by jlouden | Jan 16, 2016 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I’m honored to be in a position where people ask me, “How do you make all of this business and life stuff work?” And when people asked me this 10 years ago I probably rattled off a long list of what I do. It would have sounded like a lot (because it was) and it...
by jlouden | Jan 7, 2016 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I’m in the midst of writing my memoir and things are getting more…. real. The book is taking form and that’s both an exciting and terrifying process. I’m all over the map with how I feel about the book. Today: inspired. Yesterday: defeated (oh inner resistance you are...
by jlouden | Dec 30, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
Somedays I admit to being afraid of the creeping darkness of overwhelm, disenchantment, and outrage that tries to threaten our world. I feel sad when I see people throw up their hands and murmur, “Too late. Too complex. Too many bad people with too much money and...
by jlouden | Dec 16, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
You did the work. You created, you let go, you grieved, you waited, and… over days and months, and yes, years, you shaped a life that is a true reflection of your desires and values. Oh, yes, you did. Now: Can you stay in it, enjoy it, when it becomes totally...
by jlouden | Dec 9, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
This blog post was made possible by the wise women of the Oasis. “Imposed haste.” Can you feel the looming tyranny of that phrase pressing on your chest? Imposed haste: “generations beyond the beyond” pushing you to do more, accomplish more, to “show them”...
by jlouden | Dec 2, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I am not a runner. I have proclaimed this many times. I had knee surgery on my right knee twice. I am short and somewhat stocky. People like me are better for, say, the shot put than running. I do not run. Except, apparently, I do not know the first thing about myself...
