Books about self-calming, loving-kindness, meditation and gratitude are still relatively few. This beautiful book is based on the teachings of Thich Nhat Hahn, and in the simplest of terms, introduces children to the use of their own breath as a way to slow down, calm down and appreciate the beauty in the world. Each Breath [...]
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The Artist’s Way: Weeks 8 and 9 Check-In
Posted in 12 x 12 in 2012, Creativity, Goals, PiBoIdMo, Picture Books, Spirituality, The Artist's Way, Works in Progress, Writing, tagged 12 x 12 in 2012, Brain Burps About Books, Creativity, Goals, Julia Cameron, Julie Hedlund, Katie Davis, PiBoIdMo, Picture Books, Spirituality, The Artist's Way, Works in Progress, Writer, Writing on February 3, 2012 | 22 Comments »
Per my post last week, I’m combining Weeks 8 and 9 into one check-in. It is way later than usual because, well, the vagaries of life got in the way this week – grocery shopping, cooking dinner, transporting kids all over hell’s half-acre. BUT, this one is a doozy so hold onto your seats! Week [...]
The Artist’s Way: Week 6 Check-In
Posted in Creativity, Family, Goals, Spirituality, The Artist's Way, Travel, Writing, tagged Creativity, Goals, Julia Cameron, Julie Hedlund, Spirituality, The Artist's Way, Writer, Writing on January 12, 2012 | 37 Comments »
I am now officially halfway through The Artist’s Way and twice as far as I’ve ever made it before. That in and of itself is an accomplishment, but it’s beginning to feel likely that I will complete it this time. Week 6 Theme: “Recovering a Sense of Abundance.” This chapter asks us to tackle our [...]
The Artist’s Way: Week 5 Check-In
Posted in Creativity, Family, Spirituality, The Artist's Way, Writing, tagged Creativity, Family, Julia Cameron, Julie Hedlund, Solitude, Spirituality, The Artist's Way, Writer, Writing on December 28, 2011 | 39 Comments »
After giving myself a buy week to focus on promoting a story I entered in a contest, I went back into The Artist’s Way with gusto. I continued the morning pages during my week “off,” and that helped maintain continuity for me. Week 5 Theme: “Recovering a Sense of Possibility.” This chapter forces us to [...]
The Artist’s Way
Posted in Creativity, Spirituality, The Artist's Way, Writing, tagged Artist Dates, Creativity, Julia Cameron, Julie Hedlund, Spirituality, The Artist's Way, Writer, Writing on November 9, 2011 | 53 Comments »
Twice I have attempted to make it through Julia Cameron’s now-famous 12-week creativity course, The Artist’s Way. The purpose is to lead people to a creative recovery (or discovery), to accept ourselves as the creative people we are, and to create pathways for creativity to flow freely. Both times I tried, I abandoned the course [...]
Yes, I Do Believe in Miracles
Posted in Autumn, College Football, Family, Spirituality, Travel, tagged College Football, Colorado, Family, Grief, Julie Hedlund, Miracles, Mountains, Spirituality, Travel, Writer on November 4, 2011 | 27 Comments »
Four years ago, in November 2007, my daughter gave me a precious gift. My father had passed away at the end of that September. Immediately after returning from his funeral, Phil and I had to move into my mother’s very small home with our two kids (then 1 and 4) because our house had suffered [...]
On Impermanence
Posted in Italy, Spirituality, Travel, tagged Buddha, Camogli, Capri, Faraglioni, Heraclitus, Impermanence, Italy, Pompeii, Spirituality, Vesuvius on August 31, 2011 | 9 Comments »
It is a profound spiritual truth that the only thing permanent in this world is impermanence. Such a simple thing to grasp intellectually, but so hard to accept emotionally. I am not the first person to feel this way. Buddha himself said that suffering arises not from the fact of impermanence, but from our attempts [...]
Gratitude Sunday 52
Posted in Family, Friendship, Gratitude Sunday, Movies, Spirituality, Writing, tagged Family, Friends, Gratitiude, Gratitude Sunday, Movies, Spirituality, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, The Help, WriteOnCon, Yoda on August 14, 2011 | 10 Comments »
One of the coolest things I did this week was watch The Empire Strikes Back with the kids. My all-time favorite of the Star Wars movies. And while the things Yoda says are not exactly about gratitude, they certainly are wise. A strong spiritual teacher, is he. So in lieu of quotes on gratitude, this [...]
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