Making implementation easy can feel hard. “Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.” ~ Guy Kawasaki I looked out over the bright white sand to the turquoise water. Sandpipers raced toward the waves and then darted back away from the breakers. I was in the shade under a large, blue umbrella, kindly set up for me by…
journaling
The Key to Transformation
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…
Creativity & the Grief Journey
A grief journey will take you to dark places you never imagined. Creativity will light your path home. “But when he went, it was like the other half of me disappeared. And we have this physical experience in loss of falling toward something. It’s like falling in love except it’s falling into grief. You’re falling…
Creative Blocks & Healing Shame
Creative blocks are often rooted in shame. “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” ~ Albert Einstein I was 6 years old and was happily lost—buoyant—in creative flow. It was a rainy, summer day, and I sat at a long table…
Self Leadership for Entrepreneurs
Self leadership is an important element of entrepreneurship. “In order to lead others, we have to know how to find our own way.” ~ Martha Beck I was 16 years old and in Heaven. I was perched in the summer sun on the steps leading to the back of my dad’s shop. I had a…
My Definition of a Good Life
How do you define a “good life?” Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”~ Toni Morrison, Beloved You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.”~ Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon “Class,” our fifth grade teacher said, “it is time for our long, Friday…
