by Maxima Kahn | Mar 1, 2022 | Creative Sparks, Soulful Living
These last weeks I find myself suffering mightily over all the pain in our world, the scary and heart-rending situation in the Ukraine and so much else that is alarming and upsetting. So, I want to share with you something that might offer an antidote, respite and... 
by Maxima Kahn | Feb 16, 2022 | Creative Sparks, Soulful Living
Last year wasn’t all bad. I read a lot of books, some of them quite wonderful, all of them good. 42 books to be exact, including a mix of poetry, books on the craft of writing, novels, memoir, and other non-fiction. And that doesn’t even count the spiritual books and... 
by Maxima Kahn | Feb 1, 2022 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity
“Do I have a future as a poet?,” my student asked me during our coaching session the other day. “You have a present as a poet,” I replied. “You are writing poems and enjoying it. It is bringing blessings to your life.” Over the years I have been asked this... 
by Maxima Kahn | Jan 19, 2022 | Creative Sparks, Soulful Living
Here’s my review of 2021 in my life in the hopes it may help, encourage, inspire you. This was a super-tough year in many ways. For me, the worst of it was continued social isolation and being cut off from so much of what I love to do. On top of that, being... 
by Maxima Kahn | Dec 24, 2021 | Creative Sparks, Inspired Creativity, Soulful Living
This is the second in a two-part series on the gifts and perils of focus in your creative life and your life in general. If you missed Part I, you can read it here. When and why do you need focus? How do you find it? What blessings does it confer? When does it get to...