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…
courage for your creativity
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…
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…
How We Do Our Best Work
We do our best work when we let ourselves stay in the zone of not knowing and let our intuition guide us. “The road seen, then not seen, the hillside hidingthen revealing the way you should take, the roaddropping away from you as if leaving you to walkon thin air, then catching you, holding you…
Vulnerability & Regret
Vulnerability comes before courage and confidence. Reaching our destinies requires that we embrace and feel the very emotions we want to hide. “There is this word. Nothing like it exists in the English language. It’s Portuguese. Saudade. Do you know that one?…[T]here’s no perfect definition. It’s more of an expression of feeling…of terrible sadness. It’s…
Curating a Beautiful Mind
“When your mind awakens, your life comes aliveand the creative adventure of your soul takes off.” ~ John O’Donohue Curating a beautiful mind takes thoughtful intention. When we have done so, we set out on the creative adventures of our lives. We bolster our reserves for doing the extraordinary. It was hour three of strolling…