From The Chicago Tribune 4/19/2000.
Julia Cameron, author of ‘The Artist’s Way,’ ‘The Vein of Gold,’ and ‘The Right to Write,’ has helped thousands of painters, poets, sculptors, actors and musicians unblock their creativity in the past two decades.
Ellen Nordberg
Mentally Ill Moms
You’re always in this silent terror,” Jennifer O’Hara, 47, says of a childhood with a mother afflicted with schizophrenia. “You’re terrorized, and you don’t know where it’s coming from.
When Your Husband’s Other Woman is a Man
Louise, a 32-year-old housewife and mother from Pennsylvania who requested her real name not be used, believed she had the perfect life.
Have Zoo Will Travel
A life-long animal lover, Beth Bishop collected over 40 different “pets,” ranging from snakes and turtles to rabbits, ferrets, and raccoons, by age 29. At that time, she worked endless hours in her catering business with little time for herself. Article published in the Chicago Tribune.
Wine Tasting 101
Appeared in Boulder Lifestyle Magazine 8/13.
At the university I attended, there was a school of hotel management. One of the most popular courses amongst non-hotel students was “Introduction to Wines.” We liberal arts and engineering majors snickered like fifth graders taking a second-grade spelling test. Rumor had it you sat in a huge lecture hall and sampled wines all afternoon. How hard could that be?
These Mothers Wanna Win!
When I first moved to Boulder from Los Angeles, I was a fit, athletic mother of twin toddlers. I thought I looked great. When asked by other mothers, “What do you do?” I’d proudly respond, “I’m a fitness instructor!” Published in Colorado Babies magazine.
Riding the Volcano
It’s day three of our 310 mile bike ride around Hawaii’s Big Island, and I’m feeling stoked. The landscape resembles an alien planet with olive green ferns and lichen framing black lava boulders.
Big Moguls, Bad Hairday
“Not listening to your intuition,” the man said.
He was answering my question about the number one cause of accidents in outdoor active and wilderness sports.
Gaining Compassion Through Surgery
American Fitness 1/14.
Before I tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in my knee, I was invincible.
Stories on Stage – Me, Myself and I
Featured in Flatirons Literary Review. Ellen’s story “The Ambivalent Mother,” won the Stories on Stage memoir contest.