by jlouden | Feb 26, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
(This is a rewrite of a post from June 2010.) I was hanging with another self-employed coach/writer friend recently and we were both having a hard day. One of those days in which you wonder, “What is it I do? And why?” You may bemoan not becoming a nuclear...
by jlouden | Feb 19, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I’m pondering a conversation I recently had with a new friend, a very talented printmaker and writer, about finding your just-right creative medium. What is a Creative Medium? Any form of creative expression that is an active pursuit of self-expression, feeds...
by jlouden | Feb 15, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
There is a chain email popping around requesting that you share your favorite inspirational reading. It got me thinking: what are my favorite “secret” inspirational books, the ones I have turned to for years, ones you may not have heard of? We all love...
by jlouden | Feb 11, 2014 | Favorites
Meet Katie Benedetto Jones, the wonderful web developer with a passion for inner growth, who built The Life Organizer app. In 2009, Katie left the comfortable path of a research mathematician (wait, that does not sound comfortable to a math-phobe like me!) to start...
by jlouden | Feb 5, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I once knew a woman who talked to the dead. “They would give anything for one more touch,” she told me, “one more hug.” She mentioned angels want bodies, too. That’s the most salient benefit I know about aging – it teaches you...