When my neighbor hollered at me over the fence, I was annoyed. Couldn’t she see I was deeply in my writing process? As the calls persisted, I realized what she was seeing might be a bit misleading. I wasn’t at my computer or furiously scribbling on paper. I was sprawled on the hill in our backyard with my eyes closed, the ... continue reading
How to do a Creative STOP (and how not to)
We all get to the point where we just need to STOP. That could look like anything from a 10-minute meditation to a year’s sabbatical. Often we are feeling a little out of alignment, weary, stagnant. This summer has been my personal Stop. For me, that meant putting aside the new website I’d been working on, letting my ... continue reading
What Does Your Productivity Boss Look Like?
Have you ever had one of those moments where everyone is singing or talking loudly, and then they stop but you keep going until that mortifying moment when you realize you are the only one making noise, and everyone is staring? Of course, I just mean this theoretically, that’s never happened to ME. But anyway, another ... continue reading
Seeing With the Eyes of a Poet
As I sat in the hotel room bathtub, all I could think about was the perfect storm of “cough-pocolypse.” A month ago, when my husband and I booked two seats to hear poet David Whyte speak in San Antonio, it seemed like an inspiring idea and a fun road trip. Then life happened. Over the holidays my husband got the ... continue reading