It’s almost a cliché to say, “trust yourself,” when beginning any new endeavor, but I find it’s tricky to pin down in terms of concrete experience. How, exactly, do I…
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In her beautiful book, Brave Intuitive Painting, my teacher Flora Bowley writes, “For many years I struggled with my desire to paint for the sake of exploration, raw expression, and…
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When we set out to make a change in any part of our lives, especially the kind of change related to our own creative growth, we often experience some level…
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Many of us have an inner critic, that voice of doubt, judgement, or skepticism that appears when we speak or act out of our comfort zone, or even within our…
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Advice on “how to be creative” may feel like a contradiction in terms, because if we’re following a formula, or set of repeatable instructions, it seems like we’re tamping down…
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Do you ever wonder if writing things down in a journal really helps? In my own journaling practice, I have discovered that some light structure often helps me to get…
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The way we think about gender roles in social dance is changing as we learn to embody our current social values on the dance floor. I’m often asked why so…
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Self-care often seems counter-intuitive when there is so much “other stuff” to be done, and when the need for that other stuff seems so urgent. But no real change can…
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My partner Isaac and I recently celebrated ten adventurous years together. This is a wonderful, lovely thing, but it’s a thing that I sometimes remember would not have been ok…
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