by jlouden | May 15, 2019 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
When you celebrate something you did, you fire positive emotions that teach your pliable, sweet brain: I can trust myself to keep my commitments! It feels good to take action! I did my scary sh*t and nothing ate me! And when you don’t acknowledge what you did,...
by jlouden | Apr 26, 2011 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
My assistant Deb gave me this stone for Christmas. I’ve been re-reading Thoreau with my daughter and I’m struck by the same thing I was when I read him as a kid – he makes living by your principles sound like an early Nike ad – just do it. He makes it sounds so...