My guest today is Jen Louden, best-selling author of nine books, and passionate women’s advocate. Since 1992 Jen has been a leading voice on self-care, creative transformation, and helping women own their desires.
With close to a million copies sold in nine languages, Jennifer has appeared or been quoted in hundreds of media platforms, including The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is a former columnist for Whole Living, a Martha Stewart magazine, and her work has been featured in Brené Brown’s books
Daring Greatly and Dare to Lead.
We talked about:
Why we need our witches right now
Finally writing a novel all about magic and midlife women
Reinventing yourself
Moving beyond “Pick Me”
Agents and publishers, and how publishing has changed since the ‘90s
The disappointment of the reality of being on Oprah’s couch
Walking away from projects and knowing when to let things go
The Conditions of Enoughness – her groundbreaking concept for developing self trust in yourself as a creative
Creative motherhood and the male privilege of no interruptions
On being ruthless as a creative woman
In the extended episode - available on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce for $3/month+
We deep dive into neurodivergence- discovering her neurodivergence, how it’s impacted her work, her work arounds.
References
The Rainbow Way: cultivating creativity in the midst of motherhood
The Shit No one Tells You About Writing podcast
Get Published with Lucy H. Pearce
Teach Now!
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