Roots and Branches

the theory and practice of living a creative life.

Roots + Branches

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  • What writer will you be in 2025?

    This is the year we claim our dreams + your last chance for 60% off It’s your last call to take 60% off all my self-study and group programs, plus intuitive guidance sessions, before the year ends: Use HOLIDAY for 60% off before 12/31. I love a good list, and late December is full of…

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  • Taking the scary edge off sending work to publishers

    Plus the last chance to join Bloom with early pricing In my last meeting of the year with a private client, we talked about how she LOVES to write: But the part where she sends the work off to publishers? Terrifying. We focused a bit on why (and we all have a ‘why’ that makes…

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  • Free class just for newsletter subscribers

    Creating a container for your creative work, plus a $1 class on boundary setting I hinted around on social media that this class was coming, and here it is, just for you: Creating a Container for your Book (or other creative project) offers the first few steps in building a sustainable writing practice. It’s a…

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  • A year of writing

    2025 is a year for fearless writers . Each year, I write my biggest goals for each month on a big piece of paper and hang it on the back of my front door. It gives me the endorphin hit of crossing things off, but also gives me a nice way to acknowledge my progress…

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  • My draft is stuck at "almost done"

    On removing the albatross from your back I’ve opened up two sliding scale spots for Bloom, which starts in January, and I have one left. If you want that spot to be yours, please email me at hello@root-kitchens.com and let’s chat! One of my private clients and I talk a lot about birds. Specifically, one…

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  • As a writer, I recognize the power of my words to move and inform readers around a given subject. Why, then, did it take me so many years to embrace the fact that when I write my intentions for the future, that this, too, is a source of power? Through writing my desires, I focus…

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  • Lately, in client work and in my own practice, I’ve been really emphasizing small daily actions done in tandem with larger, deeper work. Like a river cutting through a landscape (or one of those old Roman roads that’s several feet lower than the ground around it), those small actions gradually reshape things, until you eventually…

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  • Building capacity

    Practices to meet and hold this moment Lately, I’ve been focusing on simple, practical actions. I love deep, extended dives into my own inner world and how I work, but sometimes you just need a quick, simple practice that you can try then move on with your day.  in the Mycelia Writers’ Coven and in…

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