::: short sweet musings as I invoke my wild muse while on the road this August ::: Travel is filled with arrivals. Arrivals to depart, arrivals to greet your beloveds, arrivals to explore a new sight. One of the greatest lessons in travel is to arrive and stay arrived. Isn’t that such a hard idea[…]
On the Road: Surrender
:::A quick reflection of Invoking the Wild Muse as I am on the road this month::: To experience travel right now is… Saying goodbye to people you love, embracing the new sights, staying in the present, arriving to places you love, experiencing life with fresh eyes, and grieving the life that you desire to shed[…]
Listening is an Act of Love
Happy first day of August ~ I feel like this year is flying by with lightning speed, don’t you? I have been thinking lately about a theme that occurs in the audio archive program StoryCorps. A saying that the founder Dave Isay claims is that listening is an act of love, and that is something that comes across often[…]
Planning Pregnancy: Why you can’t not
I am a planner. I love to organize ideas and thoughts in a systemic way. This is why for so so so many years I’ve been paid to be an organizer. I also think that planners need to be thrown out the freaking window sometimes. I mean, there is a myth of control in our[…]
What to do to overcome a creative slump
Do you ever wonder how to overcome a creative slump? Here are 4 steps to get your creative energy back on track. We have all been there–feeling slumpy. Honestly, I am there right now as I experience my life post my first craft fair exhibit. I keep asking myself, now what? This feeling, the creative[…]
How to Make the Best out of the Worst
Being human, we are all part of the stuffs of life – love, heartache, careers, searching, success, failure…etc. And inherent in the stuffs of life are the best and the worst case scenarios. What if you could simply be free from the worst case scenarios? What if you could be rid of all that aches[…]
Is this one myth holding you back from being creative?
Ahhh, to be an Artist. The torture, the darkness, the anxiety of creating–these emotions fuel us to make our greatest masterpieces. Right. Right? WRONG. You do not have to be a maniac, depressed, or a tortured soul to be creative & make Art. Thinking that you have to be moved by the darkness to create[…]
Pre-Pregnancy Planning: How will I know?
Pre-Pregnancy Planning For many of life’s changing stages, the change just happens to us. For instance, we turn 21–a milestone age in American culture, just by the natural process of aging. Granted, free will is a large part of all our milestones, but there are some that do just happen to us. But to decide[…]
Life, Creativity and the missing links
It’s time for some Creativity Coaching for myself! I love my life. I was born into an incredible family, I am healthy, and I’m married to the man of my dreams. On top of all of that, I just took this HUGE step to follow my bliss and focus on my Art and coaching business.[…]
Planning Pregnancy
When the topic of planning pregnancy is approached, it seems like there are a lot of hard and fast tips out there to get you and your body ready for conception. But what do you do when you know all the things ( ie: stop smoking/drinking, get on a healthy diet track, modify exercise…etc.) but[…]