by jlouden | Jul 11, 2012 | Favorites
Photo by the amazing Tracey Clark I loved WDS this year. Last year, I was pretty “meh” about the whole thing but this year, I was deeply nourished – by the beautiful job Jolie and Chris did, by the speakers, by new connections, and by me. Because I...
by jlouden | Jun 14, 2012 | Favorites
How I envision as my personal poppy field Remember Dorothy in the poppy field in The Wizard of Oz? She is so close to Oz that she can see it – she is so close to getting what she wants – and suddenly, she just has to. take. a. nap. In the movie, the magic...
by jlouden | Jun 9, 2012 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Favorites
Photo by Carla Blazek, owner of Zenamoon. This post is dedicated to my daughter who graduates from high school today. To your freedom Lilly baby! There is a Sufi teaching story about a caged bird. The bird was well looked after by her owner, fed and talked to, and her...
by jlouden | Jun 2, 2012 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Favorites
I love that the world is full of stories of “I fell down, and down, and down, and then I got up and look at what is possible for you!” The famous video of Arthur healing himself through yoga is a heart soaring example. I think of that video, that man, all...
by jlouden | May 12, 2012 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Favorites
Late Fragment by Raymond Carver And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth. This is the only poem I can recite from memory. *** It’s what we are all...
by jlouden | May 8, 2012 | Favorites
At our Brain Trust retreat two weeks ago, Michael Bungay Stanier asked Eric, Molly, Michele, and Mark to talk about Chris Guillebeau’s great new book, The $100 Start-Up. Michael came up with a handful of spot-on questions and we came up with more than a handful...
