CL038: Writer Jennifer Louden on writing retreats, online courses and living your truest life

Jennifer Louden is a personal growth pioneer who helped launch the self-care movement with her first publication The Woman's Comfort Book. Since then she has gone onto release six more books and has been profiled or quoted in dozens of major publications, even appearing on Oprah. Jennifer combines writing with teaching retreats, leading workshops and creating vibrant online communities for her fans. In all of these she helps people shape and live their truest life. In this episode of The Creative Life Podcast, Jennifer tells us about her new book and her new online writing program. She talks about how she always wanted to create and always resisted creating and her struggles in the creative process. Jennifer also shares with us how her first book came about. "Stop whining and start working." - Jennifer Louden Jennifer Louden Show Notes: Exploring by asking questions (4:38) Getting on Oprah (6:20) Bright shiny thing syndrome (8:30) The Oasis Program (10:10) Partnering with the wrong people (15:50) Creating a body of work (16:28) Writing book proposals (18:20) Changes in the publishing industry (20:18) The importance of email lists (21:53) Using video to promote (24:16) Awareness (25:22)  Favorite Tools: ToDoIst Evernote Scrivener Favorite Book: The Essential Rumi Favorite Record: Krishna Das Join James's Facebook fans: https://www.facebook.com/jamestaylordotme LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jameskirktaylor This is The Creative Life, James Taylor's weekly YouTube show. -------------------- ABOUT JAMES -------------------- As a creativity expert Taylor is a frequent guest speaker at universities and international conferences. He has given keynotes and talks at Apple, Subscription Site Summit in San Francisco, the British Music Show in the UK and at several universities across Europe including University of Dundee in Scotland and University of Macerata in Italy. He is often called upon by media outlets to give his views on trends in creativity and innovation. He has been quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald, Columbus Dispatch, STV, Business Insider and San Jose Mercury News as well as featured on BBC TV and being the subject of a 30minute program on his life for BBC Radio Scotland. As a host on shows about creativity and innovation he has interviewed legendary investor Maynard Webb (Yahoo.com, eBay.com & Salesforce.com board member) and New York Times best-selling writers Chris Guillebeau ($100 Startup), Rolf Potts (Vagabonding), Brand Cooper (The Lean Entrepreneur) and Ryan Holiday (Trust Me I'm Lying). James is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA). Meet James at http://www.JamesTaylor.me -------------------- ABOUT THE CREATIVE LIFE -------------------- The Creative Life is a weekly self-improvement show full of #motivation, #inspiration, and #creativity strategies with creativity speaker and author James Taylor. The Creative Life blog can be read at: http://www.jamestaylor.me -------------------- SUBSCRIBE -------------------- Never miss a video, and join the Youtube self-help community living the fully creative life: http://www.youtube.com/jamestaylorme