by jlouden | Jan 7, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Favorites
(Also known as shadow comforts and time monsters) Shadow comforts are the things we do that don’t replenish us (often in the name of comfort) and time monsters are the choices that take us away from our dreams of what we really want to create or experience. As I...
by jlouden | Jan 4, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Video
I recorded an early morning video to explore my response to a fantastic question I received from a wonderful soul. I do videos when I find it easier to talk my way through ideas rather than write my way – it’s about feeling connected to you as I talk that...
by jlouden | Jan 1, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Favorites
Sometimes, like lately, I find myself in a hole of my own making. This time its walls are made of sugar, self-judgment, and family stress. It’s a familiar hole. At first, I didn’t want to write a post about my mostly self-made stuckness. I didn’t...
by jlouden | Dec 18, 2013 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I see all the times you followed your desires, without guilt or second-guessing or demanding a particular outcome. Even if only for a few breaths. I see all the times you stopped hurrying, played in the field of creative joy, took a nap, flowered with self-kindness. I...
