am I now? by JoVE http://www.catshuler.com/blog/2011/10/14/whowhat-am-i-now/comment-page-1/#comment-1332 JoVE Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:28:11 +0000 http://www.catshuler.com/blog/?p=374#comment-1332 You are still a scholar. Perhaps an independent scholar but I'm not sure you need to signal your employment status so clearly. You do research. You write. This may also help you transition your identity from PhD student to qualified scholar in your interaction with other academics. Even before you secure your first tenure-track job (should you even want to do so), once you have finished your PhD you should stop acting like a student. You aren't. And you need to interact with other scholars as a peer. Talk about your research (not your dissertation research). When you move on, your dissertation research becomes your previous research. You are still a scholar. Perhaps an independent scholar but I’m not sure you need to signal your employment status so clearly. You do research. You write.

This may also help you transition your identity from PhD student to qualified scholar in your interaction with other academics. Even before you secure your first tenure-track job (should you even want to do so), once you have finished your PhD you should stop acting like a student. You aren’t. And you need to interact with other scholars as a peer.

Talk about your research (not your dissertation research). When you move on, your dissertation research becomes your previous research.

]]> Comment on who/what am I now? by What’s New at University of Venus – Week Ending 22 October 2011 « University of Venus http://www.catshuler.com/blog/2011/10/14/whowhat-am-i-now/comment-page-1/#comment-1327 What’s New at University of Venus – Week Ending 22 October 2011 « University of Venus Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:19:43 +0000 http://www.catshuler.com/blog/?p=374#comment-1327 [...] Schuler also wonders whether she is still an academic at her blog Rhetoricat (in response to Liana [...] [...] Schuler also wonders whether she is still an academic at her blog Rhetoricat (in response to Liana [...]

]]> Comment on rules for the work day, or how to work productively from home by Britton http://www.catshuler.com/blog/2011/10/27/rules-for-the-work-day-or-how-to-work-productively-from-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1324 Britton Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:55:31 +0000 http://www.catshuler.com/blog/?p=486#comment-1324 Hey -- on that note, I came across a pretty cool time management idea on Lifehacker today that's useful for putting an arbitrary stake in the sand, rather than letting work (or play) consume your life. Check it out: http://lifehacker.com/5853732/take-a-more-realistic-approach-to-your-to+do-list-with-the-3-%252B-2-rule Hey — on that note, I came across a pretty cool time management idea on Lifehacker today that’s useful for putting an arbitrary stake in the sand, rather than letting work (or play) consume your life. Check it out:

http://lifehacker.com/5853732/take-a-more-realistic-approach-to-your-to+do-list-with-the-3-%252B-2-rule

]]> Comment on coming out of the closet … for World Mental Health Day by Cat http://www.catshuler.com/blog/2011/10/21/coming-out-of-the-closet-for-world-mental-health-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1281 Cat Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:49:24 +0000 http://www.catshuler.com/blog/?p=451#comment-1281 Thanks, Britton. I much prefer being thought of in relation to literature preferences than I do being associated with illnesses. I think that my big surprise is that anyone actually thought of me as "pretty." :) Thanks, Britton. I much prefer being thought of in relation to literature preferences than I do being associated with illnesses. I think that my big surprise is that anyone actually thought of me as “pretty.” :)

]]> Comment on coming out of the closet … for World Mental Health Day by Britton http://www.catshuler.com/blog/2011/10/21/coming-out-of-the-closet-for-world-mental-health-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 Britton Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:59:36 +0000 http://www.catshuler.com/blog/?p=451#comment-1249 The weird thing is: I never knew any of those things about you when we were kids. I just knew you as the pretty girl who had a thing for Tennyson and Shakespeare at a time when all the other kids we knew were only interested in hunting or cotillion. I guess that's just my way of saying that there are some of us who never defined you by your illnesses -- mental or physical -- and never will. Good on ya for coming out. The weird thing is: I never knew any of those things about you when we were kids. I just knew you as the pretty girl who had a thing for Tennyson and Shakespeare at a time when all the other kids we knew were only interested in hunting or cotillion.

I guess that’s just my way of saying that there are some of us who never defined you by your illnesses — mental or physical — and never will. Good on ya for coming out.

]]> Comment on the Holy Grail of coffee by Kate http://www.catshuler.com/blog/2011/04/30/the-holy-grail-of-coffee/comment-page-1/#comment-1213 Kate Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:51:14 +0000 http://www.catshuler.com/blog/?p=307#comment-1213 I love this. It is so true, about a lot of coffee. :) Kate I love this. It is so true, about a lot of coffee. :)

Kate

]]> Comment on A hiatus comes to a close by Cat http://www.catshuler.com/blog/2011/04/14/a-hiatus-comes-to-a-close/comment-page-1/#comment-1182 Cat Sat, 15 Oct 2011 07:10:57 +0000 http://www.catshuler.com/blog/?p=279#comment-1182 You're right, Laura. Suicide is more complex than how I've expressed it in this post. I should have been more clear in my articulation. I meant that knowing what I do (i.e., how my friend's suicide impacted me) that for me it would feel like I was saying "fuck you" to my loved ones. Even though depression sometimes makes me feel as though they'd be better off without me, another part of my brain is aware of the damage that my suicide would do. Knowing that I would hurt people that I love keeps me going. Also, I thank you for reaching out to me. It's always gratifying to know that there's someone out there who hears my voice. You’re right, Laura. Suicide is more complex than how I’ve expressed it in this post. I should have been more clear in my articulation. I meant that knowing what I do (i.e., how my friend’s suicide impacted me) that for me it would feel like I was saying “fuck you” to my loved ones. Even though depression sometimes makes me feel as though they’d be better off without me, another part of my brain is aware of the damage that my suicide would do. Knowing that I would hurt people that I love keeps me going. Also, I thank you for reaching out to me. It’s always gratifying to know that there’s someone out there who hears my voice.

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