When you think you know the shape and size of your life, when you think you know what is possible, something will happen to prove you wrong….Trust that your life is more elastic than you think; it can grow, be more, hold more.
Maggie Smith
Having a weekly guide word is one of the ways flow is sustained for me. These weekly reviews are the ongoing backstory that empowers me to process what I am curious about, and how I live + chronicle what matters most to me.
TL;DR — Rituals are based within intention and self-compassion. My rituals are a saving grace.
Jump in, even if you don’t feel ready. This is how we begin to create change.
Leo Babauta
Learning to live in the in-between moments matters, too. Some transitions speak in subtle ways.
Morgan Harper Nichols
🧡 My guide word for this week has been [stillness]. ➡️ No specific word presented itself, so I chose inspiration from an art card deck by Morgan Harper Nichols.
Stillness has became a daily ritual as I continue to process a difficult reality that is becoming an opportunity to recognize the love and support in my life. 🙏
“The trick, of course, is to be intelligent enough and humble enough to recognize that you might be missing half of reality” (Maria Popova).
🌓 Reading this post led to an enlivening bit of learning about Carson Ellis’ art.
- I also ordered a copy of this book. 📘
- … And compiled a dot tracker download (available here). 😊
Rituals allow us to embody stories that can imbue even the most ordinary task or object with meaning.
Ryder Carroll
Rituals also serve as a way to keep moving.
Accept that you may never get to know what it means. Accept that there may not be a reason, despite the comfort that reason provide…make meaning by digging yourself out.
Maggie Smith
Right Brain Planner resources are designed to support a self-paced creative practice of chronicling your story-unfolding according the rhythms of nature (instead of a constant state of busyness, feeling behind and “shoulding” yourself).
- daily check-in with the eagle 🦅🦅 live cam 🎥
- Trousdale Music 🎵
- my partner is my beloved daily DJ 💙
- Carson Ellis 🖥️🎨
- “Never think that / I was just one tree.” -Kate Fox 🌳
- Speaking Our Truths 🖥️ (writing/journal)📒
- Anne Lamott on why writing and writers are crucial 🎥
- coaching session with Corinne Cunningham* 💙
- I have been working with Corinne for (6) months and appreciate her insight greatly! She is a gifted creative coach (and the group sessions she hosts are a-mazing!) 🎉
- Typewriter interview with Sarah Manguso
- “I finish processing things really only after I write about them.” ❤️
content posts*
- 💞 it was such a fabulous week of kindred conversations!
- 📥 [free journal-planning page]
- my summer travel plans 💭🌎🔮🎪💃🏻🪩
- 🔎 a “both sides” vantage point
- daily ritual for well-being
- 🌑 new moon prompts
- 🌑 new moon oracles | intentions
- 🌑 new moon practices
- 🌙 [what is a lunar check-in?]
- holding space and moving forward
- 📚 [currently reading & rereading]
- emotions are messengers
- 🪁 any day can be day one
*[Some of these posts are visible to members and followers only, and linked here as a personal record.]
I am currently compiling the third Right Brain Planner Guide for 2025. Although I had already outlined the theme, I had no idea how vital the timing would be for me personally.
The focus is the creative (spiritual) practice renewing our minds—particularly essential when we are living in a spiral of overwhelm and challenging circumstances.
The third Guide for 2025* will offer simple prompts to use for realigning our thoughts; ideas for restoring inner calm and self-soothing.
- But also, devoting oneself to a practice of being in the moment, to chronicle as we begin to process what we are experiencing. They gave me a structure through which to see things and an easy way to begin building a habit.
- *Available the first week of July.
Thank you kindly for your presence here, Braveheart. 💗
I appreciate your interest and support.
~love & good wishes~
2025 Right Brain Planner theme is [Chapters 📖 The Magic of Your Story Unfolding]. I publish cyclical resources + quarterly guides with art and instructional content. ✨
Right Brain Planning Basics | Day One Guide | Guide 3 | Guide 4
⭐️ I am an artist and curator; I am one who communicates with color, found words and collage, inky marks and doodles as I cycle like the moon (as my calendar), chronicling oracles and abiding with the sky as a meditation.
⭐️ I host creative communities, safe spaces for gathering and sharing. I choose love and creativity for coping with the ongoing challenges of this world and I go to work—not because everything is fine but because I believe art heals.
❤️ Braveheart, as the Creator/Artist of Right Brain Planner I am ever-grateful to have the opportunity to share my creative work online + support other creators! 🎉 For almost 20 years I have had the privilege of sharing my art and writing about right brain planning while also hosting kindred 👭🏽💞👭 communities. ✨ I consider it an absolute delight to continue this portion of my creative work (even as I retire from full-time work).
- This is possible, in part, by {you} and your presence here. But also because of the support of my Ko-fi patrons and the other member/subscriber communities I host (via their presence, input and paid subscriptions). 🫶