by jlouden | Jun 28, 2017 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Video
The challenge I talk about in today’s video is one that comes up a lot. It comes up when I’m talking with my friends, my colleagues, my students, and whenever anyone finds out that I’m a writer AND a long time business owner. Here’s the...
by jlouden | Jun 20, 2017 | Blog, Video
I’ve been traveling a lot lately and while I’ve worked on my memoir when I can, and when I am home, it’s been patchy. It was just too much for my heart to write while I was visiting my mom in memory care last week. The emotional wallop of feeding my mom...
by jlouden | Jun 13, 2017 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
Some of the most powerful change in the world has come from words on a page. Think about how many significant and meaningful changes started when someone scribbled something down in a pamphlet and stood on a street corner selling them for a tuppence, or on a napkin...
by jlouden | Jun 7, 2017 | Blog, Video
I’m knee deep in writing my memoir right now. I half love it. And I half feel drained and sucked dry after each session. No matter how frequently I try to make art of my own life through telling my most personal stories, each time I do it it feels like I’m...