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Exploring the daily rhythms and inevitable stumbles in creative life.
Let your pile of small good things grow
Let your pile of small good things grow

Can a small good thing help with overwhelm?

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Madeleine DoreOctober 11, 2020
On doing your thing
On doing your thing

This week's mini episode of Rest & Recreation explores the different types of doing – and what gets in the way of doing our thing.

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Madeleine DoreSeptember 30, 2020
On the secret relishing of aloneness
On the secret relishing of aloneness

Reflections on relishing a free schedule and alone time – but missing the scent of plans all the same.

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Madeleine DoreSeptember 1, 2020
On creating anchors over routines
On creating anchors over routines

When routine isn’t for you, here’s how to still make time and space for the things we really want to do, but keep putting off.

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Madeleine DoreAugust 24, 2020
On the subtle relief of narrowing our plans and ambition
On the subtle relief of narrowing our plans and ambition

Many of us have been forced to let go of plans, projects, ideas, and faced unexpected endings in various corners of our lives. Amongst the grief, can there be a sense of relief in the narrowing of our days?

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Madeleine DoreAugust 16, 2020
On perfectionism, discomfort and showing up
On perfectionism, discomfort and showing up

To wrap the first season of Routines & Ruts, host Madeleine Dore shares seven lessons on perfectionism that not only pertain to our creative lives, but maybe our entire lives.

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Madeleine DoreJune 23, 2020
Lessons from a month of momentum mornings
Lessons from a month of momentum mornings

From creating rituals that work for you, to setting micro-goals, here’s a collection of lessons from a month of carving out small pockets of momentum for the important but not urgent things we tend to put off.

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Madeleine DoreJune 21, 2020
There is no one way: a collection of reflections, routines and advice for creative life in a pandemic
There is no one way: a collection of reflections, routines and advice for creative life in a pandemic

In this special collection, more than 60 people share how they are navigating their daily routines, reflections on creative life, and open up about how they are coping during these times.

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Madeleine DoreMay 10, 2020
Open-survey: How are you oscillating between routines, ruts and rest?
Open-survey: How are you oscillating between routines, ruts and rest?

For an upcoming special episode of my new podcast Routines & Ruts, I’ll be sharing your reflections and challenges, routines or ruts, lowlights and highlights in these extraordinary times.

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Madeleine DoreApril 11, 2020
You don’t have to figure out what you want in life
You don’t have to figure out what you want in life

Knowing what you want in life can be complex, fraught and even futile. Here’s how to navigate expectations and pressures, identify shallow wants, and exchange certainty for surprise.

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Madeleine DoreOctober 13, 2019
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