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Need to Create Vs. Need for Acceptance

Need to Create Vs. Need for Acceptance

In the song La Vie Boheme from my favorite musical Rent, Mark sings, “The opposite of war isn’t peace…it’s creation!” I love the line, but I know that for many people, the act of creation puts them at war with themselves, or at least...
Your Stake in the Ground

Your Stake in the Ground

A few weeks ago in my blog post The Perks of New Adventures, I wrote about running the endurance Ragnar Relay and what I got out of it — mind, body, and soul. But there’s a very important perk I forgot to mention in that post — namely, the powerful...
The Fear & the Freedom of Getting Personal

The Fear & the Freedom of Getting Personal

I’ve worked with a handful of memoirists over the past several years, and I’m always blown away by their ability to write candidly and honestly about their lives…even (or especially) about moments that may have been less than impressive. And while...
5 Tips for Getting Through the Post-Project Blues

5 Tips for Getting Through the Post-Project Blues

Because of the kind of work I do, there seems to be this continuous ebb and flow of projects big and small, and along with them, uneven spurts of creativity, crunch time, and completion. And without fail, there’s what happens after a project has ended, which looks...
The Perks of New Adventures

The Perks of New Adventures

This past weekend, I joined 11 other women to participate in a Ragnar Relay — an overnight race featuring teams of 6-12 runners logging 200 miles combined. We divided into two vans of six, and we each took on three legs on this round-the-clock relay. We stole...
Let it FLOW

Let it FLOW

This morning, my son popped into my bedroom shortly after he woke up for a morning snuggle. Typically, he will spend these morning cuddles talking incessantly about what level he’s on in his video game or what happened to a character he’s reading about or...