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.

https://jenniferlouden.com/

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

Pregnant Woman's Comfort Book

The Woman's Retreat Book

The Woman’s Comfort Book

Why Bother?

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

Womancraft Publishing

Teach Now!

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