by jlouden | Oct 23, 2019 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
Here’s a statement I hear pretty darn regularly, “I know I want to _______ (finish my book, start dating again, clean out the art studio, go back to school), but instead I do a million other things that I don’t really want to do and then I veg on the couch. I rebel...
by jlouden | Aug 19, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I write this from my almost empty studio attached to my almost empty house, a house I have lived in for 14 years, longer than any other. The air is scented with cardboard and our voices echo if we yell to each other. I packed stupidly and have dresses to wear and a...
by jlouden | Jun 10, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Favorites
My last post struck a resonant cord with many of you. Thank you so much for all your supportive wishes and sharing my words with your friends so widely. Your experiences of being in liminal space – this betwixt between time when you’ve let go of one person,...
by jlouden | May 5, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
The lovely Michael Margolis recently wrote in a Facebook group I’m part of: “Every community has a collective core wound that’s a mirror of its leaders’ shadows. What do you see as the collective core wound/shadow of your own work? And the...
by jlouden | Apr 29, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I admire Racheal Cook because she stands for creating a real business rather than a business based on “look at my fabulous, perfect life — now hire me and I will tell you how to be me.” That’s why I said yes to “The Business That Loves You Back Blog Tour” in which...
