Tag: emotional wellness

  • The lesson in Oprah snapping back on Twitter

    Because what you ain’t about to do is talk all over her and think you can get away with it. Now some may say that Oprah is bigger and better than that, and should have acted accordingly. But there’s a powerful lesson in what she did there. We all have…

  • How to survive a deadline that’s days away

    If you’re a procrastinator (or a recovering one), then you’ve done this plenty of times before. However, that doesn’t lighten the load on your chest, and the closer the deadline gets, the more you think of all things you should’ve, could’ve and would’ve done, including not waiting until the last…

  • Custom rituals for common creativity killers

    Though we have similar experiences, we handle them differently. Once aware of these common creativity killers, join me in releasing them through custom rituals. 1. Constipation The most obvious reason is that you’re uncomfortable, and it’s important to be comfortable and relaxed when you’re writing. The less obvious reason is…

  • Writing through the retrograde

    If you feel like it, that is. In a super brief summary, a retrograde happens when Mercury catches up with Earth and gives the illusion that it’s spinning backwards. When this happens, coincidentally (or not), we tend to feel thrown off. So much so that even your electronics may be a…

  • Radical Self-Expression: A Fully-Embodied Priority

    At some point in all women’s lives (literally–every single one), we arrive at this place of confusion. We’re put-putting along, when all of a sudden we crash but can’t put our finger on the why. For me, it happened around age 18. I got out of the car to see…