Who Are You Today?
Funny how easily revelations show up in the shower. This morning I woke up well before the alarm. Rather than get up and wake my husband with my rustling about, I watched part of a movie called Wonder on Netflix. It’s about a nurse who’s brought in to watch and study...
Artificial Intelligence and Authenticity as a Writer
Just to be clear, an AI program didn’t write this post. I did. This flesh-and-bone, goofy, dog-loving, afraid-of-heights writer with a quirky imagination and a constant, burning desire to create and embody who l really am beyond any labels or definitions. I’ve been...
Stillness in Motion
When I was a girl in Minnesota, I used to love reading while lying on the dock at my parent’s lake cabin, gently rocked by waves pushing against the dock’s metal supports. I’d often put my book aside and look down through gaps between the planks to where clear,...
Surrender to Stillness
Happy Winter Solstice! Welcome to the last day of the year, the end of the old, the beginning of the new. In a normal year, I would have shared much more with you, but during this past year I spent most of my time and energy just putting one foot in front of the...
Day 12 ~ 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge
Happy New Year & Welcome to Day Twelve of the 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge 2021! I love how today is both an ending and a beginning--the last day of this year's poetry challenge and the beginning of a new year. We are here, today, with 2021 now just a...
Day 11 ~ 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge
Welcome to Day Eleven of the 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge 2021! We're at the end of another year ~ an excellent time to think about the person, the self, we are bringing to the new year. Which beliefs are we bringing, which attitudes, which dreams and desires?...
Day 10 ~ 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge
Welcome to Day Ten of the 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge 2021! As the year winds down, I've been thinking about all that happened in 2021. All the things I've enjoyed and experienced, and even the challenging times that encouraged me to make new choices and...
Day 9 ~ 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge
Welcome to Day Nine of the 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge 2021 Winter is a truly transformational time, the season when lakes and creeks ice over and become places where you can walk, fish, skate, or play rousing games of hockey. It feels surreal to walk where...
Day 8 ~ 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge
Welcome to Day Eight of the 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge 2021 Today we return to the heart of winter. Living in the deep cold leaves an impression on you. I will never forget what -45 degrees feels like, nor will I forget wind chills that plunge much lower...
Day 7~ 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge
Welcome to Day Seven of the 12 Days of Solstice Poetry Challenge 2021 This time of year, I often think back to my childhood and the blustery, frigid winters my home state of Minnesota is famous for. Today's prompt pulls directly from those blizzardy times when the...
Subscribe Now &
Receive Your Free Gift!
Sign up for my mailing list and learn how to quickly reconnect with your radiant, authentic self--even when life gets in the way.
For my privacy and cookie policies, terms of use and other legal things, please click HERE
Copyright @ 2014-2019 Barbara Jacksha LLC. All Rights Reserved Worldwide