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Writing About the spirit world Host: estelle Erasmus interviews Tara Sutphen
Estelle Erasmus, an award-winning journalist and writing coach, has written for over 150 publications, including The New York Times, The Week, Next Avenue, WIRED, The Independent, The Washington Post, Salon, AARP: The Magazine and more. She has been editor-in-chief of five national consumer publications. She is also an adjunct instructor for NYU’s School of Professional Studies/Center for Publishing and Applied Liberal Arts, where she recently received the 2023 Teaching Excellence Award, and teaches a journalism course at NYU’s lauded High School Academy each summer for rising seniors who travel from around the globe to attend. She also hosts the popular Editor-on-Call events for NYU, where she is in conversation with top editors from prestigious publications.
Erasmus was the “All About The Pitch” columnist for Writer’s Digest magazine, and teaches writing classes there. She is host/creator of the popular podcast Freelance Writing Direct. She is a three-time Blog Her Voice of the Year winner, and performed an original work in the inaugural New York City production of Listen to Your Mother. Estelle’s articles for the New York Times and Washington Post have gone globally viral (with more than 500 comments on her NYT piece, “How to Bullyproof Your Child”). She has appeared on “Good Morning America”, “Fox News with Ernie Anastos” and has had her articles mentioned on “The View”.
She speaks often about publishing and improving your writing at conferences such as The American Society of Journalists and Authors, The Writer’s Digest Conference, Hippocamp, The Erma Bombeck Writer’s Conference, Mom 2.0, and more.
Writing That Gets Noticed: Find Your Voice, Become a Better Storyteller, Get Published from New World Library is available for order online and wherever books are sold.
Despite once being called the “Dating Diva” in her single days and teaching Power Dating (as noted in her New York Times Styles Tiny Love Story), she’s been married for nearly two decades, has a teenage daughter and a Havanese dog. She loves to decompress by watching reality television. In her spare time, she loves singing, reading, visiting museums, playing tennis, and acting as taste-tester for her daughter’s baking adventures and her husband’s wine explorations.
Finding Love in the Right Timing
The Age of Aquarius by Tara Sutphen, Jason D. McKean, & Matthew Engel
Lightening Up
Full Wolf Moon
By Tara Sutphen
The Full Wolf Moon (Native American) at 5* Leo will culminate, January 25, 2024 9:54am pacific/12:54pm eastern (Farmers Almanac).
This Leo Moon is helping you become adventurous and curious again. You want answers to questions and your aspirations are higher than they’ve been in a very long while. You’ve decided shining in the world really is a good thing. Also self-accomplished when you’re recognized for your giving and charitable impulses. You don’t know where your life slowed down, but you’re ready for it to be filled with happiness and goodwill. You’re putting your best foot forward. This may be your actually walking outside your home experiencing spontaneity or maybe cooking and/or creating projects that will bring you joy. But joy it will be, you’re counting on it. When you actively develop your attitude, manners and activities, you are making concerted effort to make your life “happen”.
Creative ability starts with getting into the right mindset and being ready to begin. Organizing your thoughts and time seem to be a big part of generating ideas. Whether its through art, music.
Step 1:
Brainstorm, who and what inspires you and why. Gather material, writing in a notepad some of your ideas.
Step 2:
Gather materials or things you need to implement your ideas and plans.
Step 3:
There is a beginning, middle, and end. Start doing it. Take small breaks, keep going.
Step 4:
Don’t take yourself too seriously, but take yourself seriously enough. Critique with solutions, don’t be discouraged.
Step 5:
Completion, know what isn’t done and what is over done. What is the next stages of the projects journey…
Journal Questions:
3-5 sentences+ for each question.
