Patricia Brawley
PhD, LPC
Free
Writing Coach Expert
Patricia Brawley Quick Facts
Dr. Patricia Brawley maintains a therapy and consulting practice and is a university professor. She has always been deeply interested in mind-body interaction, health psychology, creativity, consciousness and dreams. She is strongly influenced by mindfulness meditation practice, Buddhist philosophy, yoga, and humanistic values and beliefs.
Dr. Brawley is an independent scholar and researcher with an interest in phenomenological thought and methodology. She has presented professional papers at national and international conferences across the United States, Canada, Japan, Italy, Finland, and Russia.
She is a member of the American Psychological Association, the American Counseling Association, the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals, American Mental Health Counselors Association, the Mississippi Licensed Professional Counselors Association, the Mississippi Counselors Association, the Mississippi Psychological Association and the International Human Science Research organization.
Dr. Brawley, a published author, enjoys writing and leading writing groups. She lives in McComb, Mississippi with her husband and three cats, Kwan Yin, Nightmare, and Goldilocks.
Articles by this expert
SelfGrowth articles and saved writing connected to this expert.
Article
5 Ingredients For Your Wellbeing In 2015
A new year brings with it new possibilities. It’s a chance to start over (again). We set goals, make resolutions to end harmful behaviors and learn healthy ones. Consider adding these 5 ingredients for your wellbeing in 2015: 1. What gives your life meaning? Are you involved with something or someone you love that goes beyond yourself? Is it your work, a social cause or an idea that lives in your mind that needs to be put into action? What will live after you? A cause, a charity, a pet — what makes you happy? Do you need to cultivate more of this in 2015?
Recently added
Article
How To Motivate Yourself
Having to do something you don’t want to do isn’t hard to imagine. We run into it almost every day. It usually involves change, time, attitude and choice, but not necessarily in that order. There are some things we are faced with that bring out the two-year-old in us as we tantrum and say “no” both verbally and behaviorally. The doctor says we can’t eat sweets, so we buy a big bag of Snickers. The workplace says we can’t smoke, so we hatch all sorts of devious plans to do it anyway. We need to lose weight, so we skip anything that looks healthy or involves movement. It’s all a big fat NO!r
Recently added
Article
Why You Should Sing Your Own Song
This article is about the consequence of imitating others. The ancient Persian poet, Rumi, wrote “The Donkey” (translated by Coleman Barks). The poem describes a weary traveler, his servant, and donkey, who stop at an inn to spend the night. But, the innkeepers are poor so they ...
Recently added
Article
Are You In Alignment With Your Writing?
Can you believe it’s almost Spring? Winter never really came to Southern Mississippi this year. I hope this doesn’t mean another scorching summer because my muse wants to hide from the sun and stay out of the heat! Do you have a favorite writing season? I’d love to hear about your preferences, or if weather has any effect on your writing?
Recently added
Article
5 Ways To Pace Your Writing Day
One of the challenges of writing is aligning your aspirations with your circumstances. It requires identifying what you want to achieve and then learning to get what you want. Some people write like maniacs and then collapse; others put it off altogether and feel like failures. If only…becomes a mantra. If only I had more time…if only I didn’t feel pain when I sit too long…
Recently added
Article
Let Your Muse Show You The Way
Hey, I know you! I don’t have to own a crystal ball to know what writers (that’s you and me) want. We want “someone” to send us large checks, praise our writing, send us large checks, connect us with publishers who will send us large checks, and provide us a fantasy editor to make our writing better to earn even more large checks.
Recently added
Article
Ways to Keep the Family Having Fun During the Holidays
The holidays can be a magical time filled with laughter and love. Thanksgiving is a time for us to reflect on who and what we are grateful for and enjoy our blessings and goodies. That's all good, but what does your family or friend group do after or before dinner? Sometimes, dinner isn't ready yet and people are doing all they can to stave off their hunger and lurking grumpiness. Sometimes, Thanksgiving ends up to be a group of folks who don't know each other that well. Sometimes, after dinner people are ready to fall asleep at the dinner table.
Recently added
Article
3 Powerful Resources for Good Mental Health - Reflection and Meditation
We don't know everything about why meditation helps the brain behave better but the benefits of meditation practice are becoming widely acknowledged in the scientific and therapeutic communities. We live in a high stress society. Diagnoses of depression and other mental illnesses, such as substance use disorders are increasing. By sharing meditation research and simple natural tools with you, I hope to provide you with information that can help you live with good health, happiness and peace.
Recently added
Article
2 Ways to Identify Your True Interests
When you find your interest, you will sit like a cat watching a mouse hole. Life has changed for most of us. We spend a lot of time wanting to get back to “normal” which is the past and will always be our past. It seems to be human nature to think about the past when we experience change. When we are sick, we want to be well. When we are not working, we want to work. When we are not in school, we want to go to school, etc. I get it. In fact, I have studied it and understand the way it works. Can you see how it distracts us from being present in the moment?
Recently added
Article
2020 Gratitude Calendar
This month I put together a fantastic calendar that's totally free to download. The calendar has a list of 31 things to be grateful for on the left and blank boxes on the right where you can write in things that apply or answer the phrases on the left. It's a way to keep gratitude front and center in our minds in the midst of the pandemic when it's difficult to get together, and it may be a bit more challenging to remember what we are grateful for. Enjoy! https://themuseskiss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Gratitude-Calendar-FINAL.pdf
Recently added
Article
Make Your Inner Child Your Valentine
What I feel in my body does not match how I feel in my mind. It comes as a shock to let the number of my age surface to consciousness. How can this be? I still feel like I’m 18 years old some days. Sure, I know I've transitioned though many developmental stages and my body has changed, but it seems my spirit is still young-at-heart. Wayne Dyer used to say he would never let an old person into his body. What he meant was determining not to "think old."
Recently added
Article
The Experience of In Between
Nobody likes being left out, abandoned, different, and unwelcomed. Yet, it is a common experience when we are “in-between.” Not where we were and not where we are yet to be.
Recently added
Websites & resources
SelfGrowth-published websites, downloads, and contributor profile websites connected to this expert.