The Say No With Love Letters
Join me as I get personal and deep about how saying no has changed my life. Each month, I’ll dive into the good, the bad, and the raw truths, paired with a tangible, reflective question to help you kickstart your own "Say No With Love" journey. Let’s rewrite the narrative together. Using mindfulness and self-discovery, I help creatives break free from self-doubt and limiting beliefs. At Breathing Space Creative, we embrace the long path, paying attention to everything along the way, especially the things we might usually overlook.
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If it's not a big act, it won't make a difference?
Say No With Love Letters At Breathing Space Creative we’re here to change the story society tells about artists. It starts with each creative believing their life and work matter, and grows into a world that finally sees the arts as essential. To do this, it starts with the self work. Every month I’ll pick a common societal belief about writers/artists that are largely untrue today, and share a personal story about how I’ve personally and professionally said no with love to that and how we...
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Say No With Love Letters At Breathing Space Creative we’re here to change the story society tells about artists. It starts with each creative believing their life and work matter, and grows into a world that finally sees the arts as essential. To do this, it starts with the self work. Every month I’ll pick a common societal belief about writers/artists that are largely untrue today, and share a personal story about how I’ve personally and professionally said no with love to that and how we...
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Say No With Love Letters At Breathing Space Creative we’re here to change the story society tells about artists. It starts with each creative believing their life and work matter, and grows into a world that finally sees the arts as essential. To do this, it starts with the self work. Every month I’ll pick a common societal belief about writers/artists that are largely untrue today, and share a personal story about how I’ve personally and professionally said no with love to that and how we...
READ POSTYour creative legitimacy starts AFTER publication?
Say No With Love Letters At Breathing Space Creative we’re here to change the story society tells about artists. It starts with each creative believing their life and work matter, and grows into a world that finally sees the arts as essential. To do this, it starts with the self work. Every month I’ll pick a common societal belief about writers/artists that are largely untrue today, and share a personal story about how I’ve personally and professionally said no with love to that and how we...
READ POSTThe arts are a hobby, not a career?
Say No With Love Letters At Breathing Space Creative we’re here to change the story society tells about artists. It starts with each creative believing their life and work matter, and grows into a world that finally sees the arts as essential. To do this, it starts with the self work. Every month I’ll pick a common societal belief about writers/artists that are largely untrue today, and share a personal story about how I’ve personally and professionally said no with love to that and how we...
READ POSTIf you’re not drafting or hitting your word count, you’re not really writing.
Say No With Love Letters At Breathing Space Creative we’re here to change the story society tells about artists. It starts with each creative believing their life and work matter, and grows into a world that finally sees the arts as essential. Every month I’ll pick a common societal beliefs about writers/artists that are largely untrue today, and share a personal story about how I’ve personally and professionally said no with love to that and how we can all slowly start to reimagine artists...
READ POSTsaying no with love when you're ready to try something different
Say No With Love Letters saying no with love when you're ready to try something different Reader, Before I sat down to write this letter, I was belting out Donell Jones’ song Knocks Me Off My Feet—purely on instinct, and because I’m alone and wanted to know what it would feel like to sing something at the top of my lungs without judgment. It was awesome. I was probably way off key, but oh man, it felt so good. Lately, I’ve been following energy, and also stepping back when the energy feels...
READ POSTWhat if it’s not about topping the last thing?
Say No With Love Letters What if it’s not about topping the last thing? Reader, I’ve been thinking a lot about something that came up recently. I read this newsletter about the controversy around Elizabeth Gilbert’s new book, and it turned into a really interesting conversation in the Forever Writers Club. We started out chatting about the ethics of sharing deeply private parts of your life, but then our convo morphed into something bigger: the pressure of always having to “top” the last...
READ POSTwhen the nerves are a good thing
Say No With Love Letters when the nerves are a good thing Reader, As many of you have probably heard me mention recently, today marks Day 1 of my two-month fall residency in Whistler, BC. I’ve been sharing with the writers I’m close to just how unexpectedly nerve-wracking this transition has been for me. For the most part, it’s the little things: not having my usual comforts (I’m very particular about the items I use daily), missing my family and my dog, Chester, not having a car to get...
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