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What If I Can’t Choose?

  • Posted onApril 27, 2022April 27, 2022
  • Newsletters

“If I have more than one creative pursuit that I want to promote, do I need more than one newsletter/social media account/website?” While some creatives are little laser beams of light and love for that one special art form, most of us are following bunny…

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Are You Ready for Your Life to Begin?

  • Posted onApril 13, 2022
  • `The Healing Garden

“Are you ready for your life to begin?” asks the judge on the reality television show, glowing as she looks at this young person who just belted out a verse of Proud Mary. Do you think, Yes! I’m so ready! And it will begin when…

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Not Perfect But There

  • Posted onMarch 22, 2022March 22, 2022
  • `The Healing Garden

We spend a lot of time making our creative work perfect. Diving in, we find the perfect word, the perfect note, the perfect brushstroke. We test and try and spend hours tweaking this look or phrase or shape. And we worry that our clients will…

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What To Do When You’re Overwhelmed and Your Creativity Disappears

  • Posted onMarch 9, 2022
  • `The Healing Garden

In the depths of grief, horror, and panic, are you finding your regular paths to creativity closed? Even when you actively search for a way in, are the gates unassailable? Unfortunately, that is natural. Usual. Boringly normal. Join the club. Here’s a comfy chair! Would…

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How to Support Others Even When You’re Crying Your Eyes Out

  • Posted onMarch 2, 2022
  • `The Healing Garden

Teardrop-shaped aspen leaves flickered against the blue sky as I wiped my cheeks, looking up to help stop the flow. Instead of hanging out with the other hospice volunteer trainees during our break, I’d fled to this outdoor haven to stop weeping and call my…

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Breaking Resistance

  • Posted onFebruary 16, 2022
  • `The Healing Garden

As I approached this piece, I looked at the blank screen and wondered, what if I insult people? What if I give people the wrong idea? What if I don’t write it “Right”? I sat and stared at that white screen and “what if”ed until…

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The Time Wasting Police

  • Posted onFebruary 11, 2022February 10, 2022
  • creativity Exercises

As I was considering what my creativity exercise would be for this week, I realized that I’ve been meaning to waste time creatively! What the what?! How could I have forgotten? And then, I found myself feeling guilty. Guilty that I’d not wasted time RIGHT.…

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Newsletters, Part 5: The Great Lead Magnet

  • Posted onFebruary 9, 2022
  • Newsletters

The lead magnet. The opt-in offer. Bribes. Freemiums. Gifts. Lots of names for one simple thing—something you give away in return for someone signing up for your email list. I’ve received PDFs that give me instructions on how to improve my Instagram presence, writing skills,…

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The Art of Wasting Time

  • Posted onFebruary 4, 2022February 3, 2022
  • creativity Exercises

Do you feel pressured to fill every moment of time with a useful activity? Me too. In fact, as I started thinking about how wasting time could be beneficial to my creative process, I made the bed in our guest room. The clean sheets had…

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Suffering for Your Art: Not Required

  • Posted onFebruary 1, 2022
  • `The Healing Garden

As I write this essay, news travels around the country that a beautiful, accomplished, successful, strong, and seemingly happy young woman ended her life over the weekend. Two of the anchors on the morning news program we watch were almost in tears as they discussed…

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