[May] Jen’s Monthly Round-Up

[May] Jen’s Monthly Round-Up

Steady as She Goes This month, I’ve been concentrating on surfing the sensation of steady. Not giving in to my ups and downs. My grand plans and fantasies. Or my worst case scenarios. I’ve long known equanimity is the best psychological and spiritual path for me;...
The Essential Act Every Creative Must Do

The Essential Act Every Creative Must Do

I sat down to write this post and my heart sank. What did I have to say that was worth your time? I write to you every week because the discipline forces me to learn, to think, to grapple with the ideas I want to be a stand for in this world. But most of all? Because...
The Singular Longing

The Singular Longing

I’m just back from leading a writing retreat in Taos where I’ve been hosting retreats for seventeen years. Seventeen years of learning what creates a strong and deep container for the work. Seventeen years of learning what women need to re-mojo their creative hearts....
[April] Jen’s Monthly Round Up

[April] Jen’s Monthly Round Up

Early this month, Bobby Mac (that’s my husband’s nickname) and I went to see Wes Anderson’s new movie Isle of Dogs (basically a slow-motion acid trip), and afterward we went out to dinner. I’d been grumpy for the last two days, an out-of-sorts rumpled around the heart...