May felt like a great month full of great conversations about growth and the underpinnings of a growth mindset. Of course, this is all possible because of the great group of writers and community that makes this interaction meaningful. In Case You Missed These Great Posts Vicki writes a beautiful post about how to write … More May’s Greatest Hits
This month we continue to focus on the topic of growth here at Heart of the Matter and this post is another in my short series about writing my mother’s story in my upcoming book, “Surviving Sue”. Thank you to those of you who’ve asked about maintaining the motivation to write. In this post I’ll … More Find Good Everywhere
My book, “Surviving Sue” (coming soon) is about my mother who suffered from alcoholism, depression, anxiety, Munchausen’s by Proxy and more. It’s a lot…I know…and I promise every upcoming post from me won’t be about it. 😉 However, Wynne and I know that many of our blogging friends have powerful, inspirational stories to tell about families. This topic … More Growing Into Writing
April felt like a great month full of great conversations worth having about creativity and inspiration. Of course, this is all possible because of the great group of writers and community that makes this interaction meaningful. In Case You Missed These Great Posts Vicki applies creativity to relationships in Creativity of Being Wynne tries to … More April’s Greatest Hits
“I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.” Rosalia de Castro In the most basic way I think we can agree that writers string words together, usually with the desire to have them make sense to others in a coherent … More Writer…Blogger…Who The Heck Am I?
I’ve long admired people who have the innate capacity for storytelling, especially when the topic is family focused. Whether it’s a rich, oral history shared at holiday gatherings (often where the SAME stories are told and retold, becoming family traditions) or when we’re writing to capture stories which become legacies – connecting threads through the … More Family Stories: Courage & Creativity
Image by Roberto Hund via Pexels I would sit at the small desk, my back hunched over the best I could manage, and I would write out a sentence or two onto the page. I would stop, look at what I had written, and then erase it, like I wanted to get rid of any … More Creating on the fly
On a Ten Percent Happier podcast I listened to recently, Dan Harris asked his guest, Prof. Lindsey Cameron, what her spiritual practice was. She said that she practiced meditation and a form of African spirituality. She was specific about the sequence – she meditates first and then prays. She recapped: “I hear first, and then … More The Creative Rhythm
March is a long month, isn’t it? 31 days, the long slog to the end of winter, and no holidays. Thank goodness for a month of humor and conversations worth having. Of course, this is all possible because of the great group of writers and community that makes this conversation meaningful. In Case You Missed … More March’s Greatest Hits
What a fun month it has been trying to write and talk our way through our journey to discover what matters most. Of course, this is all possible because of the great group of writers and community that makes this conversation meaningful. In Case You Missed These Great Posts Vicki provides some wonderful perspective about … More February’s Greatest Hits
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