by jlouden | Aug 29, 2012 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
The art of pre-grieving is one I learned from my dad. Because he was afraid to die. My dad was 43 when I was born. Born in 1919, Dad was from a time where a long life was not assumed. His sister, Alma, died of scarlet fever when she was 6. His parents both died in...
by jlouden | Aug 21, 2012 | Favorites
I’ve been in a pickle of ugliness lately. Mother-daughter stuff – both ways. Mom and I clashing (she has early stage Alzheimer’s) about her care and I feel horrible about being so impatient and selfish about not wanting to take her places. With my...
by jlouden | Aug 17, 2012 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
A client said this to me this week “Fun on the weekends takes discipline.” I found myself nodding. I know, “fun takes discipline” could sound a bit like “Take your medicine and like it, dammit” but I notice that if I leave all my...
by jlouden | Aug 15, 2012 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
My definition of over-providing is giving more than is sustainable for the wrong reasons. You might also call it over-giving, over-delivering, or being the world’s breast. Or as Jeanne Witcraft said on Facebook when I asked for examples of over-providing,...
by jlouden | Aug 3, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
What feast did July bring to your table, what treasures were you gifted, what challenges did you allow to make you stronger? Take a moment to look back and bow to the thousands and thousands of wonders that make up just one month of your precious human birth. Please...
