by jlouden | Apr 13, 2022 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
After 22 years of coaching women who have always wanted to write but are afraid to start, I distilled what I’ve seen helps into 6 permissions that I hereby grant you with a flourish and a one-of-kind T-shirt that says, “I’m a writer and I’m...
by jlouden | Mar 30, 2022 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
When a creative woman sits down to make her work, she may be distracted by a low internal rumble, like an old fridge on the fritz, that sputters, “You don’t know enough.Go do more research.Get another degree.Ask someone for their opinion.Only then you can...
by jlouden | Mar 23, 2022 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
Harry Crews was a famous southern writer–if he was alive now, he would be a toxic masculinity cliche– but in 1980, to his students at the University of Florida, he was the writer we aspired to be, if not the drunk or fashion icon (how you can sport a...
by jlouden | Mar 16, 2022 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
In August of 2020, Jill Daniels of Happy Women Dinners asked me to moderate an online book club with Sue Monk Kidd exploring her novel The Book of Longings. I calmly said yes while jumping around my studio like my puppy Willa. Because like millions of readers, I love...
by jlouden | Mar 2, 2022 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
I did a stupid thing the other day – god knows what possessed me. I mean, I know what Seth Godin says in The Practice is the truth: “Most criticism shared in the internet age is useless, or worse, harmful. It’s useless because it often personalizes the criticism...
by jlouden | Jan 25, 2022 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
This is our last Creative Sunbeam. The previous Creative Sunbeams live here. I love writing prompts, writing meditations, creating immersive online retreats, and using all kinds of techniques to get my writing student’s creativity flowing. And I’ve also seen how...
