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 1. For over three weeks, I have struggled to get plants in the ground for a garden I’m trying to make in the woods, a garden to remember the dead. Namely, four dead mentors, including my father. [...]

IT HAPPENS EVERY MARCH.  A select group of creatives and creative professionals gathers in Taos, New Mexico, each committed to creative work that matters. Writers, artists, therapists, teachers, [...]

After 25-plus years of taking myself a wee bit seriously as a writer and entrepreneur, I still squirm to sense just how much “I,” how much personal vulnerability works in my writing – [...]

When it comes to starting a new creative-based career, there are two stories at work in our culture. We like to hear one of them but not the other. One: It’s never too late – even when in [...]

I’ve been imagining you in the middle of your quest. You’re rising every morning, fresh with possibility, and yet by mid-day, you’re fighting time to get things done or trying to tame your [...]

Note: If podcast player does not appear, please refresh your page. Jen Louden and Tara Mohr are two people I relish connecting with. Why? They’re real, smart, infinitely creative. They also [...]

There’s a story I want to tell about purpose and calling that’s different from what we assume is true. We assume that people with callings “receive” them in certain ways. [...]

Note: A version of this article was published originally as “From Awful to Awesome in Metamorphosis Moments” on May 25, 2010 by Jeffrey Davis, M.A. in Tracking Wonder at Psychology [...]