Creativity
Articles on creativity, poetry and creative writing as a spiritual practice.
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Memoir Writing: Can You Bury the Past and Tell Your Story?
The question, “Can you bury the past?’ surfaced as I contemplated whether to resume work writing a memoir that had been gathering dust for a couple of years.The…
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Aging and Writing
Is writing something that you have wanted to do, but find that the older you get, the more reasons you can come up with for not doing so?
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How to Overcome Journaling Resistance
A short reflection on the challenges of developing a practice in journaling and how to overcome journaling resistance
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Don’t Let It Disappear: The Importance of Family Stories
Storytelling is a fundamental part of the human experience, connecting us to our roots, sharing family stories across generations, and leaving a lasting legacy.
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Against The Grain
It takes a lot of courage to live against the grain, to follow a different drummer than all your friends or buck the council of parents to “make…
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Writer’s Block: Myth or Reality
If you have ever started to write but keep getting stuck, you may have writer's block. Some call it a myth--but there is some reality to it. Tips…
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The Art of Journaling
Are you thinking about journaling? Or creative writing? Or letters of legacy? What are you waiting for? There are stories only you can tell. Ideas and perspectives no…
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Journaling Your Way to Inner Health
Journaling can be a wonderful way to increase inner health, a way to be heard, a way to forgiveness for yourself and others, or a road out of…
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What to Say When Asked if You Are a Writer
If you have never thought of yourself as a writer, this article may change your mind.
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How to be a Writer Begins with a First Draft
Have you ever stared at a blank piece of paper wanting to write the first draft of something important and nothing happens? Your brain goes blank, you put…
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How to Hear Music as Metaphor for Life
How music is a metaphor for a life orchestrated in melody, rhythm, and silence.
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When I Die
"When I Die" is a poem that looks at the continuity of life in the event of death.
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Do you know what your pet is thinking?
When you look into the big round eyes of your dog or cat, do you ever wonder what they are thinking? Here are some ways to find out.
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What is an Ethical Will and the Steps to Creating One
An ethical will can leave light in the lives of your heirs through your values, life lessons and principles, shared through your writing and preservation of snippets of…
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How to see creativity and spirituality as a matched set
Is there a difference between creativity and spirituality and do they influence each other in our everyday lives?
