by jlouden | Apr 22, 2015 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I’m fascinated by the natural cycle of expansion and contraction that happen as you grow spiritually and creatively. You venture on a writing retreat, or you disappear into your creative cave, or you hike for miles into the wilderness – and you are changed....
by jlouden | Aug 10, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Retreats
Many years ago, I wrote in The Woman’s Retreat Book about reentry after a retreat. I’ve shared that content at every retreat I’ve led because reentry is often so difficult and so much can be lost through a careless return to ordinary life. But it...
by jlouden | Aug 3, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
I write this from the Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos where I am drenched in rain, thunder and wonder. Today some of the women went to Pat Woodall’s gallery and painted. Pat kept telling everybody to “step back” so they could see what they were...
by jlouden | Aug 28, 2013 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Retreats
This Friday join the free Creative Joy mini-retreat – photography, yoga and writing- with Marianne Elliott and Tracey Clark. It’s a Spreecast so you can see us! Plus there’s a chance to win free tuition to our 4-day October retreat an hour...
by jlouden | Jul 30, 2013 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I am sitting under the pergola at the Mable Dodge Luhan House in Taos, New Mexico. I have sat here once a year for 11 or is it 12 years? I am not good at dates but I am good at gratitude. I am steeped in gratitude this week for the women gathered here, women wiling to...
