A newsletter for curious, world-changing creatives ready to expand their creative ecosystems and make their dreams come true.
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21 days to a renewed creative practice
If you’re ready for a big leap up, this is for you At one point last year, I was feeling really stalled out as a creative person: My projects were all going fine, and I had new ideas, but none of them were really getting me excited. I was going through the motions, like I…
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Working with the elements to support your writing practice: Fire
Simple energizing, practices to root your writing into the wisdom of nature and align you with your true creative self Fire is intimidating. Its suddenness, its unpredictability, its raw power. Growing up in wildfire country I’ve always had a healthy respect for this element, but today I also have come to see the wisdom in…
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Working with the elements to support your writing: Earth
Simple practices to root your writing into the wisdom of nature Our current systems of working, whether on our creative projects or whatever else, separate is from the natural world, divorcing us from our own natural rhythms and from our knowledge that we (like everything else in nature) move in cycles and are interconnected with…
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Setting Boundaries with Yourself
A Toolkit to Help you Stay your Course Sometimes doing the writing the world needs means setting boundaries with yourself: Not just setting boundaries with others. It’s easy to spread ourselves too thin by spreading our attention and commitments, say ‘yes’ to more than feels doable, or hit ‘refresh’ on news and social sites in…
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On imagining new worlds
Our work in this moment is not to despair, but to imagine and to do I am an eternal optimist, but I also see, and experience, how quickly and dangerously the landscape is changing for myself and my loved ones, as the ground beneath us and our ability to thrive (or exist) continues to shift.…
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This summer, in addition to helping my fellow writers in their paths, I’m also celebrating my own writing and the release of my newest book! In honor of Essential Food Preserving, I’ll be on tour this summer, heading to some favorite cities and my home bases. I’d love to see you in person, hear your…
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I spent years unweaving this one particular puzzle: I love manifestation, and believe there’s power in releasing control over a specific outcome. I believe there’s a universe, and various energies flowing through that universe, that shape and inform our lives and who we can collaborate with to build things beyond our wildest imaginings. But I…
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I’ve been playing around with something new after some requests for ongoing Reiki/energy work services. Monthly remote energy work + intuitive guidance sessions for creative people who are building a body of work (your art, your business, or something else). No appointment needed, no calendar wrangling required. It’s for busy creative people who want additional…
Roots and Branches 