August 2012

Creating a positive relationship with your money: a Q&A.

Abundance, Creatives + Entrepreneurs, For makers, creatives, entrepreneurs, Livelihood + Lifestyle, Self Help Post

There are unlimited ways to create the positive feelings you want in every interaction you have with money.

How to deconstruct your fear: an exercise

Essence + Spirituality, Expanding Consciousness, Self Help Post

Getting clear on what you’re scared of can instantly diffuse ticking anxiety bombs and release your creative power.

3 questions for easier living.

Body + Wellness, For clarity of purpose, Self Help Post

Out of what needs to be done in your life — work, household, creativity — what do you do best?

The first thing to say to a friend in need.

For deeper wellness, For every relationship, Relationships + Society, Self Help Post

Well, that sucks. That’s the very first place to start. Sympathy is a healer, it coagulates the bleeding. It won’t drag them down if you validate their pain. It doesn’t mean you condone how they got into the pickle, or the fact that they may be bitching about the same chump after seven years, or that they done gone did it again — or any of that fairly useless judgement and assessing…

Passion over perfection. Love over politics. The Story of Mrs. Mulvey.

Creativity + Learning, For makers, creatives, entrepreneurs, For poetry lovers, Self Help Post

I was in a special English class in high school, the one for the word geeks and bookworms. That was me in the front row with big hair and leg warmers, talking Bronte and Shakespeare. Mrs. Mulvey, my English teacher, was on the outside of my teen drama (and there was a lot of drama back then — I left home when I was sixteen), and we rarely spoke out of class, but how she treated me quietly influenced my entire creative career…

Questions to ask yourself before you drop the big bucks.

Creatives + Entrepreneurs, For makers, creatives, entrepreneurs, Livelihood + Lifestyle, Self Help Post

Get clear on the emotional driver, and you get clear on your relationship to prosperity.

What was your favourite feeling this week?

Essence & Spiritua..., For deeper wellness

Something happened this week that made you feel deep appreciation or connected or energized. Maybe it was a surprise encounter — with people or nature or Spirit.