Are you longing for home? Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.” ~ Sylvia Earle I walked behind my boyfriend and his buddy, Tom, who had landed at Heathrow earlier that morning. Fueled by dark and tasteless Delta coffee and a near-sickening level of excitement, Tom bounded along the narrow alleys…
Creativity
The Opposite of Creativity
What is the opposite of creativity? You are innately designed to use your personal power. When you don’t, you experience a sense of helplessness, paralysis, and depressionโwhich is your clue that something is not working as it could. You, like all of us, deserve everything that is wonderful and exciting in life. And those feelings…
The Creativity Formula
Have you found the creativity formula? Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talentto the dark place where it leads.” ~ Erica Jong During the years I was asleep at the helm of my life, I felt as if I were being dragged behind an out-of-control speedboat from sunrise to…
Claim Your Creative Process
I think there are two types of writers, the architects, and the gardeners. The architects plan everything ahead of time, like an architect building a houseโฆ. They have the whole thing designed and blueprinted out before they even nail the first board up. The gardeners dig a hole, drop in a seed and water it….
The Wild Spring of Your Creativity
Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.” ~ John Muir I was born in the spring just as the dogwood trees began blooming in the mountains. Lacing the green hillsides with lobed, white flowers, stretched out from terraced limbs, the arrival of flowering dogwoods prompts a renewal of a childlike knowing that I am…
Creating the Future
I sat, scrolling through Twitter one morning, reading the dark news du jour. My news feed was a car wreck of unfolding horrors, and even though my heart was racing, I remained fixated on the screen. I am so glad I did. With one swipe up with my forefinger, an image appeared that sent an…