One of the most basic human needs is to be heard. When we're not given the space to share and be heard, a variety of stressful things often follow. Relationships tend to feel more difficult, our outlook may become bleak, and stress levels often increase. Such things lead to suffering, emotionally and/or physically. When we don't feel heard, we might think something like, "My ideas don't matter," or, "You think my ideas are naive." We can take this further believing, "Since yo

IDEAL creativity doesn’t mean glossy perfection, as this post’s photo illustrates. It can be messy, dark at times, weathered, mysterious, obscure, seemingly un-sexy, and lacking in color. So what? The best thing you can do is drop what you’ve heard other people say about creativity, especially anything that perpetuates excuses to play safe and remain in Camp Comfort. The big deal in ideal is you finding and utilizing your unique set of creative tools that leverage your natura

Overlook You have journeyed far, and now at the edge of what is done, your longing echoes through the grandeur of life’s canyon. You ask Love to take your fears, lead you out and away from here— from the cliff you are intimate with, having scaled the wall of denial’s abyss. Earnestly, you wait and listen, get impatient with the position of not fully trusting or knowing which way you are going. And then, on the boundary of silence there’s a call you sense, seemingly off in the