by jlouden | Jul 24, 2019 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Uncategorized
Our theme at the weekly Oasis for July has been Pleasure and Freedom. I usually take each theme to heart, reading about it, cogitating on it, turning it over in my mind and heart. I was rewriting my book (it’s due this Friday to my editor!!) and I was getting...
by jlouden | Jul 16, 2019 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Uncategorized
I wanted to share a picture of my daughter Lillian and me during her spontaneous visit to see Bob and me this week. Lilly lives in Seattle. She stayed in the PacificNorthWest after we moved to Colorado four years ago, as did my bonus son Aidan. It’s the only thing...
by jlouden | Jul 10, 2019 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Uncategorized
A simple idea has revolutionized my writing life and made writing my book so much easier. It does not involve any of the weird writing productivity rituals you read about in writing books and blogs. I’m not writing naked tied to my chair until my husband Bob releases...
by jlouden | Jun 26, 2019 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I recently finished the first draft of a new book, Why Bother? Discovering the Desire to Find What’s Next and after I finished celebrating, and experiencing a little postpartum sadness as well, I reflected how much I learned writing this draft. I think these...
by jlouden | Jun 4, 2019 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
An important idea in my new book (coming next spring!) is if you don’t declare what is enough for you when it comes to what you desire, you’ll never be satisfied. We’ve been exploring this at the weekly Oasis where we practice showing up for our lives with intention,...
by jlouden | Jun 3, 2019 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
What if creating more of what you want this season has nothing to do with willpower and instead everything to do with desire? Did you know when you tap into what you want and focus on the feeling vs. the outcome, you release neuromodulators that make it easier to take...
