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Mommess

Life is a feeling

One of my teachers said the title of this post with great authority, and it gave me pause. How could life be a feeling, I wondered, isn’t life…

November 10, 2025November 13, 2025 · 5 min read

The Art of Painting By Johannes Vermeer - Google Arts & Culture — lAHeqBoLaePtEA, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22003845
Creativity

Mapping: meeting what you need on the checkerboard of life – with art project

On the checkerboard of life, the right thing is finding its way to you, as you are to it.~ My Mom Artwork: No Title by the author 2024…

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025 · 3 min read

David Bowie in SymbolWork format by artist Elizabeth Mullen Matteson
Culture

Dragons, science fiction, and how fearsome archetypes can help you heal your inner life

I love stories. And I crave movies that sweep me away… and not just for sake of distraction. Stories help heal my inner cast of characters: that chorus…

May 2, 2025November 3, 2025 · 7 min read

Coaching

Take back the alphabet & re-write your life

How work with the most basic building blocks in order to elevate your communication. I’ve always seen the alphabet as a beautiful grouping of shapes and fascinating set…

January 27, 2025January 27, 2025 · 5 min read

Screen shot from MAX Barbie Movie Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBqlDWHkdHk
Coaching

Your ordinary, extraordinary life

There is a form if you’d like to share on this topic below. The first part of my life, I wanted to be extraordinary. Driven by a distant…

July 16, 2024July 16, 2024 · 3 min read

Mommess

responsiveness: in websites and in life

I find myself needing to write every day. The swirl of ideas and realizations are vast and without some expressive outlet. So, I’m giving myself 15 minutes today…

June 30, 2024June 30, 2024 · 2 min read

abstract root art of a woman reading or writing a book by EM Matteson
Coaching

Archive: Life Coaching Articles

Yes, there are archives inside archives. lol In the interest of preserving more embarrassing, and sometimes helpful, writings below are archival links to my old “Ideas of the…

December 29, 2023April 21, 2026 · 1 min read

Culture

Breaking the natural and mythic laws of life: a primer

and a powerful path forward for good grownups   Yesterday, January 6, 2021, American law was flouted when people broke into the Capital building, committed violence and halted…

January 7, 2021June 3, 2022 · 5 min read

Best of Mommess

Four Styles of Defining A Life

I wrote a chunk of a self-help book over a decade ago. It described the four styles people use to find — and define — meaning in their lives.…

April 19, 2018June 3, 2023 · 2 min read

Culture

Right to life: MY American birthright.

This is a tough post to write, but  I felt I must write it, and attempt to communicate something that is likely felt by many, but hard to…

August 7, 2017June 1, 2023 · 4 min read

Beaver Bites
Mommess

Making a statement

I love this concept. And I’ve seen the power of making statements play out for those who know the power of words and also carry good character and…

July 9, 2026July 9, 2026 · 3 min read

Declaration of Independence, Courtesy of Wikipedia Commons
History

Declaration of Independence

How a powerful document did what it was supposed to do. There are dozens of declarations that we could look at more closely, but today, I’d love discuss…

July 4, 2026July 7, 2026 · 9 min read

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