Tag: mindfulness & wellness
Attention, presence, self-care, and the discipline of staying grounded while doing creative work.
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Close to Fifty Years of Practicing Something I Still Can’t Name
A Psychology Today article at 15 started a 45-year practice — from a lit cigarette on the back…
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Riding the Wave
I was diagnosed with what they used to call manic-depressive disorder in my mid-twenties, and I’ve spent the…
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Stop Interrupting Your Own Creativity
Creativity isn’t a skill you develop — it’s a default state you learned to suppress. After 25 years…
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Somewhere Between Mile Three and Mile Six
I’ve been practicing self-hypnosis since high school, and the treadmill is where it all comes together now. Ninety…
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The Doodler
I spent most of my childhood being told to stop doing the one thing that actually helped me…
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The Person in the Mirror
I’ve spent a lot of years trying to outrun versions of myself I didn’t want to look at,…