by jlouden | May 16, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
You’ve been abandoned. I’ve been abandoned. It’s scarred us, of course. Made us timid to devote ourselves to our desires, perhaps more apt to believe the voice of resignation that insists, “Everybody else can have what they most desire,...
by jlouden | Jan 15, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
There were so many questions at the end of the Shadow Comforts and Time Monsters call, I didn’t get to answer them all! So I decided to host a video Q & A chat on Spreecast this Thursday at 4 pm Pacific/7 pm Eastern. It’s freeee, of course, and so...
by jlouden | Jan 14, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Favorites
Illustration: Kristin Noelle How do you find your way back to your self, to your “unstainable goodness,” to trusting and following your path, when something or someone sends you spinning off course? I asked a handful of friends this question because you...
by jlouden | Nov 14, 2013 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
A wonderful coaching client asked me this question recently and I swear I squirmed with pleasure. “How do I know if I should stick with something when it feels really hard or should I change to something that feels better?” I love this question so much...
by jlouden | Jan 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
There is SUCH a focus these days on being authentic and being yourself – on expressing your creative truth – in business, in creative pursuits, and in your relationships. If I read another blog post that tells me to just “be myself,” I might...