Rainbow Rainbow by Lydia Conklin My rating: 5 of 5 stars Truly brilliant, honest, queer stories told without judgment of the idiosyncrasies and paradoxes of the human experience. Rainbow, Rainbow by Lydia Conklin takes us …
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo My rating: 5 of 5 stars I just started reading this book for the second time and have already found new understandings of the story! Nghi Vo is fantastic! She’s …
Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid
Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid My rating: 4 of 5 stars At first, I rated this book a three, but after letting my review marinate and re-reading sections of the novel, its brilliance really …
Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young
Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young My rating: 3 of 5 stars Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young is an atmospheric tale of an island and the core families that have a lifelong bond with …
Body Work by Melissa Febos
Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative by Melissa Febos My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is my first time reading anything by Melissa Febos, and now I’ve vowed to become a Febos …
Dune by Frank Herbert
Dune by Frank Herbert My rating: 4 of 5 stars Dune is the only thing that makes extreme dehydration and risking my life to develop a utilitarian relationship with a huge worm seem magical. Frank …
Devil House by John Darnielle
Devil House by John Darnielle My rating: 3 of 5 stars “What happens when somebody tells a story that has real people in it? What happens to the story; what happens to the teller; what …
Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert
Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert My rating: 5 of 5 stars “We didn’t wonder where the magic came from, or why it worked. We never asked ourselves, Is this ours to take? We were …
Learning by Discovery: The World of the Autodidact
Are you one of those people who not only enjoy studying but have crafted their entire existence around learning, research, and finding awe in nearly everything? Do you thrive when learning by discovery over learning …
Is Sartre Sexist? Can Science & Non-Duality Be Friends?
Welcome to my new blog series… As I learn new things, my ideas and opinions expand. This causes me much anxiety when writing. I’d love to know the depths of every topic I write about …
Is Ancestral Knowledge The Same As Intuition?
Beliefs and tradition can be a source of comfort and hope. We may adopt rituals and practices from ancient religions or ancestral knowledge to make sense of our current challenges, our environment, our relationships to …
12 Tips to Overcome Perfectionism for Writers
I’m embarrassed to share this, but I have 65K words in a Scrivener database and 80 unseen blog post drafts collecting dust in WordPress. If I want to overcome perfection and finally hit “publish,” then …
Heal Your Inner Critic with the Internal Family Systems Model
You’re sitting down to write and that darn critic inside your head starts with the same old attacks and insults. The inner critic knows exactly what’s needed to trigger your tender inner child’s worst fears …
Let Go of Control: A Brief Visual Meditation
Life is a practice in letting go. To immerse ourselves in the present moment, we must let go of control, and let go of stories that no longer hold true. When we practice letting go …
How I Brainstorm – Quick Tour of My Business Grimoire
I love the glide of a fine tip, black gel ink pen on fresh textured paper. Writing this way feels like my heart and mind are pouring out through the ink in slow motion. When …
Do You Self-Sabotage by Taking on Too Much at Once?
Do you self-sabotage by underestimating how much time you need to get things done? One of the biggest causes of overwhelm is underestimating how much time a task will actually take to complete, and taking …
Release Perfectionism and Reach Goals Through Self-Acceptance
Perfectionism is a stealthy beast. It puts a strain on bodily systems and cripples self-worth. It’s a fractured lens through which to see the world. The perfectionism lens can make us think we, and others, …
3 Things Every HSP Can Do to Finally Complete Creative Projects
Don’t you wish you could just wiggle your nose like Samantha from Bewitched and magic would complete your creative projects? I’ve been trying to master that skill since I was in grade school. No such …
Overcome Information Overload and Connect to Your Intuition
Are you suffering from information overload? Do you have so many ideas you feel paralyzed and can’t start your next project? At this point, you can’t feel the difference between healthy realism and crippling self-doubt? Many …
Is It Healthy Realism or Crippling Self-Doubt?
People are always saying “trust your intuition,” but how can you tell when it’s self-doubt talking and not your inner wisdom? How do you know if you have a realistic perspective or if fear is …
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