Jennifer New is a writer, mother, and yogi. Her home base is in Iowa City where she lives with her kids, Bella and Tobey; her partner in life, Chris; and the too-cool-for-his-own-good feline, Django. Jennifer has published three books and did her yoga teacher training at Kripalu. She teaches yoga at Heartland Yoga in Iowa City, and is also the assistant director of an academic research center at the University of Iowa.
Maintaining Your Creative Moxie While Being a Good Enough Mother
Your blog’s an interesting read..overall, its nice
charm!
Eerv
I love your blog!!
Thanks!
Hi Jennifer —
I stumbled onto your blog somehow today, and am so pleased! It’s wonderful stuff! I find myself nodding empathetically as I read, because I think I’m trying to sort out many of the same issues (minus the children part — so far).
Anyway, it’s been a pleasure reading your work. Thank you!
Thanks, so much. And welcome! I hope you’ll join the discussion.
Re: Motherhood and Creativity – My kids are almost all grown up, now 19 and almost 17. When they were young and I was a “stay at home” with them, I was furiously creative – sometimes creative because of them, other times creative in spite of them. We homeschooled for awhile and spent so many happy hours creating together. As they got older and I took on a “career,” my creativity took a seat on the back burner while theirs flourished. I watched in pride and envy as they blossomed into the most creative creatures, and mourned my lost self. Things have happened over the past year… I have returned to reclaim myself with a vengeance, and the girls cheer me on.
Did something specific happen in the past year? Or just the inexplicable turning of creativity?
I am glad I have stumbled on your blog-through Lori’s ….I love it-
Glad to have you here, Susan! I’d love to talk some time about your own process of balance!
I’d email you to say howdy, but I didn’t see where I would do that. So I’ll say howdy here! I’m not entirely sure how/why I stumbled across your blogs, but I did, so there. Hope all is well!
–Steve (check out stevendkrause.com )
The photo of the baby dolls is WOW. Yours? Always enjoy stumbling upon your work. Now a blog, what a treat! It only me 2 years to find it – laughing.
Thanks, Meg. Yeah, I took that in Paris years ago on Mother’s Day – or Jour de la Mere!
Thank Jennifer.
I always enjoy your writings.
Really lovely blog. It hits close to home.
Thanks! It is a lifeline of sorts. I appreciate knowing that readers are out there!
Hi!
I just found your blog through Maggie Campbell, a dear friend. I was deeply immersed in your writing when I discovered that you live in the same city as I do! I’d love to sit down and chat sometime. My blog and email are linked through this comment if you’d like to contact me!
-Alicia
So glad to have found your blog…. and I love Iowa City.