I’ve been reflecting on a conversation I had in therapy earlier this year that about what word would describe how I wanted to feel once I transitioned out of full-time work to focus on our upcoming RV travels and my writing. Every time I thought about it, the word “expansive” came to mind. To meContinue reading “Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: On Embracing Expansiveness”
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Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: The Magic of the Bookshelf
Have you ever walked past your bookshelf at home, or a stack of books, a book cart at the library or a display at a bookstore and felt the irresistible pull of a book, your hand reaching out for it instinctively without your mind even realizing what you are doing? When I was younger andContinue reading “Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: The Magic of the Bookshelf”
Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: Resisting Disconnection
It is so easy right now to slip into the comforting waters of disassociation. Our US culture welcomes it, welcomes disconnection from one another, the slipping into the brain static of a favorite TV show, the endless scroll of social media, the emotional turning away from all that harms us, and exhausts our souls. AndContinue reading “Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: Resisting Disconnection”
Leticia’s Creative Obsessions How Stories Shape Us
On this Spring Equinox, I am thinking a lot about the natural transitions into spring: the new growth, the warming during the day with still cool nights. The plants we nursed through last scorching summer and a few freezes are now starting to return and flourish. Look at our little strawberry buds! This is alsoContinue reading “Leticia’s Creative Obsessions How Stories Shape Us”
Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: Welcoming New Rhythms
In the quiet of winter, I am left with time to ponder, to reflect, to confront transition and change to come. When I started thinking about my one-word theme for 2025, based on Gretchen Rubin’s “One-Word Theme” challenge, I wanted it to be in conversations with last year’s word, “Voice.” I still wanted to exploreContinue reading “Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: Welcoming New Rhythms”
Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: Turning Inward
This is a time of year when even my cells feel fatigued when more sleep is needed, and I value the comfort of coziness and quiet. In the last few years, I’ve felt myself trying to reconnect to the natural turnings of the year and how it feels in my heart and body. Instead ofContinue reading “Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: Turning Inward”
Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: Bodies are Weird!
Our bodies are beautiful. Our bodies are vulnerable. Our bodies are gross. Our bodies are weird. All of these things are true, and each one of our relationships to our bodies is very different. Some days I’m in love with this resilient vessel, other days I am endlessly frustrated with this skin suit I resideContinue reading “Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: Bodies are Weird!”
Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: We are Interconnected
I am holding many different emotions post-election in the United States: fear, anger, anxiety, and a well of grief that opened up inside me several years ago and never dried up. It has simply grown deeper, holding close those I have loved and lost, and all those I didn’t know personally but who I grieveContinue reading “Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: We are Interconnected”
Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: Fall Preview
It’s the creepiest time of the year, my favorite month, and I’m gearing up for a busy Fall and wanted to share some events and workshops I have coming up! I am turning 38 on October 16th and will share a longer newsletter with my October reading recommendations, some creepy writing prompts, and what I’mContinue reading “Leticia’s Creative Obsessions: Fall Preview”
Leticia’s Creative Obsessions
It’s been challenging in the last few years to feel focused on being creative. We are living through what feels like crisis after collective crisis, and sometimes it is challenging to justify writing or engaging in a creative practice. But my heart and mind go back to it, time and time again, from the booksContinue reading “Leticia’s Creative Obsessions”
