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An essay composed of White Wolf dreams gathered from dusk to dawn. - I wasn’t sure if I was seeing a dog or a wolf. (Author’s note: These dreams actually inspired and brought to life my short fiction works, You Are My Inspiration and The Garden. Some of the dreams in this essay are also in an earlier blog post entitled, Dragons, Creative...
For when you are living a life that is not true to who you are - Have you ever felt like you’ve lost touch with your true self, to the point that you no longer know how to live in a way that honors the reality of who you are—that creative part of yourself that you know is there but yet feels so…distant? I most definitely...
Here are my best articles and resources for INFPs - Over the years, I’ve written many books and articles for INFPs. As an INFP, many of my struggles have centered around the challenges of managing my extraverted intuition (Ne) and the endless flow of ideas that comes from that and managing my inferior extraverted thinking (Te), which creates tension surrounding...
Mob Action - Summary: Lila faces Ms. Rinehart and the angry people of Avila with the truth. Author’s note: I lied! I know in the last chapter I said this was going to be the last chapter I’m posting in full to my blog, but I thought about it, and I really don’t...
Here are my best articles and resources - I’ve written a lot about burnout recovery in my books and blog posts over the years because moving in and out of burnout has been an ongoing theme in my life. So here I’m sharing a list of gentle things to read from this blog and my books when you’re...
Hope Song - Summary: Lila takes matters into her own hands. 🔹Table of Contents Author’s note: Chapters of Omnigirl can now be downloaded from my book shop for free. This is the last chapter I’m posting in full to my blog. Future blog posts will be previews of the new chapters that I’m...
Gardens and Dragons - Summary: In dark times, Lila finds unexpected support. 🔹Table of Contents I tried to sleep that night, but I couldn’t. At six came the artificial morning. I am now Lila Collins, student at Omni High School for Girls, and ex-member of The Five. I guess they can go back to...
Good vision boards create clarity - Before diving into this post, I just have to say that I’ve been a bit antagonistic towards vision boards, although I’ve made them plenty of times. For me, the results of creating a vision board have often fallen into two categories: a bunch of feel good platitudes that do nothing...
Running Out of Time - Summary: So many problems to solve, so little time. 🔹Table of Contents It was yet another morning where I laid in bed thinking. Only three days left until everything was over. Not a single cure for the crop failure had been found. There wasn’t even a cause that made sense....
Thoughts on working from my raison d’être - At first I was going to call this article, “How I Used Ikigai to Build My Writing Career,” but calling my writing a “career” feels a bit pretentious because I don’t earn much from my writing. However, I’ve also published over ten books that do sell, so I’m not sure...
And finding clarity through understanding desire - In between sleeping and waking I kept getting flashes of the same subconscious image: the picture of a young queen. She wears a heavy and ornate gown from the 1700’s that is mainly white but trimmed in gold. The white bodice of the gown is decorated with golden bows. Her...
A clear vision of what success is to me - Dear Arcadia, I know that sometimes, it’s easy to forget what success is for you, because everyone is always telling you what your definition of success should be. So I’m here to remind you of what true success is. For you, success is this: It’s seeing the sun peak from...
- The dance between my ego and self has been a life long journey of looking for inner clarity. When I was fourteen, I fell into exploring the rhythm of this dance. I asked myself, “If I could live completely as myself, what would my life possibly be like?” I was...
Experiencing the clarity of inner belonging - There’s nothing more fun than taking on the subconscious body of my masculine shadow-self in my dreams. Doing so helps me to see myself in ways I never have before. So let’s explore how I processed this part of my inner world into meaningful clarity this time around. Sometimes I...
Getting to the root of the problem - Summary: Accusations abound and the prince is so not pleased. 🔹Table of Contents The next morning, I was awakened by a knock on my door. I jumped out of bed and unlocked the opaque glass doors. It was a maid with a breakfast of waffles, eggs, and sausage. “Thank you,”...
Secret Messages - Summary: Traveling to places that are old yet new. 🔹Table of Contents In the morning, when I was coming into the phase of light sleep, I heard the familiar sound of a door opening and Cheryl’s footsteps. She was going on another morning jog. I never knew she was so...
Using notes to create clarity inside and outside - The library of the mansion was beautifully designed with classic elegance. I admired the glossy wood paneling on the walls and the sturdy shelving made of heavier, more robust wood, highly polished and stained dark. Apparently, I have a thing for shelves. I carefully organized the books on them while...
The Secrets of Avila - Summary: Discovering hidden struggles and a cheeky prince. 🔹Table of Contents We followed him out of the submarine port. Once outside, my eyes were filled with amazing images. Tall clean buildings made of blue glass material took over the dome of a sky. Light hit and sparkled against them. It...
Finding creative clarity through dreams - I was sleeping on the living room floor of an unfamiliar house. While laying there in the dark, I cracked my eyes open just enough to see the shadow of someone crouching and watching me sleep. And they seemed to have dragon wings? Then within the dream, I dozed off...
Making sense of who I am through dreamwork - Over the course of this year, I’ve been shedding more and more the need to push myself creatively. To be real, this feels very strange. Sometimes, I worry that I’m not doing enough. But at the same time from this space, I’m feeling like I’m doing exactly what I should...