I learned how to use a ring light last night! I love The Equalizer, a new tv show, and the storyline included the main character’s daughter begging her mother to do a TikTok dance with her. They showed her setting up and that’s when I…
Have some fun with your creative ritual this week! Incorporate some whimsy. Have you always wanted to do your work while wearing a tiara? Dust off your rhinestones and be the queen of your studio! Or do you dream of lounging on a couch in…
“I don’t see how these Fortune 500 leaders have time to read thirty books a year or workout for an hour every day! How do they do that?” My client and I were talking about his non-negotiables, those things he needed to do to be…
“…your Muse is you, the best part of yourself, where your finest and only true work comes from.” – Steven Pressfield, The War of Art Did you know that you have a boss? Yep. It’s true. When you sit down to do your creative work,…
In April, I became the best and worst versions of myself. The “hustle, hustle” of the end of March led me into a little bit of a panic that I’m hoping will not repeat in May. I got some really fun work that was really…
You know who can’t stand it when you celebrate your guts and your work? The Fear Monster. He runs from that! Celebration is one of those things that shuts him Right. The. Hell. Up. So, now it is time to dance! Let the music take…
Claiming your profession is great, but what do you do when you say “I am a fill-in-the-blank” and still feel like a fraud? Say it anyway. Frankly, this is one of those “chicken or egg,” “fake it til you make it” moments. You can’t be…
Scents plunge you into memory faster than almost anything else I know. Walking the dogs yesterday morning, I smelled a wisp of flowers, ones I couldn’t even identify, and they dropped me into the memory of spring mornings in late May in Steamboat Springs when…
“When we were in Big Sky, the person we stayed with is retired and a potter. Her username was Potter1. I’ve never used writer1 or anything associated with writing as a username. When I meet people, I generally say I’m semi-retired. Occasionally if the conversation…
Does nothing seem to be working in your project? Are you swirling around the same problem with no solution in sight? Throw caution to the wind and put your project on the “Goes Wrong Show”. For the “Goes Wrong Show,” go through your project and…