Safe and Trusting: A Grounding Prayer
I wrote this grounding prayer to help you come back home to yourself in moments of doubt, confusion, and anxiety. I hope it helps you
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Three Steps to Find Your Voice
Have you ever scrambled around trying to find your glasses, only to realize twenty minutes later they were perched on your head the whole time?
Curious and Positive: Taking the Pressure Off Your Future
Do you ever feel like your arms are being stretched in two directions, caught in a tug of war between worlds? Like you used to
How to Reconnect with Your Creative Voice
Hey beautiful friends, I have been stubbornly clinging to the idea that each of my blog posts has to be a standalone piece of art
Your Art Is Not Meant For Everybody
Your art is not meant for everybody. Some people just aren’t going to like it. And the sooner you can accept this + embody this
Shedding Our Cocoons
“And then I said to the world: You will see me. You will hear me. I am not afraid. — The day I left my damn cocoon so I
Start Before You Know Your Target Market
“Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the
Taking Our Talents Seriously
“What begins as something like a dream will in fact stay a dream forever unless you have the tools and the discipline to bring it
When Fear Goes Into Hiding
Lately I feel like I’m up-leveling, on the cusp of everything, gaping wide-eyed at my life as it finally starts to resemble the life I
The Story of Starting My Blog (dream now, begin now)
This week, I celebrate two anniversaries in my creative life: Four years ago, my mentor and I created a farmers market. We spent several years
Blossoming, Doubting, and Writing a Book
I announced last month on my facebook page that I am self-publishing an e-book this year, to be released on October 13th 2015. Since then,
The “I Don’t Have Time” Lie
One of the biggest lies we tell ourselves is “I don’t have time.” We say this constantly. We say it to the fundraisers who wear
Don’t Put On The Brakes
So you’ve hit a moment in your life when everything is falling into place. You landed the boyfriend, the job, the apartment, the publicity opportunity
Dear Dancer: You Are Enough
In my post Fierceness and Bite, I wrote about my desire to write a letter to young dancers — a letter that would glow with
Swimming, Surrendering, and Shining: Lessons After Two Years of Blogging
“Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment
So You Feel Called to Write: A Compassionate Creative Manifesto
“I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I wrote that way too.” – Mary Oliver I have spent
Authenticity Meets the Little Puzzle Piece
“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.” – May Sarton One winter when I was
Creative Respiration: Mining Your Life for Writing Content
“Write What You Know” seems like the most repeated writing advice out there. It can also come off as the most confusing and the most
Honoring The Muse
“Creativity takes courage. ” – Henri Matisse Do you spend five minutes a day checking your facebook? Do you spend five minutes a day living
Welcome 2013!
Every year, I hear the same round of complaints against New Years resolutions – “they’re lazy,” “no one sticks to them anyways,” “if you really
Hello, dazzling world!
Several years back, I received a nudge of inner guidance to start a spirituality blog. It was 2009, I was a freshman in college, and