by jlouden | Oct 29, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I found myself muttering at my i-Pad this weekend when one of those “perfect life” narratives popped into my Facebook feed. You know, the kind where somebody shows you their perfect life and then suggests that you too can have the same “pinch me” life if...
by jlouden | Aug 20, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
I often use terms that have evolved over many years and I neglect to define them. In honor of my many new readers (welcome!) and to set the stage for the Life Navigation Course, here’s the last in a short series of “What in the heck is she talking...
by jlouden | Jul 24, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Retreats
If you and I were chatting under the pergola about writing & life & owning your desires, this is what I would tell you: It matters that you journey for what has been lost, misplaced, abandoned. It is where a crucial part of your wholeness lives. I would tell...
by jlouden | Jul 13, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
My writing altar I’m writing. A lot. Maybe a book. For sure a way home to myself. I’m headed out next week to Taos to teach our annual writer’s retreat. (Next year’s dates will be the same). I thought it might be helpful to share my writing...
by jlouden | Jun 12, 2014 | Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort
Stepping in mud is never the issue… I’m writing a lot of words that I hope will someday become a book. Yesterday, I wrote about a time when I tried to do something big, something that was a huge stretch. It didn’t work out the way I wanted, the way I...
