Sun Child Creativity: An Antithetical Approach to Suffering Artistry
Shadow work is effective — necessary, even — but when we become our shadow self, in identifying too strongly with it, is when we start to lose the plot. The goal isn't to eliminate the shadow child, but to integrate it; and to allow your sun child to have a voice, too, leading you into more free and joyful expression, uninhibited by fear, anxiety, or self-doubt.
A Case For Ritual > Routine: Balancing Productivity and Pleasure
A summer in Montana — phone-free, grieving my Papa, watching for shooting stars on the dock with my mom and sisters — left me asking: How do you actually live well? Is it possible to cultivate a creative practice where productivity and pleasure aren't at war?
If Time is Money, Attention is Everything
A year ago, I quit my full-time marketing job in favor of consulting to make "more time" for my art. I didn't actually make more art. (My house was really clean, though.) Here's what I learned: Time wasn’t the problem — attention was. And Silicon Valley is doing a great job mining it.