By valuing our art, we connect with our market and find true resonance with our ideal clients (and the success we are craving). “When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.” ~Mark Victor Hansen Dolly Parton decided in 1973 that she was ready to leave The Porter Wagoner Show and go…
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Confidence When We Create
We can get confidence when we create by doing the daily work and leaning into challenges by simply showing up. “If you hear a voice within you say โyou cannot paint,โthen by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”~Vincent Van Gogh I have been enjoying daily, sunrise hikes to the summit of Whiteside…
Truth Telling as the Art of Living
Creativity calls for truth telling. “A lot of growing up is learning to shift the responsibility from the other to the self.” ~ Brian Koppelman (from his interview on The Tim Ferriss Show) “The word integrity (from integer) means ‘wholeness.’ Living in integrity means expressing and doing whatโs true for you in all situations. Depart from…
Shift Your Story to Create a New Self
“Who would you be without your story?”~ Byron Katie Mom tapped the side of the spoon on the edge of the saucepan, knocking off excess tomato paste and said, “Well, you know, Susie, you are a survivor.” I was 16, and I took this as a supreme complimentโa badge of honor. I didn’t know what…
How Being โToo Sensitiveโ Makes Your Art, Life & Business Remarkable
Being too sensitive is a superpower. “Tish is sensitive, and that is her superpower. The opposite of sensitive is not brave. Itโs not brave to refuse to pay attention, to refuse to notice, to refuse to feel and know and imagine. The opposite of sensitive is insensitive, and thatโs no badge of honor.” ~ Glennon…
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How to be True to Yourself: The Art of Us Against Artifice
To be true to yourself requires solitude and courage first. “I am not who I think I am; I am not who you think I am;I am who I think you think I am.”~ Charles Cooley I looked at him across the patio table and marveled at how grown up he was. How tall he…
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