Creating an intentional life serves as the foundation for living a life filled with meaning and purpose. You can begin to lay the groundwork to create an intentional life with mindful writing practice. When your body is relaxed, your heart open, and your mind steady from practicing mindful writing, you make space for your most […]
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How to Be a Zen Writer
Being a Zen writer means that you are able to tap into creative flow, write with ease, and connect with a sense of creative freedom. Many writers compare their insides to other writers’ outsides and make the assumption that writing is easy for everyone else, even though it feels difficult for them. Most writers have […]
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Mindful Writing for Creative Flow
Creative flow is a mental state in which you’re fully present and immersed in a task. It’s what most writers, artists, and other creatives long for, to be able to let go, connect with creative flow, and make work with greater ease. Creative flow a state of mind that becomes accessible when you’re fully present […]
I’m always curious about how we can apply brain science to make our lives better, and I love thinking about how to apply neuroscience to writing well. I’ve been writing and coaching writers long enough to know that many of us struggle with creative anxiety and other creative blocks unless we learn how to work […]
Just write! How many times have we all heard that or said it to ourselves? As a writer, I know how impossible that can sometimes feel. But when you practice mindful writing, it becomes so much easier. Once you’ve taken the long walk from getting up to getting to your desk, mindful writing can help […]
It’s possible to learn to completely bypass writer’s block and enjoy writing again. Mindful writing is a practice that blends mindfulness and writing to help you to observe your experience without becoming so entangled in it. With practice, mindful writing can help you to observe your inner critic without believing what it tells you. It […]
Mindful writing for healing from trauma is a powerful practice to support wellbeing. I have loved writing for as long as I can remember. I’ve been practicing mindful writing for transformation with committed regularity since my mid-thirties following my aging mother’s relapse with addiction, near death by suicide, and eventual death from cancer. Mindfulness and writing […]
Self-compassion meditation with mindful writing is one of the most empowering practices that we can do in the interest of our own healing and personal growth. Self-compassion is also a practice that many meditation students find difficult to grasp and put into practice. Approaching self-compassion as a mindful writing meditation practice can often bypass the barriers […]
As you practice mindful writing regularly, your authentic writer’s voice will begin to emerge. Most writers overlook the importance of focusing attention on the cultivation of a consistent writer’s voice and just start writing. But when you connect with your authentic voice, it’s like discovering a well of consistent creative flow, making all of your […]
If you’re ready to release creative blocks and just focus on the writing, mindful writing is one of the easiest and most effective ways I’ve found to connect with creative freedom. When I first started writing for publication, I struggled with so much creative anxiety that some days I was either unable to successfully make […]