by shaunnawest | Nov 16, 2021 | Writing, Creative Business/Coaching
The Beginning I started my blog on a whim on Christmas Day, 2009. I was surrounded by crumpled wrapping paper and piles of mess and the joy of it all just pulled at me. Write. I’ve written since I was a little girl, but never could have I imagined that this...
by shaunnawest | Nov 9, 2021 | Writing
I said this on the podcast a couple of weeks ago: To become we must do. I was talking about creative learning, taking risks, starting over. But of course, it’s more than that. We all have different seasons of “doing” in our becoming. Currently, this...
by shaunnawest | Nov 1, 2021 | Writing
A Life I Cannot Bear It’s this: one where I no longer see magic. One where I forget where I’ve come from. Where I don’t notice everything around me. I’ve said before that leaving our home in Troy welled a bit of panic inside me. I remembered...
by shaunnawest | Oct 25, 2021 | Writing, Creative Business/Coaching
On Taking Risk I wouldn’t say that as a child, I was a big risk taker. I generally followed the rules, or skirted pretty closely around them. I liked to please and I was afraid of most animals, riding my bike too fast, and getting caught in a lie or doing...
by shaunnawest | Oct 15, 2021 | Writing
A few months ago, I began releasing two extra newsletters each week: The Weekly Word & The Weekly Collection. I wanted a beautiful, easy way to send you one encouraging thought per week and to share some of my most used possessions and favorites I’m loving,...