by jlouden | Jul 11, 2017 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Video
Of the things that can block your creativity and productivity like a dam on a wild river, I think the most powerful one might be the fear of being judged. Criticized. Trashed. Found lacking. And I’ve only met a few lucky souls who are immune to this fear, either...
by jlouden | Jul 5, 2017 | Blog, Video
Are you like me and you use writing to figure out your life? To figure out how you feel about things, how to decide about things, and how to move forward – or not- on the most important things in your life? Writing for ourselves and to ourselves is a powerful...
by jlouden | Jun 28, 2017 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Video
The challenge I talk about in today’s video is one that comes up a lot. It comes up when I’m talking with my friends, my colleagues, my students, and whenever anyone finds out that I’m a writer AND a long time business owner. Here’s the...
by jlouden | Jun 20, 2017 | Blog, Video
I’ve been traveling a lot lately and while I’ve worked on my memoir when I can, and when I am home, it’s been patchy. It was just too much for my heart to write while I was visiting my mom in memory care last week. The emotional wallop of feeding my mom...
by jlouden | Jun 7, 2017 | Blog, Video
I’m knee deep in writing my memoir right now. I half love it. And I half feel drained and sucked dry after each session. No matter how frequently I try to make art of my own life through telling my most personal stories, each time I do it it feels like I’m...