by jlouden | Nov 5, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
Writing has been my professional path since 1985. That path is made up of a variety of forms: my first job was writing book reviews for a big Hollywood agency and then I went on to write a far number of unsold screenplays and one produced TV episode; a smattering of...
by jlouden | Nov 1, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
Last night 500 kids (we had less this year) showed up at our house: a dozen varieties of various Disney princesses, a peck of pirates, a mob of zombies, a few headless football players, and one large box of popcorn. Our little neighborhood is one of the few on our...
by jlouden | Oct 29, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I found myself muttering at my i-Pad this weekend when one of those “perfect life” narratives popped into my Facebook feed. You know, the kind where somebody shows you their perfect life and then suggests that you too can have the same “pinch me” life if...
by jlouden | Oct 22, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I’ve been unwinding a complex body issue for the last six years. It’s a weird, twisted pattern that involves my whole body, causes me a fair amount of pain, and often stops me from doing a lot of what I love to do. Honestly, it’s been kinda of awful....
by jlouden | Oct 12, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I love the work that Christina Rasmussen is doing to change the way we live after loss. I’m so curious about how we handle grief and so happy people like Christina are changing our stories and teaching us new skills. She’s the founder of Second Firsts and...
by jlouden | Oct 8, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
All my life I’ve been goofy, loud, and throwing myself into risky creative endeavors without a whole lot of planning. I’m like, “Let’s put on a show!” This has led to me writing a bunch of books and creating a ton of stuff – and it has led to a ton of...
