The Secret Ingredient to Growth: Mixing New Ideas Into Your Projects and Life

There comes a point in every creative project and every creative life where whatever worked in the past isn't working anymore. 

Have you ever felt stuck in a routine that no longer excites you? Or maybe you’re craving a spark, something new, something fresh that shakes things up and pushes you to g...

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How Working with "Air" Supports a Calm, Creative, and Compassionate Life

Think about the last time you felt truly light. Imagine a time when your mind was clear, your creativity flowed, and stress felt far away. What if you could create more of that?

Air is movement, open space, and possibility. It reminds us to release what we don’t need to make room for more of what m...

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Taking Time to Grow a Dream with Some Magic Seeds at Your Library

I live in a world of magic gardens, storytelling and imaginative innovation. We call this place a library. Even serious research is done through this lens. If you love your library as I do, this makes perfect sense. Many months ago, I booked Cornell Cooperative Extension to read, speak and plant see...

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Why it is Hard, but Necessary to Sit. Yes, I'm talking to You, Parents and Educators

I can't meditate! If you can hear yourself saying those words, then the idea of sitting, just to sit, can feel like an impossible luxury. Spare time doesn't exist. (At least not for anyone I know!) Taking a moment to sit might even seem counterproductive because there’s always another fire to put ou...

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Sit, Write, and Move: Using Writing Yoga® to Shape a Happier 2025!

Happy New Year! Does it feel like the beginning of something fabulous? Hope so!

For the school administrators, teachers, and librarians I work with, the New Year doesn’t always mean a fresh start; it often means diving back into the whirlwind of lesson plans, scheduling (all those changes!), and mo...

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3 Ways Writing Yoga® and Water Can Help You Move Through Your Day With Ease

How do you get through the day? With effort or with ease? Of course, it takes effort to complete all the difficult tasks and challenges that you have each and every day, but it doesn't have to feel that way. It doesn't have to feel overwhelming, stressful, chaotic, like you're just playing catch up ...

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Weekly Planning Tips: How to Organize Your Week and Expand Your Time

Do you ever feel like there aren't enough hours in the day? Or do you ALWAYS feel there aren't enough hours in the day. If time is a human construct, can we find better ways to shape our days? 

Over the years I have tried a lot of different planning systems. As a librarian, organization is my thing...

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What Do You Gain from Subtraction Goals? 2024 New Year Writing Prompts from Writing Yoga®

As the New Year approaches, we often feel pressure to add more. More tasks, goals, habits, and achievements. But what if, instead of piling on, we focused on subtraction goals? Rather than creating elaborate to-do lists or ambitious resolutions, consider the power of letting go. Subtraction goals in...

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How to Handle the Unexpected [WRITING YOGA® PROMPT #2021]

Last week we wore winter boots. Today, I jumped in my 10 foot wide pool. Good thing I didn't close it early.

Over the weekend, there was a street fair that had not been held in years due to weather and well, the pandemic. You saw everything from ski jackets to tank tops and no one really got it rig...

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