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IN THE PAST-PART 1
At the end of my story, I share some scrawled lyrics in progress. They are brutally honest and very personal. It is because of writing those words that I found the insight I needed for my newest song. Continue reading →
Posted in Healing and Hope, Hypnotherapy, Princess Stories
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I AM HUMAN
I grew up to become a good girl. It’s hard to maintain that. I’d rather use the phrase of “being human.” That gives me permission to feel upset and to make mistakes. Being human helps me to understand my reactions when I am under tremendous pressure. Continue reading →
Posted in Hypnotherapy, Princess Stories
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Tagged adjusting to divorce, artist, bad girl, Bartlett, being human, black and white, creativity, dealing with anger, disillusionment in a relationship, divorce after a long marriage, facing divorce after a long marriage, food illustrator, fruit illustration, good girl, gratefulness, gray divorce, guitar, Hypnotherapy, illustrator, inspiration, journey toward healing, Judy Unger, love, memories and divorce, navigating divorce after a long marriage, optimism, Ordinary Life humor hypnotherapy parenting, passionate songwriter, pear, pear illustration, pears, puns, relationships, sadness end of marriage, Sandra Callahan, songwriter, songwriting, the princess and the dragon
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I STILL REMEMBER – PART 2
I’ve been an artist all of my life. And working with music involves much of the same abilities I’ve used as a professional illustrator for the last thirty years. I’m grateful that when I began playing my guitar again after almost thirty years, I could still remember most of the songs I wrote so long ago. Continue reading →
Posted in Princess Stories
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Tagged acoustic guitar, adjusting to divorce, arranging a song, beautiful music, comforting music, composing, creativity, disillusionment in a relationship, divorce after a long marriage, facing divorce after a long marriage, gratefulness, gray divorce, guitar, guitar arrangement, healing music, I still remember, inspiration, It might have been, journey toward healing, Judy Unger, love, lovesong, lyric development, lyric writing, lyrics, memories and divorce, Music, music and healing, musical arranging, musical comfort, navigating divorce after a long marriage, optimism, original songs, passionate songwriter, relationships, sadness end of marriage, singing, song garden, songwriter, songwriting, the princess and the dragon
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NO ORDINARY PRINCESS – PART 4
Suddenly, there was a loud knock at my door. It was my youngest son! I shouted, “DO NOT COME IN!” Continue reading →
Posted in Princess Stories
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Tagged adjusting to divorce, artist, bathroom floor, bathroom remodel, bathroom remodel humor, coping with divorce, creativity, divorce after long marriage, floor install, gray divorce, handyman, having hope, healing music, hopeful and optimistic, hopefulness, humor about remodeling, humor daily life, inspiration, Judy Unger, memories and divorce, metaphor of a princess, music and inspiration, musical rediscovery, no ordinary princess, optimism, Ordinary Life, parenting, passionate songwriter, princess metaphor, pursuing dreams, Reasons for divorce, remodeling, self worth, transforming your life, writing
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THE WALLS YOU’VE BUILT
A few weeks ago, I was in a very low place and wrote a story. It is a story about trying to get out of Hell in order to find a way back to Heaven. The good news is that I am on my way! Continue reading →
Posted in Princess Stories
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Tagged arranging music, artist, beautiful music, butterflies, butterfly illustrations, castle and butterflies, castles, creativity, Dark Witch, defenses, discouraged, escape through music, Friendship, grief, GRIEF RELATED, guitar, healing music, hopeful and optimistic, inspiration, Judy Unger, key, key to free yourself, letting go, lifting yourself up, loss, loss of a mother, lyric development, lyric writing, lyrics, misunderstood, Music, music and inspiration, musical comfort, musical inspiration, musical rediscovery, optimism, overcoming grief, Painful words, passionate songwriter, protective mechanisms, pushing down feelings, singing, song lyrics, songwriting, staying hopeful, stuffing feelings, stuffing feelings with food, suppressing feelings, The Princess, the walls you've built, writing
