Present Over Perfect Blog book club: Tunnels I sat on the couch next to my husband and every word he spoke grated against my soul. It was like fingernails scratching down an old-school blackboard. Everything in me felt scraped and…
Present over Perfect book club: Sea-change I ended last year with a crash. Running on adrenalin and coffee for years on end, allowing my body, mind and soul to fracture resulted in a ‘frantic and frayed’ life. I craved silence. I…
Elizabeth Gilbert began Big Magic with a question: Q: What is creativity? A: The relationship between a human being and the mysteries of inspiration. Every chapter is an attempt to articulate the mysterious process that occurs in me,…
This last week I’ve glimpsed a lot of Big Magic. At a retreat as we wrote our Morning Pages we allowed the writing to take us places we never expected. Over the weekend each person had a Big Magic moment—a moment…
Have you ever walked into a room and felt naked? Have you ever shown anyone something you created and cringed? Have you ever felt like running away and hiding in shame? Being a creative person means being vulnerable enough to…
We all have a story promise in us. Something sown deep within that seeks to be released. Perhaps some of you have that lump in your throat, that heart race, that visceral response in your body that tells you it’s…