by jlouden | Jul 24, 2019 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Uncategorized
Our theme at the weekly Oasis for July has been Pleasure and Freedom. I usually take each theme to heart, reading about it, cogitating on it, turning it over in my mind and heart. I was rewriting my book (it’s due this Friday to my editor!!) and I was getting...
by jlouden | Jul 10, 2019 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Uncategorized
A simple idea has revolutionized my writing life and made writing my book so much easier. It does not involve any of the weird writing productivity rituals you read about in writing books and blogs. I’m not writing naked tied to my chair until my husband Bob releases...
by jlouden | Jun 26, 2019 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I recently finished the first draft of a new book, Why Bother? Discovering the Desire to Find What’s Next and after I finished celebrating, and experiencing a little postpartum sadness as well, I reflected how much I learned writing this draft. I think these...
by jlouden | Sep 19, 2017 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
The other day when I was out for a run, I looked up at Longs Peak, the big mountain that looms over my town, and I got to thinking about the peak I’ve been climbing for five years — writing my newest book. It’s been a long hard climb with a lot of detours. By...
by jlouden | Aug 8, 2017 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Video
I just back from leading a writing retreat in Taos, which filled up my heart and soul in a thousand ways, and made me so proud of myself. I have learned to do this work! About half the women who attend my retreats come back again and again and several reflected to me...
