October is Selective Mutism Awareness Month
Selective mutism is a rare disorder, a communication disability, affecting less than 1% of kids.
6 Benefits of Freewriting
Freewriting is a simple writing practice that helps prime the writer for creativity and inspiration among other benefits
Journaling / Writing Prompt #hope
Journaling / Writing Prompt: When you close your eyes and hope, what are you hoping for?
Making Friends with My Grief
A conversation with my daughter about the grandfather she never met helped us both heal.
Journaling / Writing Prompt #reliable
Journaling / Writing Prompt: A steady, reliable constant in my life is…
RESET 2022: A fresh start for a new year
It’s time for a new year. A new page. We will still have the same problems once the bell tolls us into 2022, but we can stop, take a breath, hit reset, and then tackle the new year with a plan. Let’s take a moment to reevaluate, to consider what’s working, what’s not, and look at our challenges with new eyes to find new solutions.
Journaling / Writing Prompt #IWantToBe
Journaling / Writing Prompt:
I want to be the kind of person who…
How Adding Limits can Supercharge Creativity: the 3-Marker Challenge
I love watching kids create. They naturally come up with these little tricks to supercharge creativity, and they don’t even know they’re doing it. We just returned from a Washington Coast getaway with family, and as usual, the kids taught me a thing or two about creativity. Really, I think we can learn a lot […]
15 Journaling and Writing Prompts about Friendship
Friends are the family we choose. Just like our families, their influence on our lives, and how we perceive and interact with the world is vast. It could even be argued that because we choose each other, who we befriend may influence us and say something about us even more than our families. I always […]
While We Wait for After the Pandemic
Enjoying living while much of our lives are on hold This has been a waiting season for all of us. The pandemic has sidelined our dreams and so much of our daily lives. Even spending time with friends and family is so fraught with consequence and concern. Without even a countdown timer to know when […]