Roots and Branches

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Roots + Branches

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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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  • Welcome to Roots + Branches!

    This newsletter is where I share insights to support your creativity, as well as lessons and inspiration from my own journey. My hope is that it gives you some practical, usable tips and practices for your own journey, but I’ve also crafted this newsletter to be much more than a ‘how to’: Because we all…

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  • Why should I keep doing creative work when it isn't paying the bills?

    A call for creativity in turbulent times I am a creative professional, and many of you are, too. The thoughts we think, and the things we make as a result, are the drivers for our livelihoods and incomes. I’ve heard more than a few writers (in particular) ask lately: If I can’t even make a…

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  • Feeling resourced is a (sometimes) permissions issue

    Building up our inner reserves for when the world feels heavy on our creative spirits (A free gift for paid subscribers is at the end of this post, so be sure to read all the way down!) Life is inherently full of frustrations. Even for those of us who, like me, lead largely enjoyable and…

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  • What does it mean to craft a container for my work?

    An invitation to reflect on how your work is held and cherished I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to make a container for your creative work. What does it mean to contain, without restricting? This is the first but almost certainly not the last time I’ll be noodling on that here, and…

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  • Hello friends! As some of you know, next month Symbiosis starts: it’s 9 months of creative expansion, grounding, energy work and intuition. It’s like a coaching program, MFA, artist’s residency, energy work space, science lab, and mystery school all rolled into one. Each month, we engage in expansion activities, grounding, practical nuts-and-bolts creative coaching, and…

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  • It’s wild out there. For those of you know who me personally or have followed my work closely for a while, you know it’s wild in my own world too: A time of transition for myself, alongside pretty much everyone else on the planet, alongside all our systems and structures we’re used to (for better…

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  • Digital collage, Julia Skinner, 2025 (scroll down for why I chose Mugwort) A decade or so ago, I used to write about things you learn in dreams. Inspired by Gary Burnett, one of my professors and dissertation committee members, who regularly wrote Facebook posts sharing the wild and wonderful lessons from his own dreamscape (and…

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