“I don’t have enough time.” I hear this statement often as a creativity and book coach. How can you change it to “I have enough time…even if it’s not as much as I would like”? What, in your mind, is enough time to write or do your creative work? An hour? Several hours? A whole day, five days a week?…
“The ultimate call of the Muses in contemporary life is to live a creative and authentic life.”
Angeles Arrien
At the beginning of this month is the holiday of Lammas, or Lughnasadh (named after the Celtic god of skilled workers and craftsmen, Lugh), a holiday that celebrates the growth and harvest of the grain, especially in the form of bread and grain. This holiday is the first of several harvest holidays for pagans. For Christians, it is celebrated by…
Spontaneity, the hallmark of childhood, is well worth cultivating to counteract the rigidity that may otherwise set in as we grow older. ~ Gail Sheehy ~ The fun stuff comes when someone is not so strict on sticking to the script. You’re allowed the spontaneity, and great moments can happen. ~ Jennifer Aniston ~ At a recent writers’ conference, I…
Recently, our area was hit by a snowstorm that dumped two feet of snow on us. A typical later winter storm, the snow was heavy with moisture. It’s great for packing and building snowmen but not so great for clearing off sidewalks and driveways. I’d planned to attend a writer’s conference north of my home the next day. I’d paid…
True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. ~ William Penn ~ I get a lot of the ideas when I’m resting – either when I’m meditating or getting some kind of work done on my back, like physical therapy or acupuncture. That’s where I get…
I believe that stories are incredibly important, possibly in ways we don’t understand… in giving us empathy and in creating the world that we live in. ~ Neil Gaiman ~ Even though it is a new year, the struggle to live with and make sense of the world and its current political and social challenges remains. At the Golden Globe…
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