by jlouden | Aug 24, 2021 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
I heard from three creators recently who are struggling with why bother? A reporter who wants to write personal essays but wonders why anybody would care when the world is dying. A non-fiction writer who has reported on the climate crisis and now wants to write...
by jlouden | Aug 11, 2021 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
It’s tough out there. Between the IPCC report on climate change, the devastating spread of the Delta variant, the wildfires, and extreme weather worldwide (it looks like a nuclear winter outside my window right now), I’ll be honest: my mood is fragile. I can only...
by jlouden | Jul 20, 2021 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
I’ve been writing since high school. More accurately, I’ve been learning how to write since high school. The editor of The Woman’s Comfort Book, my first book published in 1992 that went on to sell 350,000 copies and is still in print, told me a few years...
by jlouden | Jul 7, 2021 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
I love comfort. I started my career writing about comfort and self-care with The Woman’s Comfort Book. I believe in the transformative power of healthy comfort. But I also intimately know the fine line between “Time for a nap because I’m tired” and “Time for a nap...
by jlouden | Jun 30, 2021 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
Probably the most common question I get from the writers and creators I work with is: “It’s hard sometimes to give my creative work a feeling of importance. It’s easier to do the things I’ve been asked to do by others or I’m getting paid to do. I’ve been working on...
by jlouden | Jun 1, 2021 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
The last year+ has caused many of us to reassess what matters to us. To make changes, or start to make changes, to explore what has more heart and more meaning. Or as one client said to me, “I’m tired of supporting everybody else to shine. It’s my damn time.” If...
