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…
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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…
Sprouting the Seeds of Inspiration
Sprouting the seeds of inspiration requires that we fill our days with authentic, joyful experiences that make us feel alive. “I learned…that inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regularly and every day give…
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…
The Alignment Formula
“When the basis for your actions is inner alignment with the present moment, your actions become empowered by the intelligence of life itself.” ~Eckart Tolle “Someone who takes the time to understand their relationship with source, who actively seeks alignment with their broader perspective, who deliberately seeks and finds alignment with who-they-really-are, is more charismatic,…
