Roots and Branches

the theory and practice of living a creative life.

Roots + Branches

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  • Setting Boundaries is a Pleasure

    And an invitation to work together to start (or finish) your next book this summer Boundaries are one of the core practices you’ll learn with me this summer in Bloom: A group especially or folks looking to start, or finish a book or other big project this summer. More info at the end of this…

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  • Reading List: Abundance and Celebration

    A month of new beginnings If you, like me, are a very seasonally-driven person, here’s a way to support your creative practice throughout the year: Structure your new writing habits with the seasons. For me, that looks a couple ways: I treat the lengthening and shortening of days the way I might treat the waxing…

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  • A new moon journal

    Expecting the best of the next 10 years requires our bravery, and our biggest dreams If you’re in a rush and plan to read later, here’s the big takeaway: I wrote a journaling guide, my free gift to you as we all navigate this moment, and below I talk about why it’s so important to…

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  • Scent

    On using our senses to tap into the pleasure of writing I am all about writing rituals (ask any of my clients or really, any writer who’s spent any time with me). Structuring a pleasurable container for my creative practice completely changed my relationship to creativity, and bringing in things I love (objects, sensory experiences,…

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  • Why I'll never have a writing schedule

    Or, the Power of Practice I love a good schedule. Or rather, I used to. There’s something satisfying about feeling a sense of ownership and control over your days. But so often, we’re lulled into a false sense of control, thinking that by accounting for each block of time, we’re reducing uncertainty and demanding our…

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  • Despairing about the state of the world may feel rational, but these are irrational times Everyone I’ve been talking to lately is moving through a sort of oscillation, wavering between intense hopelessness and sadness (personally or collectively) and a deep, unflappable knowing that everything is going to be ok. It’s a jarring feeling, particularly if…

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  • History requires us to be active participants in its creation.  We aren’t just passive consumers of history, but active creators. Our daily decisions, our habits, from what we eat to who we engage with to our sleep patterns, clothing, and job schedules all become patterns that connect to the ways we define a given age.…

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  • We are living in a liminal moment. For the last few months, maybe a bit longer, everyone I’ve spoken to has seemed almost at the threshold of something.  Some element, or maybe even most elements, of their life as it was have crumbled away, and while in most cases we recognize this crumbling as an…

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