Sounds like a lot of emotional stuff has been going on in your world. I'm far from a clinical shrink but suffice to say that perhaps what you need is some new inspiration (ok wait for it... wait for it... now go DUH!) Are there any weekend retreats or conventions / clubs organizations that you can involve yourself in to get the blood flowing again? How's your relationship w/ your kids since the divorce? What about taking a stroll down memory lane -- that always helped me to unclog the writer's block. Pictures, artwork - especially of YOUR memory from college or childhood -- when life was so much simpler. Start up in a beginner's Yoga class. Go to church. Find a new religion. Just shake it all up and let the dust settle in the past. Good luck to you. Please keep us posted.

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Hey, I can't list my name here as Google will catch it but, I am a grammy nominated songwriter and I too have lost my Mojo............. I also feel that all these years I have been writing what others have wanted or what I thought would pay the bills quickly. How about starting from scratch and writing just to write. No pressure, no specific topic or theme. Your current situation sounds like a great place to start. Sometimes my children are also good motivaters.My daughter's a preteen so, you can imagine all the things she 's talking about. Also, If you are taking meds.......don't try and work (creatively) while on them.It will only make you feel like a perfectionist and nothing will look, sound , and feel as your best.

Just my opinion.

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Hey, I think we are all too hard on ourselves during emotionally stressful times. Sometimes I think we just need to chill, take a break. I like the suggestion of mixing up the life pattern. I also like the idea of going back in time. I also try a new mantra to fight off the inner critic. You know it took me years to understand the phrase: I am my own worst enemy.

You guys scare me. All my life I wanted to write. Now, out of work, I am trying to do just that. My skills: amateur. My desire: High. Mojo: questionable since I am a novice but ancient in body but young in mind and heart. My passion about a few things, Great.

Maybe you overated the MoJo. If you are in a new emotional place in your life, the MoJo may just feel different than it used to.

Just another idea: When I thought things were a mess in my life, a divorce going on, selling the house, my therapist suggested I get out of my own way. To just give some time to others by volunteering to just get outside myself and my stuff. So I did that. After work once night a week I donated a 4 hours to sit on a suicide hotline for a 6 town area. Spent a year doing it, that was the required commitment. Wow, made me realize what I had, and what to be thankful for. Also learned a great deal about life.

The MoJo is there, you can find it. Call it back. Burn the old papers. End the bad days. Take a break. Then start fresh, Maybe have a fun ritual to bring back the MoJo into your heart and down to your finger tips. I mean it. Breaking with the bad past can release the tension. Good luck. I know you can write stories and songs. We have the power. Let it flow through you. Meffie

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