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Imposter syndrome has layers
Your work actually DOES matter, a lot, right now I’ve been thinking a lot about imposter syndrome. But not because I’m trying to ‘fix’ it, but more because I’m letting myself get curious about what’s behind a nearly universal human experience. Imposter syndrome is a relatively recent classification (first appearing in 1978), but it’s something…
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Trapped in a plane with nothing but your thoughts
Sometimes boredom asks us to turn our brains back on when the rest of the world turns off There’s a lot of magic to be found in your phone notes. In my case, I found this essay, from a recent flight from Ireland to the US, which was one of the most boring flights of…
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The world can't thrive on your hopelessness
The saying “worry is using your imagination to create things you don’t want” feels trite, but there’s some truth to it Reorienting your focus is a boon to creativity I firmly do not believe that you need to be a suffering artist in order to create good art. And I see the ways that worry,…
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Upcoming workshops
Playful food writing, plus a 7 day program to give your creativity a boost I love this time of year for many reasons, but one of the biggest is the shift in energy I feel in working with other creatives. In the past, many of my clients worked in academia, and so this season coincided…
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Your inner creator wants to be decisive
Caring for yourself, first, turns your fulfilling creative future into your fulfilling creative present Paid subscribers: Read to the bottom to get your free pass to access Radical Creators plus 50% off everything else (everyone else, sign up here, or become a paid subscriber if you like occasional free classes!) Last week, I wrote about…
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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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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…
Roots and Branches 