Inspired by the musical, RENT... As a 12-year-old girl I wrote in bubble letters on my bedroom wall: Forget regrets, life is yours to mess. That’s how I interpreted the line in the song “No Day But Today,” much later realizing, it’s actually: Forget regrets -- or life is yours to miss. (Call me Messy Jessie… I’ve always been a bit all over the place.) ...

Next week I’m officially opening up registration for a brand new group experience I’ve created: the best of the best from the past five years of You Can Dance Again combined into one cohesive offering. { Be the first to find out about it! } The new YCDA experience is the heart and soul of what we as a community have learned, taught, and re-learned ...

I wasn't going to write to you this week. I’m at the Jersey Shore on my annual family vacation and thought we could all use a break from Creative Fridays. But then Charlottesville. And then Trump (not speaking up about it and then speaking up and then speaking up again to show his true colors as he basically condones this disgusting, evil hate crime.) ...

August is here. We’ve hit upon a very significant month for your creative life. It starts with August 1st, in traditional pagan cultures known as Lammas, or the festival of first fruits. It’s when we start to see the hints of the harvest that is to come in the fall. It’s a last chance reminder to check yourself before you wreck yourself ...

Maybe it’s a good thing... When 10 unread texts accumulate by the end of the night because you hadn’t looked at your phone much. When you forget to take the garbage out because you’re in the flow of writing. Or crying. When poems come through your pen more often than to-do lists. When sitting in an hour of traffic feels worth it ...