Writing helps me come to consciousness. This morning, writing in my journal about a problem, I was again reminded of how writing helps me become conscious. Specifically, I've been working on being present and conscious with food. You know, chewing instead of gulping meals down. Setting my fork down and pausing in the middle of […]
A new Whole Foods store opened about 10 blocks from my house and so far this week I've shopped there ever day. I love everything about this store. I love driving up into the parking garage, grabbing a little green wire cart, and taking the elevator down into the store. I love wandering the aisles […]
One of my new year's resolutions was to be less judgmental. Every single member of my family laughed hysterically when they heard this idea. I was deeply offended by their presumption that I could never be less judgmental, even though my sister and I have raised judging others to an art form. So I've been […]
I'm perfect. I am. I am poised, intelligent, attractive, talented, funny, loyal, passionate. Like I said, perfect. And, already you are bored with me and ready to go elsewhere to read because who can relate to perfect? Already you are thinking, well, if she's perfect than I have nothing in common with her at all […]
I'm afraid of everything. At least that is how it seems some days. Most days. Most people, looking at me, assume that I'm brimming with self confidence. I travel alone, I speak and present workshops, I talk to strangers wherever I go. And maybe, if self confidence means constantly pushing at barriers, I am overflowing […]
I'm re-reading Richard Goodman's book, The Soul of Creative Writing. I'm reading the book because I'm going to interview Richard next Saturday morning, as part of his appearance at the Writer's Loft, so it is something that I had to do. And now I'm glad I followed my instincts and told my partner Terry that […]
Yesterday, based on a workshop I'm going to be presenting next week in Nashville, I wrote a post on The Benefits of Writing. So today's topic is the opposite–the benefits of not writing every day. Here's the deal: there are none. Kidding! Well, sort of. Everyone is different and needs to find a process that […]
I've been working, the last few days, on writing the workshop I'll be giving in Nashville next weekend. I base this workshop on my Writing Abundance: Seven Practices of the Prolific and Prosperous Writer system. Each one I do focuses on several different practices, so I always end up going back over the whole thing. […]
As we start off this wonderful new year (I'm optimistic, aren't I?) I would like to find out more about what you like and dislike about this blog. I'm curious to know why you read it and what you get out of it, as well as a bit about how your read it. So, I've […]
I recently found a pillow I made ten years ago, when I attended Creativity Camp led by Julia Cameron, author of the Artist's Way (as if you didn't know that). The camp was great, life-changing, really, particularly in that I met a couple of people who I remain friends with to this day. The way […]
