by jlouden | May 30, 2018 | Blog
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;...
by jlouden | May 23, 2018 | Blog
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...
by jlouden | May 9, 2018 | Blog
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....
by jlouden | May 2, 2018 | Blog
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...
by jlouden | Apr 25, 2018 | Blog
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...
by jlouden | Apr 4, 2018 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
As I shared last month, the memoir I sweated over for four years and 120,000 words is kaput. I’ve started calling it “the book that shall not be named.” I promised I would share what I learned from the book failing. I hope these are useful to you. #1 – NOTHING...