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1. A New Way to Think About Your Inner Critic: I still hear wonderful teachers of creativity admonishing people to tell their inner critic to SHUT UP ALREADY, or to…
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Here are a few things that are giving me life…. 1. It’s important to share about the miracles we experience. This is something I learned about the conditions that make miracles possible in…
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As a 9 year old child, my parents took me to the National Gallery on a vacation and I was able to chose a print to take home. I chose…
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Here are five feel good ideas that are giving me life…. 1. Could I Be Afraid of Pleasure? I believe it when Brene Brown says that the emotion we are most…
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Here are five ideas that are giving me life…. 1. There Are Many Ways to Pray. Prayer is something I’ve always been curious about. I wrote about what my mom…
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(new work “Open Heart” by me…36 x 36″ Mixed media on canvas Available. “Gertrude Stein defined LOVE as ‘the skillful audacity required to share an inner life.‘…Stein’s idea suggests that…
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(art featured above is “When She Took Care of Herself Everythign Flowed: To purchase visit this page. “In my life I have found two things of priceless worth – learning…
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“You Are So Magnificent” by Sarah Seidelmann This one is SOLD but other work is available here. Something odd happened the summer I went on sabbatical from my medical practice…
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(Matisse’s Red Room from my sketchbook drawn at MOMA in New York City) Here Are 5 Ideas That Are Giving Me Life This Week 1. I could let it be…
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Here are a few of the uncommon books that truly hit the spot for me in 2023. (in no specific order) Foreverland by Heather Havrilesky (memoir) I don’t think I have…
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I have so many things to share with YOU that I decided to try out a LIST format again. I hope you find something here to inspire you! 1. I was reading…
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The longest day of the year will soon be behind us. I am soaking up the darkness and exploring those things that go bump in the night inside of me. Soon…
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At age 43 I got a strange yearning to write books. One year later, in 2011, I self published my first book. A year after that, I published Born to FREAK.…
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1. Vitamin P is my supplement of choice heading into 2024. If there is one thing I’ve learned in 56 years, it is that all good things take time. Friendships.…
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A Mug for Your Friend Who’s Been Mentioning She Could Use A Few More Boundaries…. (“There’s No Way In HAELLLLLL I’m DOing That” 2. A Daily Reader for That Friend…
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Photo: Wolfskull Cretive If you are an artist or a writer/creative, I AM SO SORRY. As I was re-skimming The Artist’s Way for the bajillionth time this week, it hit…
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Here are 5 things I’m Extremely KEEN on this week! 1. Reverse Bucket Lists Rock. It’s fabulous to have outrageous dreams and goals. But, sometimes they can overshadow things and…
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It’s important and fabulous to have big dreams + ambitious goals. But, sometimes they can overshadow things and make us feel less satisfied with our lives…or make us chronically feel…
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Here are 5 things I’m Extremely KEEN on this week! 1. When Everything Has Gone to Hell. There is a heartbreaking war happening in Israel and Gaza. Anti-Semetic violence is…
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I’m extremely grateful to be HERE in your inbox and I dream that what you find here encourages and uplifts you. Here are 5 things I’m Extremely KEEN on this…
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(The Red Studio by Matisse in my SHINE notebook…I got to see this marvelous painting this week!) Here are 5 things I’m Extremely KEEN on this week! 1. This Daily…
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(photo above by Jen Clark) Here are 5 things I’m Extremely KEEN on this week! 1. MAIN Character Energy! I spoke to an inspiring young human last week who had just…
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(image above: “Progeny” Acrylic on Canvas (SOLD) Here are 5 things I’m Extremely KEEN on this week! 1. What if you will be CELEBRATED, but not until AFTER you’re dead….…
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(photo above: Where I do part of my morning routines!) Here are 5 things I’m Extremely KEEN on this week! 1. Habits Are Never A Forever Thing. Habit “stacks” (…
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Art (above) by me- PRINTs, MUGs and more HERE. Here are 5 things I’m Extremely KEEN on this week! 1. Here’s What to do AFTER you feel your feelings.….last week…
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Here are 5 things I’m Extremely KEEN on this week! 1. Goats Can Get You VERY High. I had an insanely fun Saturday morning doing GOAT YOGA last weekend thanks…
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(Photo I took in 2018 when I visited the art studio of Nathalie Lete in Paris) 1. Writing Has A FREAKY Way of Revealing What is REALLY Going On with…
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Yes I saw the Barbie movie and YES I am going a second time this week. There was something so delightful and LIFE BRINGING in this movie made by women…
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(my new professional photo from Jen Clark Photography!) Here is my short list of FEEL GOOD ideas I hope will inspire you! 1. Goosebumps are the new prozac: If you are…
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(photo from Emily’s Instagram) Emily Powell is an amazing artist living in Devon, England who I discovered via instagram.I’m her biggest fan. She’s got an energetic and bright style which…
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