What do you see in the clouds? — a doodle experiment

August 5, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

I see entire worlds in the clouds. Animals, people, nature… Do you see what I see? THE ELEPHANT AND THE SQUIRREL THE HARE, THE HAIR, THE HEDGEHOG, THE HORSE, AND MORE

DOODLE VIDEO #4: GO SIT ON MARS (and other ways to snap out of a pissy mood)

July 26, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Hello, Friends! This is my favorite one so far! What tricks do you use when you’re caught up in your brain thoughts? Would love to hear!

Day 289 of 365: cocoon of safety

April 8, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

Striving for a life of awareness, of forward progression, of knowing better and doing better, of being mindful and understanding and loving while also having healthy boundaries and self care without being too selfish, of communicating openly and honestly and sharing emotion without speaking irrationally from emotion, of trusting and having faith even when evidence […]

Day 57 of 365: channeling my inner forrest gump

August 17, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

Okay. Two things. (Is it ever really two things, Jen?) No. But. It’s a diving off point, Parentheses. Give me a break. 1.) These last four days have been a shit-show of anger and meltdown and trigger-happy freak-outs and depression and the, like, third time I’ve cried in therapy. And stress-eating, which used to be […]

Day 56 of 365: why I’m grateful for depression – a video

August 15, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

This is the second time I’ve written today’s blog entry. The first one put Frodo’s invisibility cloak on and is unable to be seen. That’s coo. I can redo it. I have officially survived this last depressive episode, which seemingly came out of nowhere. While in the stickiness of depression, it’s hard to know up […]

Day 52 of 365: how to become spiritually fit

August 12, 2017.Reading time 7 minutes.

INCOMING ANALOGY. You know when you exercise, and it burns/hurts when you’re pushing your muscles and heart, and then you feel sore afterward? And you know how one of the best ways to help with the soreness is to exercise again? (And if you don’t, the soreness seems to last, like, two freakin’ weeks. And […]

Day 45 of 365: how limiting beliefs are created

August 5, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Right. So. I got on a roll with this doodle…. And then realized I had spent two hours on it and had only JUST SCRATCHED THE SURFACE of this topic. And then my doodle pen stopped working. Which is fine. Because… Sleep is important. So. Here is the BEGINNING of the lesson about limiting beliefs, […]

Day 42 of 365: I chose the good spoon today.

August 1, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

I have a favorite spoon. It’s modest, even shorter than the others inhabiting the small spoon section of the silverware drawer. Its top is round, not quite a perfect circle but close enough to remind me of one each time I view it, and it’s a silver color that dons both shine and wear. It’s […]

Day 41 of 365: NOT ‘SPOSED TO DIG

July 31, 2017.Reading time 7 minutes.

I’ve noticed an increasing number of posts, articles, and coaches discussing the importance of feeling and expressing repressed emotions. This is fabulous. Hooray for being alive during a time of transforming the way we look at emotions, vulnerability, and the role of our internal world. Primarily, though, the focus seems to be on the “negative” […]

Day 39 of 365: Releasing the victimhood of “can’t”

July 30, 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

Writer’s block or any type of creative or emotional block is an illusion. It’s easier for us to blame our stagnancy on some… thing. Some force, whether outside or inside of us. Blaming someone or something else, whether it’s a needy partner or a busy schedule or a creative well run dry, is merely a form of […]