How can you change sad or forlorn thoughts for content antidotes:
Sentiments
Regrets
Anger
Actual person
Job
Career change
Move
House
Town
Country
Money problems
Bad habits
Phobias
Health problems
Stress
–Rebalance:
People problems
Money problems
Relationship problems
Health problems
Personal issues
Bad habits
Phobias
Career problems
Past choices
Stress
Overwhelmed
Where are you most ambitious:
relationships
career
job
homelife
friendships
marriage
children
beauty
exercise
eating
inside maintenance
outside maintenance
person maintenance
place maintenance
thing maintenance
Your new viewpoint:
acceptance of yourself
acceptance of others
Spending too much time on others and not yourself
Spending too much time on yourself and not on others
Forward movement toward positive activities
Forward movement toward negative activities
–Time management, how long with each:
Family
Friends
Job
Career
Money
Beauty
Health
Harmony
Things
Strangers
–When creating a project:
Breathing deeply a few times a day
Drinking more water
Taking a walk
Meditating
Praying
Writing in a Journal
Creating a solution
Creating plans
Giving Hugs
Offering Smiles
Saying nice things to people
Waving here or there to people
Enjoying a color
Enjoying nature
Enjoying architecture
Complimenting your kids
Complimenting everyone
–Would you like to see a change:
What are you doing now
What job will you have next year
What job will you have in 5 years
What job will you have in 10 years
Do you stay with a career
Do you change careers often
Do you like jobs
Do you like responsibility
Do you like to be a boss
Are you a good boss
Are you a good employee
What makes you happy
When you were a child what did you want to be when you grew up
What is your career
What is your self confidence
What is your earning potential
What is your verve for life
Are you a winner
Are you sometimes winning
Are you winning yet losing
Are you losing but close to winning
What could make you win
What could make you content
—- We started as children wanting to create personal excellence. But programming, barriers and Low consciousness people hold you back from reaching greater heights. These include energy vampires, critical people, dishonest characters, and people with temperament issues. Let them go from your life and send them unconditional love as you do that. Invest yourself in the development of your consciousness, unlocking the subconscious, reactivating the super conscious and progressing forward to living a life well lived. Life is an exciting ride.
—–“Dont wait for inspiration. It comes while working. — Henri Matisse (1869-1954) Famous French Painter
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Full Beaver Moon
Full Beaver Moon
By Tara Sutphen
The Full Beaver Moon (Native American) at 4* Gemini will culminate, on November 27, 2023, at 1:16am PdT/4:16 am EdT (Farmers Almanac).
This Full Beaver Moon is about building constructive communication within your family and workspace. We are being asked to be more insightful in how we talk and listen to others. We aren’t to act lackadaisical, careless, or uncaring when we use our words. We are to speak easily, not worrying about our articulation, although manners are always helpful. This Moon is about sociability, civility, and ultimately making memories before it’s too late. You might be wasting your time, frizzling it away, and not making the wholesome connections you came to earth to make.
You are paying attention to your soul goals, right? Let’s start with your family. Only those members who are good for you. And just make sure you are choosing family and friends who are your spiritual family. Your coworkers are to be supportive. All these people should be important enough to keep in your daily life. It’s a far-reaching component of your evolution. Awaken to what and who is around you. Taking the awkward moment and breaking the ice by asking someone close to you for their advice, or how they feel a plan you have…might be all the potency you need to gain confidence. Steps to learning to communicate are important and worthwhile.
Journal Questions:
Secrets you carry:
- yourself
- others
- Family
- Friends
- Work arena
- Neighborhood
- City
- State
- Country
- World
Are you seen as Constructive or Destructive?
- House
- Love
- Family
- Parents
- Mate
- Children
How do you communicate about:
- Love
- Career
- Job
- Health
- Relationships
- Friendships
- Happiness
- Exercise
What do you need to change in your personal life or work life: List 3 things if not 3 sentences
- Love
- Career
- Job
- Health
- Relationships
- Friendships
- Happiness
- Exercise
Your Aspirations:
- Spiritually
- Emotionally
- Intellectually
- Materially
- Physically
What Inspires you:
(5 sentences or more)
Who Inspires You:
(5 people and why)
_____ To have healthy connections you work at meaningful and sincere responses and exchanges. Learning to Communicate effectively starts with allowing others to feel they belong. Asking personal questions and listening. Not always offering advice but taking notice of another.
—— “Communication works for those who work at it.” ~ John Joseph Powell (September 22, 1925–September 24, 2009) Jesuit Priest and Author
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