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When creativity makes you want to shut down: the science of avoiding big feelings (and some ways to help)
Over the years, I’ve worked with hundreds of creative practitioners from a whole range of crafts and backgrounds. And one of the most common things I see across all that variety is that people deeply love their creative work, and become deeply frustrated because they keep avoiding it. Why would we avoid something we enjoy? Why
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Being creatively resourced is like building up your food reserves for the future
We show up more fully when we’re able to take care of ourselves I talk a lot about food security in my work as a writer and educator, and talk about food security and sustainability as a form of wealth in my class Preserving Abundance. Essentially, it’s an invitation to think of ‘wealth’ expansively, as
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Gifts for paid subscribers
I’m so excited to welcome you to my own little corner of the internet. I share lots of goodies for paid and free subscribers: But paid subscribers get big discounts, free stuff, and extra access to me and my schedule (among other goodies on occasion), as a thank you for supporting my work. Here’s everything…
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Hi friend, If you’ve been thinking about getting or gifting classes, coaching, or other experiences for yourself or favorite creative-minded friend this holiday season, here’s $20 to make that a bit more accessible. Just use the code ‘2025’ for $20 off anything on my Roots + Branches website. Yes, you can combine it with other
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Last night, I had a sudden burst of inspiration that literally pulled me out of my chair. I was sitting around watching my cozy mystery shows (a regular favorite evening activity) when suddenly I was hit with a burst of inspiration. You know when you feel pulled to do something and you don’t know why,
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I love when synchronicity happens, and I love how often it happens in my world. Yesterday, I finished my Reiki III training and now embark on the lifelong path of deciding what being a bearer, and teacher, of that lineage means for me. And a lot of it had to do with sharing wisdom beyond
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