Anais Nin

Women Are Honestly Writing About Sex: It's About Time

Lisa Guest | Posted 04.27.2012

"If you examine sexy heroines in literature you will see they either lose their lives or their children for expressing their sexuality." I can see now why I was so hesitant. I wasn't willing to die just yet.

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Writing is Cheaper than Therapy

Diana M. Raab | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Psychotherapy, Writing, Diary Keeping, Anais Nin, May Sarton, D.H. Lawrence, Fifty News

Since I was a little girl and my mother gave me a Khalil Gibran journal to help me cope with the loss of my grandmother, I have always used writing as a way of healing.

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Anaïs Nin, Diary Writing and Women's History Month

Diana M. Raab | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Anais Nin, Women's History Month, Writing, Simone De Beauvoir, The Second Sex., Feminism, Honoring Women, Fifty News

What made Nin's work so appealing, especially to women, was that she provided profound insights into her role as a woman, a sexual being, and erotic spirit.

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Evocative Portraits Of Authors

Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Anais Nin, James Joyce, Video, Author Portrait, Carl Kohler, Charles Bukowski, Franz Kafka, Henry Kohler, Portrait Author, Simone De Beauvoir, Dostoevsky, Slidepollajax, Artaud, Arts News

Many artists allude to their inspirations in their works, and it is no different for artist Carl Kohler, who dedicated his life's work to paying respe...

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Celebrating Visionary Women of the World

Angella Nazarian | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Inspirational, Zaha Hadid, Anais Nin, Leadership, Marina Silva, Wangari Maathai, Estee Lauder, International Women's Day, Simone De Beauvoir, Amma, Master Cheng Yen, Gertrude Berg, Self-Esteem, Rigoberta Menchu, Angella Nazarian, Somaly Mam, Mentors, Conchita Cintron, Jacqueline Novogratz, Frida Kahlo, Women, Helen Suzman, Personal Growth, Pioneers of the Possible, Golda Meir, Celebrating Visionary Women, Slidepollajax, Ella Fitzgerald, Nawal El Moutawakel, Visionary, Forugh Farrokhzad, Women's Day, Women News

My hope is that the stories of these visionary women present to us the flame of the passionate life, the knife of insight, and the courage to stand for what one sees without looking away.

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Becoming an Ageless Joy-hunter

Angella Nazarian | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Jack Canfield, Anais Nin, Joy, Women, Estee Lauder, Passion, Psychology, Martha Graham, Henry Moore, Dreams, Success Principles, Angella Nazarian, Fifty News

Our culture is picking up on the reality that there is no expiration date on passion. One can have it in their nineties, while some lose it in their youth.

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Freud's Interest in the Occult

Rochelle Jewel Shapiro | Posted 10.28.2011

Read More: The Occult, Anais Nin, Freud, Midnight in Paris, Cocaine, Woody Allen, Entertainment News

Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris reawakened my interest in Anais Nin. She was the flapper who decided to stay La Belle Epoque at the end. (Oops, ...

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Lessons From Cairo: Make Peace With Yourself

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Anais Nin, Egypt Revolution, Cairo, Egypt, Egypt Dictator, Ego, Dictator Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian Revolution, Ego Dictator, Healthy Living News

The Egyptian uprisings invite us all to stage a personal revolution, overthrow the inner dictator, proclaim our personal freedom and celebrate our liberation. Are you ready to begin waging peace with yourself?

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Harold Norse, R.I.P.

Jan Herman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: William Carlos Williams, Gregory Corso, Anais Nin, Beat Generation, W.H. Auden, James Baldwin, Harold Norse, Brion Gysin, William S. Burroughs, Tennessee Williams, Allen Ginsberg, Poetry, Memoirs of a Bastard Angel, Hotel Nirvana, City Lights, Healthy Living News

He said he was a poet, too. I no longer recall what we talked about, but it didn't take long for him to invite me back to his room at 9 rue Git-le-Coeur, the so-called Beat Hotel.

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Why I Quit My Job And Bet On My Own Creativity

Lee Stranahan | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Anais Nin, Jobs, U.S. Economy, Seth Godin, John Lennon, Unemployment, Economy, Healthy Living News

Once you take responsibility for your own time and creativity and start thinking about how you can add value to the world, this frightening economy starts to look different.

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Merrily Skipping Into the Unknown

Jen Sincero | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Bed, Anais Nin, Fear, Lifestyle, Comfort Zone, Fear of the Unknown, Inertia, Dictionary, Exploration, Being Comfortable, Massage, Jennifer Aniston, Pillows, The Future, Living, Trying New Things, Discomfort, Healthy Living News

Our thoughts and perceptions define our realities, so redefine the way you perceive the unknown. Start thinking of it as exciting, exhilarating, something to throw yourself into and conquer.

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Frank Marshall Davis and the Deception of Pornography

Lisa Derrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pornography, Anais Nin, Sex Smear, Sex, Frank Davis Marshall, Sex Rebel: Black, Barack Obama, Paul Robeson, Home News

I wrote pornography to pay for my addiction to books and fancy face cleansers.

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In a Blog Age: The Enduring Power of the Handwritten Word

Lily Koppel | Posted 05.25.2011

In our era where every life is made public through email, blogs and Facebook, one of the greatest oddities may be that there is not a livelier discussion about the individual's basic need for a more private space.

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