“I just need to stop being afraid and do it.” I hear this phrase all the time, from clients, friends, people mumbling to themselves in the supermarket. Running through my own brain with abandon, the words obviously forgot that I banned them years ago. I…
Category: `The Healing Garden
I learned how to use a ring light last night! I love The Equalizer, a new tv show, and the storyline included the main character’s daughter begging her mother to do a TikTok dance with her. They showed her setting up and that’s when I…
“I don’t see how these Fortune 500 leaders have time to read thirty books a year or workout for an hour every day! How do they do that?” My client and I were talking about his non-negotiables, those things he needed to do to be…
Claiming your profession is great, but what do you do when you say “I am a fill-in-the-blank” and still feel like a fraud? Say it anyway. Frankly, this is one of those “chicken or egg,” “fake it til you make it” moments. You can’t be…
“When we were in Big Sky, the person we stayed with is retired and a potter. Her username was Potter1. I’ve never used writer1 or anything associated with writing as a username. When I meet people, I generally say I’m semi-retired. Occasionally if the conversation…
There’s a card in the Tarot deck called “The Fool.” In most decks, he’s portrayed as a young man. His face is turned up toward the sun as he strolls along. You can see that his next step will take him over a cliff. So,…
I belong to the best little writing group. We meet once a month, reading each other’s work and offering a variety of edits. After offering our words to the group, we dive in like raptors to pounce on weaknesses, sharpen the focus and rip open…
On Saturday, Spring arrives. The Vernal Equinox announces her return with the smell of dirt, small bursts of floral color, and the soggy squish of rainsoaked ground. Who’s ready to rejoice? I feel lucky as I watch the warm rain fall outside and think of…
As a creative, we often work on our own. We sit in our studios or our offices or at our kitchen tables and find ourselves looking at the dog and asking him if he can take the time out from his busy napping schedule for…
The other day, I was listening to a podcast…. Hello. My name is LA Bourgeois. I am a podcast-aholic. (Got any favorites? Pass them my way!) So, I was listening to a podcast and the speaker said that she always approached projects with an attitude…