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Jay VanLandingham

AUTHOR – Connecting through writing, spirituality and nature.

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  • Finding Love in a Time of Change:

    A New Novella About Love, Identity and Transformation It’s February. Let’s talk about love. Not the kind of love we might experience with another person, but the kind of love we can only find within ourselves. Welcome to a discussion on my latest novella, “Finding Love in a Time of Change”. I’m going to give…

  • January Blog: Justice Reimagined

    Recently, I finished reading “The Crossing”, by Cormac McCarthy, and it has me thinking about justice. What is justice? What does it look like? Especially with the coming of a new administration into political office, I wonder if this is a question on a lot of people’s minds lately. WARNING: There will be SPOILERS! McCarthy’s…

  • Finding Clarity in the Quiet

    If you’re someone like me who lives amongst the constant pull from the outside world for attention, i.e. social media, texting, news channels, tv shows, etc, etc, it can be hard to quiet the mind. It can be challenging to detach from the capitalist focus of our society. The demand for productivity, achievement and accolades.…

  • You’ve Got the Power!

    Inspiring Change with Your Unique Gifts “When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.” -Dalai Lama Hard pill to swallow, right? I know. Me, too. How are people feeling after the election? For me, it began with shock, moved into anger and rage, settled somewhere between disappointment and sadness. Today, I came upon a realization. The…

  • Signs, Guides & Truth-Telling

    I recently finished the first round of edits on Sentient Being. I scanned the entire document and “approved” or “rejected” my editor’s changes. It took about 20 hours, not as long as I thought it would. Now on to step two: addressing the comments my editor made within the document, and fixing as I go……

  • Relatable Characters

    Under the Tuscan Sun is my absolute favorite film. SPOILER ALERT! (If you’ve not seen the film, watch it before reading this. In fact, I encourage you to listen to the soundtrack. It’s perfect.) First, the setting. Hello, Tuscany? Cortona? Can a setting be more ripe for creativity? I’ve yet to travel to these places,…

  • Sentient Origins: Part One

    Ten years ago, an idea came to me. Ideas are a funny thing. I don’t believe they are something we create. Ideas come from a place of nothing. From nowhere, and most often when we are doing something else. Such as driving, which was what I was doing when the idea for Sentient came into…

  • A Writer with ADHD

    Back at the end of March, I experienced my first bout of burnout as a result of ADHD hyper-focus. I only recently became aware of my ADHD. For three weeks I struggled to maintain my energy as I met with clients, worked on my book, and tried to simply function. Never in my life had…

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