Indie Kindred: The trailer is here.

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Are you ready? The Indie Kindred trailer is here, along with a website. And the Coast to Coast Summer Tour is coming together, with dates and cities coming soon.

If you're as excited about this project as we are, here's how to show your love and support in 30 seconds or less:

• Like, leave a comment and share it on Facebook
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These small things help more people find and learn about this project.

Sharing this kind of work feels like wearing one's heart on the outside. Thank you for being good companions for my journey--your encouragement means more than you know.

Things you might need to hear today

Your work matters.

You are not alone. There is more love for you in this world than you imagine, and there are arms far and wide that will be happy to receive your labors of love.

You alone know the full power of your will, your resolve--your "This Shall Be So". Unleash that power--don't hold back now.

It's okay to have your soul in the grip of a work whose calling you don't fully understand.

When others look at you like you've really lost it his time, when they give voice to fear instead of faith, remember that you are one who presses into a challenge.

Press in. Take your stand, creating new futures like swirling storms at your command.

Interviewing Michael Nobbs, and other exciting news

There's so much to tell you about this morning, I hardly know where to begin. 

Let's start with Michael Nobbs, the creator of sustainablycreative.com and the author of Drawing Your Life, whose work has been a comfort and inspiration to me over these last difficult months. I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael in the latest episode of Retrospective: The Podcast. If you're doing creative work inside of time or energy constraints, you won't want to miss this conversation. Jump over and give it a spin, or subscribe and listen in iTunes.

What's next? Well, at 8am PST, registration will open for the Story Excavation Retreat on the Oregon Coast with Liz Lamoreux and Kelly Barton, which is the only 5-day retreat I'm teaching at this year. This coast is a sacred landscape for me, where I've done much of my own healing and becoming. I can't imagine anything I'd love more than to cozy up on the sofa next to you.

Lodge at Gearhart (photo by Vivienne McMaster)

Finally, a quick update about the Indie Kindred summer screening tour: we are totally doing this. I have our route and itinerary in place for July and I'm working on August dates and getting venues lined up. My girls and I are traveling from coast to coast to see you, and I can hardly wait. (Stay tuned--details to come.)

Thank you for all the enthusiasm and support for this work, in all of its manifestations. Now, back to the film cave . . .