Sitemap - 2025 - The Resilient Creative

On being (or feeling) alone

Why patience is the alchemy of the creative practice

The frequency of you and your creative works

No need to wait for the right time. You can make your own time, space, and community.

Get messy with it, writers

We quit what we're supposed to quit. Let's quit something, so we can refocus.

What gentle courage looks like

Let's see what happens if we try to give a little more as writers, as people

Just a light prompt

Allowing moments of pleasure and pause to reset your creative energy

The ideal writing life and what money has to do with it

VICTORIA C. WOODHULL gave me a novel (or two) worth of inspiration

For sleep

On "pain points" and the clarity we gain when we find the right release

Breathing deep as we run and reclaiming hope by offering it

In defense of taking a purposeful break

Untangling the process of writing and dropping expectations

"Lottery Days" by Jen Knox

Teaching as a creative act and trusting as a creative offering

Let's start where we are: three sessions

The art of sharing just enough

Start here: a portrait of everyday resilience for those who feel unsure what to do or say next

Write like you have nothing to lose. Stories, freedom, and creative joy are here for us to discover.

Don't ghost your own writing. How to finish your creative project no matter what.

How working at a factory taught me to be a better storyteller

Stop wasting time trying to become what and who you already are

Why I'm on a novel-writing fast

When Clarity Finds Us, Not the Other Way Around

A candid glimpse of the early stages of writing a novel, and how to balance productivity with sanity.

On the edge of the ocean: the wisdom of two visual artists and a pheasant

The day job narrative. What would your manuscript look like?

Calm the mind and body

Strengthening our creative constitution: write more words, create more space

Let's take a breath on the page

Finding the right conditions to grow: why creative work needs light, not permission

Mindful Words, Empowered Leadership

Practicing patience as we explore different ways to reignite creativity

Conscious Breathwork for Creatives: A Short Course

Heading home with new words and new resolve

The magic of storytelling resides in the polarity, the precision and abstraction

from an Insight Timer Live on Creative Resilience

The before and after tells the story

A YEAR OF LIFE

Boundless Creative Energy

On letting go of the things we carry, remembering we are not alone & week 51 of 52

How to write an essay: riffing from the woods

On loving what you love & week 50 of 52

A different way to see

On automatic writing, the subconscious & week 49 of 52

On the last lecture & week 48 of 52

On sensory gluts & week 47 of 52

On the church of art and story & week 46 of 52

Meditation: strength and confidence through stillness

On grabbing the mic & week 45 of 52

On emotional nourishment & week 44 of 52

On timelessness & week 43 of 52

On defiant joy

Mini-workshop #2: Rewriting & Redefining Reality

On panic

On the STOP technique, writing & week 41 of 52

On expression & week 40 of 52

5 minutes this morning, a meditation

On the simplicity of writing & week 39 of 52

Releasing expectations

The Snowstorm

On a few hundred ducks & week 38 of 52

From Worry to Love - Day 3

From Worry to Love - Day 2

On running in difficult times & week 37 of 52

On invisibility, celebrations & week 36 of 52

Meditation for times of fear & dread

On wandering into the new & week 35 of 52

walking meditation

On the strange tower & week 34 of 52