by jlouden | Jul 30, 2011 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Favorites
I’m writing in the living room at the Mable Dodge Luhan house in the midst of leading my annual writing retreat. I can still taste the gluten-free coconut strawberry cupcake from dinner. I can hear the applause from the reading circle happening...
by jlouden | Jul 23, 2011 | Favorites
What liberates your genius? (By genius I mean that which brings you alive and brings your gloriousness to the world.) Enough sleep? Bounteous self-kindness! Community? How about mindful questions? I adore questions – after all, I designed an entire organizing...
by jlouden | Jul 21, 2011 | Favorites
Have you said it? Or heard a friend or client say it? “This is what I’m meant to do.” or “This is not what I meant to do.” Join me...
by jlouden | Jul 16, 2011 | Favorites
They all inspired me this week. Here is my recommendations for savoring and serving support this week: Ira Glass, the laconically brilliant host and creative voice of This American Life did a series of You Tube videos on his creative learning curve. Struggle to...
by jlouden | Jul 13, 2011 | Favorites
Over tea with a friend I love and who lives far away, after catching up on our kids and partners and parents, we got to the yummy stuf of talking about our dreams, our “bright shinies” as we call them, the new creative inklings beckoning to our hearts. I...
