by jlouden | Feb 12, 2020 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
A desireless life is one that has lost its luster, one that feels like no life at all. “I’ve been trying to understand desire for decades. I’ve denied it, short-changed it, ignored it, but I’ve learned that without desire, there is no life. There are simulations,...
by jlouden | Jan 29, 2020 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Uncategorized
I’ve learned to be intentional about what I want to learn and with whom I want to study. To spend time reflecting on what I am curious about. What would help me do my work better? What is my soul needing? What is my mind craving? I no longer set out to learn something...
by jlouden | Jan 15, 2020 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
What I want in 2020 is for you to trust yourself more. It has taken me many years to learn to show up when I’m afraid, to make offers consistently, to ask for support, to do the work, and to share it with you. To be a brave creative who picks herself up and keeps...
by jlouden | Dec 18, 2019 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Uncategorized
Holidays bearing down on your sense of enoughness? Is stress mounting? Is loneliness pressing on you? Self-care during the holidays too often goes last on our list. How about a little self-care during the holidays checklist to ground you? Check every item that...
by jlouden | Oct 30, 2019 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I made you a procrastination discernment flow chart, because we all procrastinate for different reasons. We need to know why we are procrastinating to know what to do differently. Start at the beginning. What to do if you selected YES! or Yes, but… Yes, you want...
