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Tag: TOE

Insta-collage from yesterday at Narragansett Beach. photo of beach plus critter path with overlays of and symbol and circle
Family

Acclimate

A Term of Endearment post with whiffs of ritual and how to help multi-dimensionally on difficult days. My mom is moving. Moved. The last few days consisted of…

April 26, 2026April 26, 2026 · 3 min read

Coaching

Valuing your values – a mini workshop in a post

Many moons ago I crewed for a personal development coach in Hawaii and both coasts. I used to help usher folks across beds of hot coals and jump…

March 14, 2026March 17, 2026 · 6 min read

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

“Came by it honestly”

Fiction vs non and protecting people and privacy while writing. My mother in law used this expression a while back and I found it immediately empowering. That’s because…

January 10, 2026January 10, 2026 · 2 min read

Language

Audience

A term of endearment post. If you can feel positioning and motion inherent in words, then you may also experience how your point of view can flip with…

December 13, 2025December 13, 2025 · 3 min read

Too Tired to Title | F’It Birth of Venus by Elizabeth Mullen Matteson
Culture

Admitting Conflation

See, I’m on a self-study immersion in the English language and American culture so as to become a better writer. And my course is pretty sloppy and more…

September 28, 2025September 28, 2025 · 3 min read

drawing by Elizabeth Mullen Matteson. surrealist with bold colors. Looks like two jellyfish under a tall bed
Creativity

Emergence ⟺ submergence

Acknowledging your submerged self, the media you choose to portray it, and The Beatles. Have your ever felt that you are emerging from something? If so, where are…

July 28, 2025July 29, 2025 · 4 min read

Creativity

Becoming a writer

Play on words, Play with words: what do you want to know about you? My first poem, which I can recite by heart, woke me up. I wrote…

July 1, 2025July 2, 2025 · 4 min read

Creativity

Validation & Credentialing ~ Terms of Endearment for oddly-credentialed kin

I’ve been pondering the value of credentialing and validation for someone to get recognized for mastery in action, but have personally not chased either; preferring instead to practice…

June 10, 2025June 10, 2025 · 4 min read

Mommess

Embedded – A Term of Endearment

I usually write these Terms of Endearment posts without quoting the dictionary because I want to gain insight as to my personal experience with these words. It’s like…

May 28, 2025May 29, 2025 · 4 min read

Best of Mommess

Frequent, see?

A term of endearment post on Frequency My social media is full of coaches, teachers, and offerings which speak to the power of manifestation using frequencies. The number…

April 26, 2025April 27, 2025 · 5 min read

Mommess

Terms of Endearment – Imbue & Bodhi

This is a Terms of Endearment (TOE) post. These are words that keep coming up that I find myself re-defining for my own relief, amusement, and insight. It’s…

March 26, 2025August 5, 2025 · 5 min read

Creativity

Terms of Endearment – Patron

And notes on creativity as a practice. Patron = Pat Ron (an additional pat on the head to everyone who supports the work of artists) Yesterday, while discussing…

February 16, 2025February 18, 2025 · 3 min read

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