by jlouden | Nov 6, 2018 | Blog
I’m just back from teaching a writing retreat where 20 women worked so hard and so bravely to calm their minds and open their hearts and bring their voices forth. It is stunning what we are capable of when we give space, time and permission to our desires. We stopped...
by jlouden | Oct 30, 2018 | Blog
I found myself thinking about decency after wanting to tear down a campaign sign in my neighborhood. I wanted to yank it out of the grass. I wanted to rip it apart, stamp on it, put my candidate’s sign in its place. Is that what a good neighbor does, I thought,...
by jlouden | Oct 9, 2018 | Blog
Last week I wrote about how I don’t know how to be angry. A week later – no surprise – I still don’t. But I am more ready to learn now because my anger is leaking out (sorry TSA person I snapped at and young man I glowered at when you got into our shared...
by jlouden | Oct 3, 2018 | Blog
I was shaken in ways I had not expected by the hearings in the U.S. last week. I was filled with rage. I wept. I shouted at the computer. And I was very surprised. I didn’t even plan to watch. I’m surprised because I’ve traditionally been good at compartmentalizing,...
by jlouden | Sep 25, 2018 | Blog
You realize it’s a choice. Your choice. You revoke permission from anyone who tries to oppress you, drain you, demean or diss you. You direct your attention toward what you want to do and how you wish to be vs. letting your attention zing wherever your mind or the...
by jlouden | Sep 11, 2018 | Blog
A member of the Writer’s Oasis, my support community for creatives who use writing to think or share their voices, asked me recently how I learned to trust myself. I was delighted I could quickly make a list of all the ways I practice self-trust. Not that I...
