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Over seven weeks, this series will help you: Soothe the perfectionism monster notice the inner critic give difficult thoughts somewhere safe to land write for process, not product build embodied self-trust & confidence Have a darn good time

This is writing for process, not product.

This is writing for process, not product.

A Simple Writing Practice for Getting Unstuck This post is part of my series How to Start a Writing Practice: A 7-Week Experiment. Read the full series here. How did it go last week? Did the practice feel easy? Did you get stuck? Did you start criticizing yourself for not “doing it right”? All of that is normal. Most of us are really hard on ourselves, even when we show up and do the thing we said we’d do. I mean there we are, good kids, pencil in hand, and three sentences in

A Writing Practice for Perfectionists This post is part of my series How to Start a Writing Practice: A 7-Week Experiment. Read the full series here. Last week we acknowledged that you don’t have to know how to read or write to tell a good story. (You can catch up here ) This week we’re going one step further. We’re giving so called “good” writing the day off too. When I’m stuck trying to write a bio, create a class, or even just freewrite (like we’ve been doing in this serie

Why it’s useful to have a writing practice, rather than a social media practice. This post is part of my series How to Start a Writing Practice: A 7-Week Experiment. Read the full series here. I once heard a sweet southern lady say, when her friend dropped an f-bomb, “Oh lord!! Let ’er rip, tater chip!” I think about that line a lot when it comes to my writing practice. Because so many of us, especially those in healing, education, or caregiving roles, have been trained to be

What Storytelling Really Is This post is part of my series How to Start a Writing Practice: A 7-Week Experiment. Read the full series here. I have a confession to make. I got all A’s in English class without ever really learning grammar. I didn’t know an adverb from my elbow. Just like I got kicked out of music class because I would “never be able to play anything if I couldn’t read music.” I now make my living as a writer, and I play three instruments. I still can’t read mus

A Writing Practice to help you tune into self-sabotaging habits This post is part of my series How to Start a Writing Practice: A 7-Week Experiment. Read the full series here. Despite being a daily meditator for thirty years, I didn’t really learn how to pay attention until I took an improv class. Improv, it turns out, is basically a master class in presence. There I was, on stage with a person I didn’t find particularly funny or engaging, and I took it upon my absolutely bri