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Susan M Fritz

That’s What They Say: how a girl decides how to feel

Written by Susan Fritz | Thursday, September 15th, 2016 Posted in Blog, Hawaii
Wake up; convince yourself Real Life is not in this bed. Get up. Proceed to the mirror. Use your groggy morning eyes. Make the TIP: Today’s Important Assessment. It will set Today’s Tone–be fair! Arm check—your biggest problem, especially today. Saggy. Whyisn’tthereapilltofixthis? Stomach—better than yesterday; thighs—Improvement Points Verdict: today I will feel fine-ish. Fine-ish but not good. Will keep “Good” on reserve for when it is needed most. Something is wrong...
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The “G” Spots (*Rated G)

Written by Susan Fritz | Sunday, March 27th, 2016 Posted in Blog, Hawaii, What I Write
Many people live their entire lives racked by varieties of guilt—the never enough, the too much, the who am I to…these guilt reactions–so knee-jerk as to seem innate and normal, play out in destructive time and energy sucks until we are able to pause, take a step back, and see them for what they are: lies. The insistent and constant “shoulding” all over oneself prevents us from doing what it is we love–outside influences be damned–and instead locks us into that proverbial pr...
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Hope is a Lonely Cockroach

Written by Susan Fritz | Thursday, March 10th, 2016 Posted in Blog, Dan Fritz, Hawaii
Sunrise: Maui. Which of the following seems more true: You take a piece of the places you visit with you, OR you leave a piece of yourself there from you? This awkwardly-phrased question came to me as if I were interviewing myself after watching the sun rise on what has got to be one of the most beautiful spots on earth. People would make human sacrifices for this view—or else pay buku bucks for the right to experience it. I’ve been here for almost a month and all I had to “do” was be friends...
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Episode 9: Q Before A (On the Fritz Gets an Earlift)

Written by Susan Fritz | Sunday, February 28th, 2016 Posted in Blog, Dan Fritz, Hawaii, On the Fritz Show Notes, On the Fritz with Susan Fritz Podcast
Released February 28, 2016! Q Before A (On the Fritz Gets an Earlift) This link takes you to all episodes on the iTunes Hey, On the Fritz listeners! In this episode I tackle two messages I received this past week from friends. Warning for those expecting lumberjacks or Linda…this one’s more serious. I read aloud part of the exchange between one friend on the topic of grief and how to deal; the other, I scratch the surface of the answer to the question posed, “What has been i...
Susan M Fritz

Follow Your Chills

Written by Susan Fritz | Sunday, February 28th, 2016 Posted in Blog, Hawaii
Follow your bliss -Joseph Campbell Unless you’ve also never heard of yoga, Lululemon, or Mythology itself, you’ve likely heard the bliss phrase, spoken by Joseph Campbell, famed scholar of comparative mythology and religion. Probably best known for The Power of Myth, Mr. Campbell made us Moderns think about the role of myths in our everyday lives–including the oft-cited “Hero’s Journey”. This is all good stuff, but taken at face value, the “Follow you...
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Something Where There is Nothing

Written by Susan Fritz | Sunday, February 21st, 2016 Posted in Blog, Hawaii, Yoga
The best compliment I have ever received was from an Italian, in Italy. I’d just made a totally nutso video on my Flip camera (RIP Flip) using a stuffed green Barbapapa character and filmed on the roof–which was drenched in TV wires and satellites–of the apartment where I was living. If I were a bona fide filmmaker, you could exchange the adjective “nutso” to “esoteric”, “artsy”, or even “abstruse”, but since I’m not, I&#...
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Actual Green Space

Written by Susan Fritz | Tuesday, February 16th, 2016 Posted in Blog, Hawaii, The Way I See It, What I Write
I have been thinking a lot about Space–Inner and Outer, although not the outer one above our heads. The non-filled areas–fields, parks, vastness… Do we allow for it? Is it important to us? Or does it simply feel like a waste of, ahem…space? I am decidedly a lucky one–born into a life and place (Montana) which included nature, and then spit out (voluntarily) to grow into adulthood in the biggest city in the States (I refer here to New York City). My experience wit...
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Tiny Cards and Chalk Hearts

Written by Susan Fritz | Sunday, February 14th, 2016 Posted in Blog, Dan Fritz, Hawaii, What I Write
There is a truth about V-Day I’ve always projected and protected in order to keep my heart and mind safely inside their respective mild-to-medium-cynical zones. That truth is this: it’s a gross holiday—an excuse for deadbeat partners to make up for 364 other days of romantic failure. But the other Truth, the non-cynical one, is this: it’s kinda sweet…at least it has sweetness potential. Like Splenda, you’ll never actually believe it tastes like the real thing, but it will do...

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