ELIZABETH GILBERT Archives - Kimberley Barker

The Pathway to Molding a Creative Life

It's been an interesting couple of days, lots of emotion swirling around from sadness of a friend moving out of town, to disappointment of not meeting my creative/entrepreneurial goals as I had intended over a year ago, to fear of not being able to financially support myself while I continue onward to make those dreams a reality. All of this I knew was blocking my ability to write and that upset me even more.I yearned to put pen to paper and my hands on the keyboard. It wasn't coming. I did everything that my teachers had taught me about changing [...]

By Kimberley Barker|2015-10-31T14:00:00+00:00October 31, 2015|Answered Prayers, Big Magic, Creative Living Beyond Fear, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, ELIZABETH GILBERT, EMOTION, entrepreneurial goals, Julia Cameron, laundry, Love Letters from the Divine, Oprah, SUPER SOUL SUNDAY|Comments Off

On Permission to Live a Creative Life

Over the last few days, I have been reading a book by Elizabeth Gilbert called Big Magic, Creative Living Beyond Fear. At the time I bought the book, I grabbed it to soothe a grieving heart over a friend that is moving away. Has it worked? Somewhat, yes. Each time I think of my friend and begin to cry, I grab the book to focus my mind on my writing life.Just this morning I read an interesting chapter on Permission to Live a Creative Life. When I saw the title of the chapter - I thought, wow, what an interesting [...]

By Kimberley Barker|2015-10-22T16:13:00+00:00October 22, 2015|ARTISTS, DaVinci, decorating, ELIZABETH GILBERT, ESSAYS, home improvement, HOME RENOVATION, in-spirit, inspire, KNITTING, MICHAELANGELO, painters, prose, sculptor, sweaters, the creative life, Writing Life|Comments Off

Reflections of a Heart in Pain

My morning writing has me ponder thoughts and feelings I have for someone very dear to me. You see, I received a text from them yesterday as I was driving to my workout session with my trainer, that they were moving. And their new home would be thousands of miles away. My heart sank and the tears started streaming down my face. My contacts became blurry and I was supposed to walk into the gym ready for action. I wanted to run away as far as I could from the feeling of this pain and at the same time I wanted [...]

By Kimberley Barker|2015-10-16T15:31:00+00:00October 16, 2015|Big Magic, BROKEN HEART, COMFORT, Creative Living Beyond Fear, EAT PRAY LOVE, ELIZABETH GILBERT, HEALING A BROKEN HEART, lovers, pain|Comments Off