What To Do When You Doubt Everything and Want To Stay In Bed
February 20, 2012
By Marie Forleo
Do you ever start questioning everything you’re creating, everything you’re working on and everything you’re working toward? Do you sometimes wish you could just pull the covers over your head and stay in bed all day long? Gurrrl, I feel you. Now before we go any further, I want you to know that you’re not alone. Millions of highly successful people go through periods of questioning what the heck they’re doing and crave a few… Read More >
The Healing Power of Creativity
October 13, 2011
By Guest Blogger
Creativity is a tremendous life-transforming tool that we all have the ability to access, whether we feel like we are artistically creative or not, to know more deeply who we truly are and to support us to create the lives we really want. Creativity also heals. As a child, I always wanted to express myself, to be free without limitations. Yet, I was conditioned to believe I needed to color in the lines, choose the… Read More >
Five Ways to Get the Most Out Your Next Creative Retreat
June 10, 2011
By Jen Louden
A creative retreat is the quintessential artist’s or writer’s dream. Time to tend your creative spark, think long, interrupted thoughts, meander, recharge and burrow into that project you’ve been flirting with. Someone feeds you delicious food, you share tea or a glass of wine with other artists at the end of each gratifying day, hike in the bucolic countryside to clear your mind, nap when needed. Best of all, no interruptions: no children, aged parents… Read More >
Yoga for Artists: Unleash Your Creativity
November 30, 2010
By Guest Blogger
I have been in the art world for nine years as a critic, curator, theorist, philosopher and artist. Most of my endeavors place me in front of a computer writing reviews, press releases, essays, catalogues and the like. This has caused my erector spinae to shorten and my rhomboids to extend beyond their normal limits. These muscles are imperative for a straight spine and an open heart but are consistently put at risk by my… Read More >
Love List: Gratitude Journaling
September 29, 2010
Since I mentioned how much I love Bridget Morris’ journals in my last love list, I thought I’d put them to use this week with a little gratitude is the attitude doodling. As I’ve said before, the best way to tackle glass-half-empty thinking is to remind yourself of the things that are working in your life and to take stock of the beauty and special people/experiences that charge you up. Now, I know it’s tough… Read More >
The Wonder of You and Your Creative Dreams
September 16, 2010
By Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy
When I was 6 years old, I came home and said to my Mom: “Mom, show and tell should be me every day!” She gently told me that the other kids needed a chance, and I said: “They don’t want to- and they’re begging me to do it!” My first-grade teacher set up a system where I went to a different grade each day to do my show and tell. I loved it, and it… Read More >
De-cluttering
September 10, 2010
Are you dumb-founded by all the crap you’ve accumulated over the years? Do you still have a busted bean bag chair stuck in the corner illuminated by a lava lamp? Clutter is not sexy. It clogs your mind and paralyzes your potential. If creativity were an erection, you’d need Viagra. Sistas and Brothas, I hear ya! Last weekend, I unloaded my junk and made room for new possibilities. Check out what happened…
The Link between Creativity and Depression
August 5, 2010
By Guest Blogger
“Remember sadness is always temporary. This, too, shall pass.” -Chuck T. Falcon It has been said that creative persons, such as authors, artists, actors, musicians, performers and poets are more often plagued with the demon of depression than the general population. One of the possible explanations for this is that creative types tend to feel powerful emotions which aid their creative endeavors. In other words, some experts believe that being sensitive to one’s surroundings, including… Read More >
Using Joy and Creativity to Cope in Today’s World
July 29, 2010
By John Robbins
I am someone who longs for world peace. Perhaps you are, too. But every single day our world spends more than $4 billion on war. The last hundred years have been by far the bloodiest in human history. I support human rights and human dignity. I want every child to grow up healthy and strong. No doubt you do, too. But today, like every day, 20,000 children will die of hunger and poverty. Even in… Read More >
