by jlouden | Jul 24, 2012 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I’m in Taos hosting my annual writing + yoga + self-kindness + miracles retreat at the creatively super-charged Mable Dodge Luhan house. I love so many aspects about leading the same retreat every year – getting to be with precious students, the luminosity...
by jlouden | Jul 20, 2012 | Favorites
When something pierces your heart with pain, you can channel your fear and sadness by: Being with what you’re feeling Sending loving kindness Doing something It’s tempting when something horrific like the shooting in Denver happens to follow the thought...
by jlouden | Jul 18, 2012 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Favorites
Is there something bugging you: the unfinished manuscript, the half-launched service project, the aching desire to feel good again? Something you want to get unstuck and get going? Perhaps you’ve skipped. The skip gets us all. The skip is the bypass. the work...
by jlouden | Jul 16, 2012 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
That’s me, 2 years ago, getting ready to jump out of a small plane. My daughter is right behind me. We’re celebrating her 16th birthday. That guy behind me? I’m strapped to him… very snugly. I’m not going anywhere without him. Which is...
by jlouden | Jul 11, 2012 | Favorites
Photo by the amazing Tracey Clark I loved WDS this year. Last year, I was pretty “meh” about the whole thing but this year, I was deeply nourished – by the beautiful job Jolie and Chris did, by the speakers, by new connections, and by me. Because I...
