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When the News is so Bad it’s Impossible to Concentrate on Your Creative Work

I was doing pretty good limiting my news intake. Just enough to be informed on what to call my representatives about. Just enough to know where to give money this month. Then the zero tolerance border policy in my country took effect. Bam! I was back to obsessively reading the various new sites, crying, bullying one of […]

Making Space for New Voices – Guest Post with Nnenna Kalu Makanjuola

I feature a woman of color’s work once a month. Please click the links and explore! Nnenna was introduced to me by my first guest in this series, Kerra Bolton. I was immediately so curious about her creation, Radiance magazine. What a cool and giant undertaking. I couldn’t wait to learn more about her. What […]

How to Write if You Hate to Write But Have to

Sometimes people come to my writing workshops and retreats because they need to write. To build their business, to share their ideas, for an important work assignment, or because they have a story they must get out and into the world. But they don’t like writing. They may even hate it. Perhaps they were shamed […]

[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; however, I’ve always judged that as terribly boring. I […]

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 […]

Making Space for New Voices – Guest Post with Leesa Renee Hall

I feature a woman of color’s work once a month. I hope you will support their work and learn from them. Please click the links and explore! I love Leesa’s work, and the story of her discovery of her writing process and the incredible questions she offers to unpack colonization. Thanks Leesa for being here. […]

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. Seventeen years of learning to lead and not hide behind someone else. Seventeen years of learning to hold strong, […]

[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 feeling, and over a fine Sauvignon Blanc, […]

Can you lend me a hand?

The hardest thing for me about being self-employed is the aloneness. I don’t mean being alone all day – my head is such an interesting place I don’t feel alone – but the aloneness of holding the whole kit and kaboodle by myself. I have a great support team but in the end, it’s me […]

Making Space for New Voices – Guest Post with Giselle Marzo Segura

I’m using my platform to highlight the work of women of color. One way to bring down the scourge of racism is to make space for other voices. To not take up all the air in the room. To listen. Welcome to the guest post with Giselle Segura, founder and creative visionary behind Strength Clusters. […]

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