The key to transformation might be surprising, and might require us to look within. “We make self-doubt mean something negative about our talent, our ideas,our creativity. What we’re capable of. Not true. In order for us to achieve our goals,we have to peel off all the stuff that is not us first. The discord of the…
Say Who You Are
“Say who you are, really say it in your life and in your work.” ~ Charlie Kaufman What is the single biggest obstacle in the way of your success and/or personal happiness? I asked my audience and the prevailing themes were vulnerability, having the courage to be our true selves, and prying off the sticky expectations of…
Let Your Clients Catch Up
Let your clients catch up. There’s value in slowing down, taking our clients thoughtfully into account, and being more open, accessible. “The dream was always running ahead of me.To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.” ~ Anais Nin My brilliant and kind developmental editor, publishing savant, and friend, AJ…
How to Fuel Your Desire to Create
Fuel your desire to create by returning to whatever fills the well of inspiration. To whatever feels like play. To the work you’d do all day for free. “Discipline is much easier when it’s fueled by desire.” ~ Austin Kleon A new client texted me the other day and asked for an emergency coaching session. She…
How Creativity Heals
“The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.” ~ Auguste Rodin A few weeks ago, I switched gears from doing book rewrites and edits to writing my book proposal. I developed…
How to Get What We Crave
How to get what we crave involves paring down, getting clear, and letting ourselves see what is true for us. “This was the practice: I was starting to get rid of my possessions, at least the useless ones, because possessions stood between me and death. They didn’t protect me from death, but they created a…
