by Carolyn | Mar 7, 2012 | CREATIVE VISUALIZATION FOR WRITERS, Magic Time Writing Retreat, MINDFULNESS FOR WRITERS, THE SERENITY MOVEMENT, THE WRITING SPACE, Unleashing Your Creative Spirit, WORKSHOPS & WEBINARS
In our writing projects, we often hit points when the characters don’t quite gel in our minds or the plot gets sticky. So, our stories get stuck. The Magic Time Writer’s Retreat will help you create the calm mind that opens you up to insights – insights that get you...
by Carolyn | Mar 5, 2012 | CREATIVE VISUALIZATION FOR WRITERS, Magic Time Writing Retreat, THE WRITING SPACE, Unleashing Your Creative Spirit, WORKSHOPS & WEBINARS
Is your life consuming your writing time? Do you need time for yourself, to get away, to shut out, to seek the quiet – to restore? The Magic Time Writer’s Retreat is a contemplative, mentored writing retreat designed to allow you to unplug from the world and be in a...
by Carolyn | Aug 1, 2011 | WHAT'S NEW
“Pound of Flesh,” my creative nonfiction piece about the impoverishment of the life spirit, was published August 2011 in The Tampa Review. This welcome news flash came while I was at the Associated Writing Programs conference in Denver standing in line to get a latte...
by Carolyn | Jul 7, 2010 | MEDIA & EVENTS, WHAT'S NEW
ABQ Essential Guide: From the iTunes app store The proliferation of mobile devices has changed the face of travel guides. Instead of carrying a weighty book, which often is outdated before it hits the bookstore, travelers now can consult frequently updated apps on...
by Carolyn | Feb 1, 2010 | MINDFULNESS FOR WRITERS, The SoulFire
About “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Mindfulness”: My co-author, Anne Ihnen, tells me she keeps hearing from her colleagues in the therapy world that they find “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Mindfulness” very useful in their practice. JoAnne...
by Carolyn | Dec 28, 2009 | MEDIA & EVENTS
I learned today that I’m a finalist for the Danahy Fiction Prize from Tampa Review, a literary journal housed at the University of Tampa. The story is “Pretend,” the one that I brought to workshop in Barcelona, Spain, during the brief residency of...
by Carolyn | Apr 28, 2009 | MEDIA & EVENTS
“The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Mindfulness” As a trained psychologist, I’ve learned all about being observant of behavior. I learned how to see things through a clearer pair of eyes. However, when it comes to my own life and my own family, I find that my...
by Carolyn | Apr 28, 2009 | MEDIA & EVENTS, MINDFULNESS FOR WRITERS
My co-author, Anne Ihnen, tells me she keeps hearing from her colleagues in the therapy world that they find “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Mindfulness” very useful in their practice. JoAnne Ceccarelli-Egan, a marriage and family therapist in...
by Carolyn | Mar 28, 2009 | MEDIA & EVENTS
Find out in this radio interview about “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Mindfulness” with CRN Talk Radio. CRN talk radio interview
by Carolyn | Feb 28, 2009 | Mindful Writing, THE SERENITY MOVEMENT, The SoulFire
FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH: THE FIVE TIBETAN RITES One of my 9-year-old twins is an early riser. Paul is up the minute the sun pulses over the mountain. Grace, on the other hand, likes to sleep until the last possible moment. It takes some doing, but once she wakes up, she’s...