by jlouden | Jun 8, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I’m writing. Something like 600 to 1,000 words a day. I’m spending each morning lashed to the mast of listening – what is this story that wants to be told? Alternating between shaping and spewing. Mostly trusting. Lots of spewing. Here is a fragment:...
by jlouden | Jun 1, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
This month was all about seeing a behavior of mine I do not like at all. Mom had an infection in her colon (enough said) and Bob spent a few weeks really, really sick. When the people I love are sick, I get brusque. A little cold. I know, not very becoming or womanly....
by jlouden | May 27, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
About two years ago, I asked my friend and writing mentor, Jeffrey Davis, a question that I recently learned has bore precious fruit for him, and is starting to inspire his tribe in wonderful ways. Here is what Jeffrey said about our exchange during our TeachNow call...
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 | May 3, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I savored big time on my honeymoon in Bali – the trip of lifetime for us. It was all about devotion – devoting ourselves to the culture, to love, to yoga, to living outdoors. It blew much gunky old stories and sadness out of my heart. These are the...
