Splattering Bad. Moodling Good.
“So you see, the imagination needs moodling – long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling, and puttering. The people who are always briskly doing something may have little, sharp, staccato ideas, such as: “I see where I can make an annual cut of $3.47 in my meat […]
Defining Downtime: 6 Ways to Ramp Up your Rejuvenation
No matter how much you love your work or how much you hate it, you gotta admit that everyone needs time off. In fact, most of the women who come to my retreats say that they simply need rest. It’s remarkable to observe that their […]
Zen and the Art of Saying No
I live on the most beautiful street in the world. Well, at least I think I do. I live on a river. There are six other houses along this river. The street feels like Hobbiton. About a month ago, the owner of one of these […]
12 Steps to a Recovered To-Do List
At a recent party, I was talking with a friend when a guy stepped up to chat with her. An intense conversation about software followed. I interrupted to ask him, “What do you do?” He glanced at me and said, with no small hint of […]
12 Success Tips for the Self-Employed
I was originally going to call this post “Success Tips for Artists.” However, artists and the self-employed have much in common. So, these tips are the practical things I’ve learned over 14 years of working for myself and being an artist. 1 – Provide value […]
Attention Splatter: The Top Ten Cleaning Solutions
Note: This post is Part 3 of a multi-part series. Click here to read Part 1. Click here to read Part 2. By now, you probably know whether or not you are prone to Attention Splatter. Here are the top ten solutions that have helped […]
Healing Bulimia and Addictive Eating (Part 2)
General Healing Ideas If I look back on the big picture of getting over bulimia, I see it as a melding of many pathways and mindsets and prayers and people. Nothing linear about it. I can’t say what someone else’s path will look like. Mine […]