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Jun 8, 20203 min read
A Room of One's Own: On Creativity While Being Mom
Read this on galpod.com. It's hard to write about creativity as if nothing is happening. Between the actual pandemic we still have to...
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Dec 25, 20192 min read
On Setting Goals and Resolutions
Read this on galpod.com. In our last writer's group meeting, we discussed goal setting and resolutions. We talked about setting SMART...
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Dec 13, 20192 min read
Softly
Read this on galpod.com. My album is out live! It's exciting. A little bit of good news as the world comes crashing down around our ears....
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Nov 27, 20193 min read
Between Pushing Yourself and Self-Care
Read this on galpod.com. I had an interesting discussion with my therapist this week. Yes, by interesting, I mean tearful. Look at me,...
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Jul 11, 20192 min read
When to Let Go of Systems
Read this on galpod.com. I started keeping a notebook with me a little over a year ago. I read about bullet journals and wanted to try it...
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Jul 5, 20193 min read
Book Review - The War of Art
Read this on galpod.com. I've wanted to read this book for a while now. People talk about how amazing it is and how it changed how they...
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Jun 24, 20192 min read
Resistance and Forms of Art
Read this on galpod.com. I've just finished The War of Art. I'll write a review later this week, but for now, I wanted to talk about a...
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Jun 20, 20192 min read
The Impossible Paradox of Fear
Read this on galpod.com. So, the album recording phase is done, and we're heading into the final stretch of mixing. We started talking...
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Jun 5, 20193 min read
On Writing Block and Writing Process
Read this on galpod.com. Last night, I ran the meeting of our Writing Group. We talked about writing block and had a good discussion....
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May 31, 20192 min read
End of May Reflections
Read this on galpod.com. This week we're on a half-term break, five weeks after the term started. On the one hand, it's been a fairly...
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May 24, 20193 min read
In the Eyes of the Beholder
Read this on galpod.com. Our writers' group discussion this week was about 1st person vs 3rd person. It was deftly run by Joe Humphreys...
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May 21, 20192 min read
Album Update
Read this on galpod.com. As I mentioned last week, I'm recording a music album. We've had two more studio sessions since my last update....
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May 17, 20192 min read
Where Do Ideas Come From?
Read this on galpod.com. We've been talking at my incredible Writers' Group about ideas. Where they come from, and how to decide what's a...
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May 13, 20194 min read
Mystery Project Revealed
Read this on galpod.com. I think it's about time I wrote about my side project. I've been dangling it for a few months now, and I...
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Mar 21, 20193 min read
Book Review - The Creative Curse and The Unstoppable Creative
Read this on galpod.com. I'm reviewing both books together because I got them together through Todd's very generous deal. I also read...
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Mar 15, 20193 min read
The Different Faces of Impostor Syndrome
Read this on galpod.com. When I started my graduate career, I remember meeting a doctoral student. She was in her third or fourth year,...
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Feb 4, 20193 min read
The Creative Spark
Read this on galpod.com. I've been thinking lately about what it means to be creative. I have no definitive answers about that. I'm no...
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Jan 31, 20192 min read
On Creative Multitasking and Procrastination
Read this on galpod.com. I'm stuck. Remember that breakthrough I had in my story in July? Turns out it wasn't much of a breakthrough...
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Jan 21, 20192 min read
On Filling Cups and Going All In
Read this on galpod.com. First, an admin update: I was trying to switch to the new Wix blog, but I'm not entirely sure about it. One...
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Nov 21, 20182 min read
Book Review - The Gifts of Imperfection
Read this on galpod.com. I love Brené Brown. I do. I fell in love with her when I saw her first TED talk, in which she talks about being...
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