by jlouden | Feb 11, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I attended a yoga and sauna retreat on Sunday led by my friend Amy Kessel. The retreat theme was “planting springtime seeds.” What did we desire to plant in our lives? As I listened to the women’s intentions, I was so struck how many were about pleasure and...
by jlouden | Feb 4, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
One day a few years back I was driving my daughter to school, when she said, her voice quavering, “Mommy, I’m just so afraid.” My heart broke a little bit. I reached out and grabbed her hand and said, “Oh honey, me too. I’m afraid every single day.” I so wanted...
by jlouden | Feb 1, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
My friend Marianne Elliott introduced me to the wonderful Dr. Melody Moore. She’s a Clinical Psychologist who specializes in the treatment of Eating Disorders and is the Founder/Chief Loveologist of Embody Love Movement, a non-profit whose mission is to inspire...
by jlouden | Jan 28, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I admit to having a “dog with a bone” kind of personality. I fall in love with an insight and chew it until it falls apart or yields all its secrets. I also carry it aloft – sharing it with you – as if I had found a precious holy relic or the...
by jlouden | Jan 21, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
Backstory: I am someone who fears desire – or more accurately, parts of me fear desire. Young parts of me. Maybe I got the message when I was little that it wasn’t okay to want, that being a “big personality” wasn’t ladylike, that being greedy wasn’t nice…...
by jlouden | Jan 9, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I have a new website, a new look, and a new vision. Wait: not a new vision. A clarified one. Because that’s what we all get to do – I’d even venture to say we must do – in this life. Clarify – what calls us, what we stand for, what we...
