Hellbent On Bliss

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Accidentally Discovering That Meditating and Writing Go Together Like Peanut Butter and Jelly

Here writing “with Tiff,” though, she’s not really here. I just left her a voicemail letting her know I’ve started. I’m grateful for her inviting me to meditate (for me: Vipassana) and write. I’m obviously more than ready because I’m Read more…

By Lily Chien-Davis, 3 yearsAugust 20, 2023 ago
tools for bliss

The Practice of Good Enough

Learning to let something be “good enough” is a practice of trust. At a certain point in your process, you have to let go and trust that a piece of writing, a parenting situation, whatever you’re working on, is good Read more…

By Lily Chien-Davis, 3 yearsAugust 19, 2023 ago
tools for bliss

Could Pace Be the Portal to Peace?

My trigger, I’ve realized is being rushed. Feeling pressured. My triggers often involve pace. Yet surprisingly, pace as the portal to peace can be a balm to frayed nerves. That is, the act of slowing down your pace. Until you Read more…

By Lily Chien-Davis, 3 yearsAugust 18, 2023 ago
fasting for health

Morning Magic Hour Writing and A Nourishing Conversation

Magic Hour is for Writing It’s really lovely getting up before the city has awakened. When it’s pitch black, then faint orange horizon just above the Austin city line. From my apartment balcony, I can see, on the far left, Read more…

By Lily Chien-Davis, 3 yearsAugust 17, 2023 ago
writing

The Other Side of Fear: The Practice of Writing Requisite Writing

Today I finished a 28 day challenge to write everyday beginning on 7/20/23. It feels so good to get in the habit of writing requisite writing, not just writing around the writing (which is something I tend to do often Read more…

By Lily Chien-Davis, 3 yearsAugust 17, 2023 ago
writing

Novel Excerpt from The Forever Life of Natalie Wong

She was the only girl I had ever loved. Like that. And after that, no girl ever seduced me in a way that captured my heart — like that — ever again. I was 15 when we first met. It Read more…

By Lily Chien-Davis, 3 yearsAugust 15, 2023 ago
Self-Experiment

My 30-Day Writing Challenge

It’s been a while since I’ve been on my own blog. It feels, quite honestly, weird to be back here. I had abandoned this little virtual real estate I’ve parked here years ago and turned my sights to writing on Read more…

By Lily Chien-Davis, 3 yearsAugust 14, 2023 ago
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Protected: Some Thoughts On What To Eat: A Simple Plan for Granny Lynn

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By Lily Chien-Davis, 4 years ago
Portal Picture to Remembering
psychedelics

The Great Pretender and the Portal to Remembering Who We Truly Are

I am a fiction writer who struggles with fiction. Even with a Masters of Fine Arts expressively devoted to the study of fiction. I wanted to study the land of make believe that resides in the recesses of my mind. Read more…

By Lily Chien-Davis, 5 yearsOctober 16, 2020 ago
Writing out of a funk
mental health

I Just Wrote Myself Out of a Funk

I woke up around 3am and haven’t been able to really go back to sleep. I’m here now at 6:26am about to virtually meet Julie to write via Zoom, physically located on the 3rd floor of our apartment building. I’ve Read more…

By Lily Chien-Davis, 5 yearsOctober 1, 2020 ago

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