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Mommess

Large Scale Event Promotion: Showing Up

I’ve been doing large scale event promotion for over 20 years, and developed a very specific, choreographed approach that is not recorded elsewhere. I learned this through years…

March 21, 2025March 21, 2025 · 4 min read

Culture

Alt Empress E

We’ve always had “royal” notables in our culture. I’m talking the King of Rock n Roll1, The Queen of Soul2, The Prince of Pop3, The Godfather of Soul,…

March 19, 2025March 20, 2025 · 5 min read

Body & Health

High Commitment to a Low Standard

A way to make and sustain great habits. I’m pretty much sure we’ve all heard the adage “practice makes perfect.” And then as adults we recognized that perfection…

March 18, 2025March 18, 2025 · 4 min read

Oranges in the mythic waters. Art by Elizabeth Mullen Matteson featuring a scrolled canvas by Richard Fraenkel
Creativity

Mythic Oranges, Waters, and WWII

“Imagine That” Today’s art is in honor of an amazing painter and gentle man, Richard Fraenkel. He was my painting instructor in college. He told quiet stories. He…

March 12, 2025March 12, 2025 · 3 min read

abstract face with glasses
Coaching

Designer Questions to Engineer Endurance, Achievement, and Happiness

Focusing your attention on long-acting, feeling-based, style-specific questions can give you a richer and happier experience of life. What I love about this process is that anyone can…

March 11, 2025March 12, 2025 · 7 min read

Mommess

Beginner’s Mind & Happier Times

WELCOME TO MY FIRST QUOTE-A-RAMA It’s a relief to know that there was never a moment in my life when everything was perfect. There is no idyllic past…

March 10, 2025March 10, 2025 · 3 min read

Body & Health

Smoking Yoga

And how I inadvertently replaced a bad habit. I smoked 2 packs of cigarettes a day for 14 years. During the last 7 of those years I struggled…

March 6, 2025March 7, 2025 · 3 min read

Mommess

Lies the AI tells me

Interacting with AI feels disturbing to me. Oddly slick and beautiful fake humans with 7 fingers aside, I think it’s because there’s no way to prioritize truth-telling in…

March 4, 2025March 5, 2025 · 4 min read

Coaching

Truth telling in little bits

Focus, the folly of first-ness, and how symbolic truth-telling connects us to our souls and each other. If any one artist works with the truth of their lives,…

March 2, 2025March 3, 2025 · 4 min read

Coaching

Helping the Helpers: methodology and pitfalls

Like many people, I’ve wanted to make a huge positive impact, but unlike others, I haven’t wanted to be directly acknowledged for doing it, because I’m uncomfortable with…

March 2, 2025March 5, 2025 · 5 min read

when you come down to it, the only ground you stand on is the ground you stand on
Body & Health

Are you freaking out? Try a simple practice for sanity and strength

There has been no end of folks reeling since we’ve had crazy makers at the helm of our executive branch. The extra work some of us need to…

February 27, 2025March 2, 2025 · 4 min read

St John the Baptist by Leonardo da Vinci
Coaching

Renaissance Warriors

I’m going to tell you right now that you are a modern day Renaissance Warrior. This is because you can do many, many things very well. This includes…

February 24, 2025February 24, 2025 · 4 min read

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