Love List: Flea Markets & Snapshots
July 28, 2010
Love Warrior, Last week I launched my Love List series. Well, amen, hipshake, cause sooo many people wrote their own and tweeted and FB’d it. There’s even a Love List group on myCSL (go join it hot pants). Love Lists heal. They are fun and funky and free. Love Lists remind you that life is deliciously sweet, like a big drippy emotional ice cream cone (sans the glycemic spike). Tune in every Wednesday for my… Read More >
The Top 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Was 30
July 27, 2010
By Guest Blogger
A Baby Boomer’s Letter to Millennials and Gen Xers Fifty isn’t what it used to be. For my generation, it’s like a brand new decade. Because we are living longer, healthier lives, I may reach 100. I’ve lived a great life so far and have even bigger plans for its second half. However, I lived too many years chained to The Man. I thought the American Dream meant consumption, and I bought it – hook,… Read More >
Eight Tips for Finding Your Syncrodestiny
July 13, 2010
By Terri Cole
Who Wants to Harness the Infinite Power of Coincidence? I Do I Do! I recently had a truly transformative experience, spending five days in Taos, New Mexico with Dr. Deepak Chopra and the Chopra Center crew. Our seminar was aptly titled, Syncrodestiny – The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire/Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence. Now who doesn’t want that?? My husband, Vic, and I arrived at El Monte Sagrado Resort and were immediately impressed by the… Read More >
5 Lessons for the Aspiring Entrepreneur
June 2, 2010
By Guest Blogger
By Ayinde Howell In 1999, when I was barely in my 20s, I opened my first café in Seattle called Hillside Quickies Vegan Sandwich Shop. My thinking was that this was exactly what Seattle needed–a place to get hot fresh vegan sandwiches. The only problem was that I was the only one who thought that. Since I had worked in my parents’ business from the age of 13 (delivering cold sandwiches to stores in the… Read More >
Fast Fixes for Writer’s Block
April 28, 2010
By Arielle Ford
I recently updated my status on Facebook with a question about conquering writer’s block, and I was excited to see so many interesting and encouraging responses. Dare I say I was suffering from writer’s block at the time and was looking for help for myself and for all of my fellow writers. I have struggled with identifying what activities are great for breaking the block and what is just another form of procrastination. Sure, my… Read More >
When The Universe Plays Hard To Get
January 21, 2010
By Guest Blogger
I often think that the Universe needs a lot of help from me to move things along in the exact direction I would like them to go. And I comply by: doing, doing, worrying, stressing, obsessing, and then doing some more. This results in me being exhausted and frustrated without a lot to show for it, and what I like to call the, “I’m banging my head against a brick wall and it ^@$*^% hurts!”… Read More >
Detox: A Fresh Start in 2010
December 22, 2009
By Alejandro Junger, MD
Forgive me for getting an Outkast song going through your head (my Clean Team is composed of super hip (they’ll love that!) music lovers so I’m getting quite an education) but your very own “so fresh and so clean” New Year begins with not only a catchy little beat but three very important R’s. These R’s will be the tools for absolutely amazing vitality as well as an immune boost. They are: Remove, Restore and… Read More >
Writing As a Spiritual Practice
October 20, 2009
By Guest Blogger
Win a copy of Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg’s book, The Sky Begins At Your Feet, by being the tenth person to tweet a link to this blog @CrazySexyLife. From the time I began writing like a maniac at age 14, writing has been my most constant spiritual companion, my way of praying for some clarity during the thickest tangles, and my source for finding answers, or at least, getting a better view of the questions. From the… Read More >
CSL and SARK Talk Creativity
October 9, 2009
By Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy
CSL: Your tagline says “Succulent Wild Woman”. What does that mean to you and how can women (and men?) find their own succulent wild person within? Many years ago in San Francisco, I found these words etched into the cement on the sidewalk; Succulence is Powerful. I immediately resonated strongly with those words and shouted; “Yes! And I am a Succulent Wild Woman!” and went home and started a book with that title. A succulent… Read More >