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PAINFUL WORDS
I performed “Misunderstood” last night at Kulak’s Woodshed. This was my first performance in seven months. I hadn’t felt like being in front of an audience due to my eye problems. But I did it! Continue reading →
Posted in Princess Stories
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Tagged acoustic guitar, an argument, arranging a song, arranging music, artist, beautiful music, composing, creativity, escape through music, forgiveness, grief, guitar, guitar performance, healing music, hopeful and optimistic, inspiration, Judy Unger, Kulak's Woodshed, left misunderstood, letting go, loss, lyric development, lyric writing, lyrics, misunderstanding, misunderstood, Mother Daughter issues, mother daughter relationship, Music, music and inspiration, musical arrangement, musical comfort, musical inspiration, musical rediscovery, optimism, original songs, Painful words, passionate songwriter, performing, singing, song lyrics, songwriting, The Princess, too hurt to move on, trust is gone, words I never meant, writing, you won't forgive me
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NO ORDINARY PRINCESS – PART 3
For this Princess post, I’ve decided to share a story about how I’m not an ordinary Princess because I don’t believe royalty has to kill cockroaches. Continue reading →
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Tagged adjusting to divorce, cockroach, Cockroach drama, creativity, Del Monte pickles, divorce after a long marriage, gray divorce, Humor, humor daily life, Judy Unger, killing a cockroach, my son and I, older children and divorce, Ordinary Life, Princess story, recording music, roach, writing
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NO ORDINARY PRINCESS – PART 2
All of a sudden, my eyes opened up and my heart started pounding. I wrote her one more time. Oops! I thought I sent that last message to the wrong person!!!! Continue reading →
Posted in Princess Stories
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Tagged acoustic guitar, composing, creativity, Darrin Kohavi, Friendship, guitar, Humor, humor daily life, Judy Unger, key in toilet, Music and recording, Ordinary Life, original songs, recording, recording music, recording studio, text messaging humor, writing
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NO ORDINARY PRINCESS – PART 1
Seeing myself as a Princess allowed me to write feelings I might not have been able to express in any other way. Unfortunately, there is a dark side to my Princess metaphor – the Dragon. Continue reading →
Posted in Princess Stories
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Tagged adjusting to divorce, artist, beautiful music, black and white thinking, coping with divorce, creativity, denial of feelings, divorce after long marriage, escape through music, gray divorce, having hope, healing music, hopeful and optimistic, hopefulness, inner critic, inspiration, Judy Unger, maintaining hope, memories and divorce, metaphor of a princess, Music, music and inspiration, musical comfort, musical inspiration, musical rediscovery, no ordinary princess, optimism, original songs, passionate songwriter, Photoshop tips, princess metaphor, pursuing dreams, Reasons for divorce, self worth, singing, songwriting, suppressing emotion, suppressing tears, suppression of feelings, transforming your life, writing
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I RAISED THE BAR
Over the past week I began working on a new illustration assignment. Continue reading →
Posted in Princess Stories
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Tagged Art, art business, art career, artist, artwork, Business of art, chocolate, chocolate bars, chocolate chunks, chocolate illustration, Coffee Beans, colored pencil, commecial art, Commercial Art, creativity, dark chocolate gelato, digital art, drawing, food art, food artist, food illustration, food label illustrator, food painter, Food paintings, fruit illustration, Ice Cream, ice cream bar, ice cream bars, Ice Cream novelties, Illustrate, Illustration, illustrator, inspiration, Judy Unger, Judy Unger illustration, label illustrations, Mocha Ice cream, packaging illustrations, packaging illustrator, Packaging labels, photo-comps, photo-realism, photo-realistic, photorealism, photorealistic, Photoshop layers, Prismacolor pencils, realism, Salted Caramel, Salted Caramel Ice Cream Bar, Tillabars, Tillamook, vanilla flavor
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