Strategy & Content Services with Sandra Lee Schubert

SoulfulLiving.com has been spreading love, healing, and transformation for a quarter of a century. A major achievement. I am grateful to be a contributor to the site over these many years. Congratulations to Valerie Rickel for her continued success.

Welcome to Explore Writing Through Your Senses . Enjoy the journey to becoming a more creative person. You do not have to be a professional writer to write. Writing is an activity anyone can do. Your writer’s toolkit is always with you.  We are founts of creativity.  Are you suffering from writer’s block? Can’t come up with a line to start your story? Using your senses, inspiration is as close as your nose, eyes, or your ears. How to use this book: Each essay in this collection is designed to be concise, allowing you to quickly read, engage with a creative prompt, and start writing. As you explore your senses, you’ll develop a rich repertoire of sensory details to enhance your writing anytime. Let your imagination roam free and enjoy the journey! Suggested amount $3.50. Available on Gumroad. Sign-up required. 

I hate to tell you this--- if you have your photos on Facebook or any other social media site people will look at them, judge them, talk about them and even mention they saw them to you. Duh. We are curious creatures, prone to stick our noses into things, get a taste of the grass, the lay of the land. We like to look. There I said it. If you post things about yourself- people will read it. They may respond and they may share it. It is the nature of the beast. If you are a bit skittish. Don’t like personal stuff shared around the world? I suggest you stick to showing people the family vacation pics via your old slide projector. I am not being mean. You will be happy. Your friends won’t be happy- because, you know, slides. But you won’t feel intruded on at all. So let me tell you this- one of my roles in life is social media management. I can scan your account and tell a lot about you. I know what you are doing wrong if you are business, or what your favorite food is by perusing yo...

“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar” ~Thich Nhat Hanh People stay in dead-end jobs, loveless marriages never leaving the boundaries of their hometowns. Why is it so hard to let go of things that no longer work? The devil you know is better than the one you don’t know. People are willing to live a mediocre life for the safety it provides. But what if you were guaranteed a positive outcome how would you live your life differently? What kind of choices would you make knowing each one would turn out OK? If you can imagine this different life then envision another life where you are still free to make choices but are unsure of the outcome. Except now you accept the consequences of your choices knowing they could be either bad or good. In this life, you feel fear but take chances anyway. Every day we make a choice. You want to lose weight but eat ice cream. You buy a new sweater knowing the money could...

We plan each day. We start with coffee, a shower, or maybe exercise. We go to work or school from Monday to Friday. Saturday is for shopping and errands. Sunday’s, we wake up late; go to brunch or a church service. Maybe you get up and create art or work nights. A routine affords us the comfort to stretch emotionally and physically without distraction. Routines fail us. Tragedy strikes. We go to work and lose our job. A serious illness strikes a relative. Or we look in the mirror and realize this is not the life we had planned on living. A Crucial Point Decisions are normal. We wear blue instead of red. We drop an umbrella in our bag at the last moment. Do you want paper or plastic? Others require more thought. What school we attend. Do we leave a marriage? Should I establish my career before having a child? Situations force us to decide. The longed-for dream house is no longer affordable. We have to decide about a loved one’s healthcare. At this crucial point in life’s journey, the ...