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…

Are You Afraid to Be Seen?

Do you feel lonely even when you’re surrounded by people? Does it sometimes feel like nobody “gets” you?  Do you worry that if people really knew you they wouldn’t stick around?  On today’s episode, I’m exploring the wound that so many of us carry (especially women) which is a fear of being trul…

The Publishing Scam Every Writer Should Know About

New writers are often told to “just put yourself out there,” but unfortunately, there are people in the publishing world who take advantage of that hope and excitement. In today’s episode, I’m sharing a publishing scam that can be difficult to recognize at first glance, along with the warning sign…

What Your Creative Resistance Says About You (Hint: It’s Not What You Think)

Do you ever feel like you’d be more creative if you were simply more disciplined?  Like you need to get your life together to get some creative work done? That if only your proverbial ducks were in a row, then you’d have access to the creative genius you’ve always imagined? What if the opposite …

On Creativity and Capitalism

Can you make money from your creativity? Of course.  But does capitalism get in the way of your creativity? Also, I will argue, yes.  On today’s episode I take up a conversation that has been going on for centuries: a conversation about the tension between art and commerce.   Or as I will call i…

Listen to your life. She Is speaking.

When you are in a situation that is uncomfortable or unwanted — a job, a relationship, a season of grief or pain — the tendency is to push that experience away.    You look for a way out. You look for a solution.  You look for a quick fix.  You look for an escape door.    But this event or e…

Stop Thinking About Your Audience

It’s no secret I’ve been stuck in my creativity lately (and my fertility). So as a way to reignite my life force energy, I’m going back to the basics. I’m forgetting about my audience and moving toward what makes me happy.  Which has me thinking: If you’re creating your art for an audience, is i…