Many Ways Up the Mountain

There are many ways up the mountain (Capricorn sun, here!), whether you're growing a business, a body of work, or a practice.

Creative ProcessJena SchwartzDecember 6, 2021business, Business, practice, Slowing Down, TrustComment

From Absolutism to Zest

Be gentle with yourself and say hello to your zest, even if it doesn’t answer. It will know you’re there.

Observations, CoachingJena SchwartzOctober 7, 2021running, practice, gentleness, Zest for LifeComment

A Little More Ease, Please

Oh, how we make things so much harder for ourselves sometimes.

Real Life, Observations, CoachingJena SchwartzSeptember 19, 2021Ease, Mindfulness, practice, anxiety, depression, antidepressant, Running, loss, grief, Mental HealthComment

Now, Next, and Healing Trauma

Now calls on me to tap into my inner stability. This feels so healing. It's both the hardest and the easiest thing.

Day 239: The Most Radical Act in the World

After 15 minutes or so of coaxing my hips open and marveling at how much strength I’ve lost in my upper arms, I tuck a pillow beneath my bottom and set the Insight timer for 10 minutes. The silence is spacious.

ObservationsJena SchwartzNovember 18, 2020meditation, Mindfulness, sitting, practice, recharging, self-careComment

Something Good Is Worth Finding

We all have our stories about when we stopped. Stopped playing. Stopped creating. Stopped doing something that brought us joy because it wasn't practical or lucrative or productive.

On Not Chasing Things

Magic needs freedom.

And true freedom requires beginning here, with this moment of quiet and stillness.

"Be Good to Yourself" :: Not Just Some Pithy Pablum

Hating on yourself is not cool. It doesn't exactly open the creative floodgates. And "being good to yourself" is neither as easy as it sounds or as shallow as it may seem. In fact, I'd argue that its depths are vast, and when you dive down, you'll find wreckage and treasure alike. And isn't that where the writing lives?

A Love Note to Recovering Perfectionists

If I don't keep practicing letting this be enough, nothing will ever be enough.

Real LifeJena SchwartzMarch 10, 2019perfectionism, enough, presence, striving, practice, curiosity, self-loveComment

Thoughts on Writing and Fragility

Yet you, on an ordinary day, telling the truth about your life and being willing to get more and more honest and real? That is strong, my friends. And it’s just the beginning.

Creative Process, ResistanceJena SchwartzJanuary 9, 2018writer, writing, fragility, practice, fear, social justice, activism, community, justice, equality, poetryComment

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We all have our stories about when we stopped. Stopped playing. Stopped creating. Stopped doing something that brought us joy because it wasn't practical or lucrative or productive.

Magic needs freedom.