by Nadia Colburn | May 21, 2019 | Love, Mindfulness, Motherhood, Transitions, Uncategorized
I’m in Colorado. It’s Eric’s 50th Birthday(!!) and the two of us taking for a mini vacation…shh…we’re playing hookey! We’re going to hike, explore new places and mostly be together…something special to be in this moment now. Yes, we’re getting older,...
by nadia | Aug 9, 2018 | Creativity, Journals, Mindfulness, Thich Nhat Hanh
Many years ago, my therapist asked me, “do you see the glass half full or half empty?” I generally liked and respected and was helped by this therapist, but her question really bothered me. I went home and wrote a poem about that question—I imagined a mountain...
by nadia | Jun 29, 2018 | Mindfulness, Narrative, Sexual Abuse, Social Engagement, Women's Voices
Sometimes my students ask me whether it’s okay to write from anger. I tell them, of course it is. Anger can be a good motivator. Often we have good reason to be angry, and our anger can help us be social justice warriors. It can direct us towards making...
by nadia | May 17, 2018 | Creativity, Happiness, Healing, Mindfulness
The word “rest” has a Germanic root that was a measure of distance: after traveling a certain distance, one needed to stop and rest. The very concept of rest, then, was inseparable from movement. When we depended, for travel, on our bodies, or the bodies of...
by nadia | Jan 11, 2018 | Creativity, Happiness, Mindfulness, Women's Voices, Writing
Every day, I hear from people who wish their writing were going more smoothly, or who wish they were writing and aren’t. I want to give you some tools to make the creative process unfold with more ease. Many of the tools and techniques that I’m going to be talking...
