Your Writing Process is More Important than What You Write
The writing process is more important than what you produce with your writing. April was National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo) and each April I commit to writing and publishing a poem every other day. It’s quite a challenge that pushes my creative process and...
You’re Already Living Your Purpose, You Simply Have to See It
For much of my life I’ve been trying to be “better.” My freshman year of college I made lists in my journal: 1. Quit Smoking 2. Eat healthier 3. Get a job 4. *Work harder and do my best in school * 5. Set time for myself everyday 6. Read more 7. Start meditating 8....
What Happens When You Schedule Time for Writing
With a long list of “to-dos” for basic life survival, finding time to write can be a miracle. The paradox is, when you find time to write miracles happen. A client of mine recently told me how amazing it is to now be writing 15 minutes a day. She’s finding some...
How You Can Use Writing to Cultivate Clarity & Ease in Uncertain Times
How You Can Use Writing to Cultivate Clarity & Ease in Uncertain Times Are you in the middle of change, transition, or uncertainty? Are there circumstances beyond your control forcing you out of something familiar—your home, your job, your relationship, your idea...
Write What Wants to Be Written
Starting to write is always the hardest. There are so many possibilities, while at the same time it can feel like there are none. And your idea of what’s going to come out is never that same as what actually does. In my work as a writing coach and mentor, I’m always...
Come Home To Yourself Through Writing
I come home to myself through writing. As a friend recently said, “I write. Therefore I am.” This is true for me. I do not know myself fully until I have a pen in my hand. When I write, I become real. Writing allows you to bring the mysterious essence of your being...
The Writer’s Depression
I woke up this morning thinking about what I call, the Writer’s Depression. I experience it. And most of my clients and the writers I know do too. It happens right after you write, particularly something that is real, holds the truth, and actually feels good...
Always a time like that
The big orange sun is eternally burning dry river beds into the soft ground of your heart. This is the necessary infrastructure for remembering we belong to one another. These are the channels we must follow to quench our thirst for connection....
Writing IS a form of Resistance!
Do you wonder: Is writing or writing my book important? Especially in this time of uncertainty and fear? Is it enough? Shouldn’t I be taking to the streets or doing something more important or impactful? If you are feeling pulled and conflicted by these questions,...
What Does it Mean to Write In Power?
What is available if you dive down into the core and touch the deeper self through writing? What’s available to society when you do this? I feel hesitant to write it because it becomes a cliché. What becomes available to you first is a flow---a letting down---a...
“When your write what wants to be written, you stop rejecting the life you have made.
You stop imagining some other place, some other lover, some other career, some other you. You take your life into your arms and call it your own.“