Are you a writer? If you are, you may understand the funk I’m in. I’m a writer, except that sometimes, I don’t write. I do things related to writing, but they are not writing. They do not help the writing, in fact, they impede the writing. They are procrastination. They are self-imposed resistance. They are fun. But, sadly, not writing.
Jo Hilder
Tattoo Chronicles #2 – A Miraculous Homecoming.
This is my second tattoo. My dragonfly. I’ve always loved dragonflies. They symbolise new beginnings. I got this tattoo many years after cancer and the Continue Reading
Tattoo Chronicles #1 – Survivor
My first tattoo. Got it in 2008, five years after surviving cancer. I drew this design up myself, and the tattoo artist commented it was Continue Reading
Art is the ultimate truth telling. Tell it.
Art is the ultimate truth-telling. Creativity is given us so we can speak out the truths laying inside us, unspoken and unrecognised, that we might Continue Reading
Small and Pure – an interview with Jo Hilder
Ahem. A quick interview with myself about Small and Pure, off the cuff. Just a chat with author-me so you can get to know my Continue Reading
Small and Pure – Ready to pre-order!
Today is a very exciting day. This morning, I am delighted to announce my picture book for grown-ups, Small and Pure – A Cautionary Tale, Continue Reading
What it looks like when you’re on a spiritual journey.
People on a spiritual journey are going somewhere. They grow. They shift. They change. They move. They may live physically in the same place their Continue Reading
Come away from your memory into your imagination.
I know you’re facing another day not knowing if you need to hold on or let go. I know the weight of trying to make Continue Reading
The Healing and the Healer.
An essential part of brave-becoming is cultivating our capacity to sit with ourselves as both the healing, and the healer. The first-person identity of your Continue Reading
How to shut out the world, and it all be okay.
There will be times when you feel strongly about connecting with others and building ties and making relationships and being around people, and you’ll seem Continue Reading
How To Love Your Darkness.
There is a time and season for negativity. I absolutely believe this. There’s a place for seeing things cynically and refusing to be cheered with Continue Reading
The Wound.
Dear one, I want to ask you a few things. May I? Do you feel innately and deeply attuned to perceptions others have about you? Continue Reading