The River Within: A Conversation w/ Ruthie LIndsey

On today’s episode, I have a special guest to introduce to you.  I am joined by my long-time friend and soul sister Ruthie Lindsay and I’m so thrilled to get to share the mic with her. Ruthie is an author, a writer and a trauma-informed somatic practitioner who teaches me every day what it means …

Do You Trust The Unfolding of Your Life?

It’s easy to trust the unfolding of your life when things go the way you expected or planned.  But what about when things fall apart? When the loved one dies? When the friend betrays you? When the marriage ends? When the business deal goes south? Do you still trust that your life is taking yo…

Less Effort, More Reward: How to “Fix” any Problem

Whatever problem you’re facing in your life right now, you’re probably crushing it.  (“I’m actually not…” I can hear you saying—but you are).  Your heartbreak. Your debt. Your divorce. Your loss. Your unexpected detour.  You have brought all of your amazing wisdom, all of your hard work, all of …

The Role of Surrender in Being Yourself

The idea of surrender has never appealed very much to me.  I’ve found more value in qualities like desire, passion, creativity, and personal agency.  But lately life has pushed me to the place where surrender is my only option.  And I’m learning not only why surrender matters but when it matters…

The Most Potent Fertilizer For Creativity

There is a fertilizer for your creativity so powerful, so transformative, that it will wholly change the way you experience your life and your art.  This vital nutrient can make you unstoppable and prolific. The problem is, most of us are avoiding it. (Myself included).  We tiptoe around it, sid…

The One Thing AI Shouldn’t Replace

AI isn’t exactly new anymore, but the questions around it are only getting more personal. As it becomes more woven into our work, creativity, communication, and everyday lives, it’s worth asking: what are we comfortable handing over, and what should remain deeply human? In this episode, I’m not t…

Let Your Creativity Lead

If you’re like me, you’re used to letting your productivity lead. Your efficiency lead. Your organization lead. Your hard work lead. Your responsibility lead. What would happen if you let creativity lead? By creativity, I don’t mean art, although art is a welcome byproduct of creativity.  By cre…

Stop Trying to Make It Good

One of the primary reasons creatives stay stuck is that we are trying hard to make something “good” I tell aspiring authors I coach that the fastest way to write something terrible is to sit down hoping to write something amazing. Something profound. Something worth reading. Instead, if you sit d…

Creativity and Money

I can still remember being told by well-meaning adults in my life that “you can’t make money from your creative work.”  But is that really true? In this episode, I trace back my beliefs about money and creativity and share what I’m learning about the inevitable connection between the two.  Thank…

You Have Permission to Get It Wrong

I don’t know about you but I have a hard time being wrong.  I like to have all my ducks in a row, all my affairs in order, all my t’s crossed and i’s dotted so that nobody can ever come after me for not being intelligent or prepared.  But I’m learning this obsession with being right is getting in…