by jlouden | Jan 27, 2021 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
In my last blog, I talked about ditching climate shame, and how important is it that we become activists for big system changes because while it is important to change our own consumption habits, it can’t alone alleviate the crisis. Greta Thunberg went to Davos in...
by jlouden | Jan 20, 2021 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
In my latest book, Why Bother?, I wrote about how I had been dodging my desire to do more about the climate emergency. As someone who has followed the climate crisis since high school (yep, that long), I had gotten in the habit of throwing up my hands and giving...
by jlouden | Jan 13, 2021 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
Anybody else horrified by the events at the U.S Capitol on January 6? The shame of seeing white supremacists in the People’s House brought me to tears of rage and grief, and the leaden grief of not being surprised and not being in denial. It all feels so big, my mind...
by jlouden | Jan 6, 2021 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
When I close my eyes, I can see the room at the retreat center. My student and I sit opposite each other. Everyone else is napping or hiking or reading. The silence has a physical presence I recognize as a sign of the sacred. “Everybody else gets what they need,” her...
