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 | Dec 28, 2013 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Favorites
Three weeks ago I made a bold decision: to create a program based on my body of work, a “greatest hits” of what I’ve been teaching and living for 21+ years. You see, my publisher, New World Library, is just releasing my book, The Life Organizer, in...
by jlouden | Dec 21, 2013 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Favorites
I love Christmas. I was raised celebrating Christmas. And when Lillian was tiny, I created a celebration around the Winter Solstice because I wanted to create an antidote to the Christmas I had grown up with. Our holiday was about how many presents my sister and I...
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...
by jlouden | Nov 26, 2013 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I’m having the hardest time sitting still and my face hurts from my big ole’ grin.Here’s the scoop: in June my editor Georgia called to tell me New World Library is bringing out my last book, The Life Organizer in paperback – they love the book...
