Everything you've learned how to do once took great effort and lots of failure. From walking to learning how to ride a bike, navigating the internet to the skills you use on the job, you didn't spring from the womb excellent at everything you've ever tried. So why do...

Trying to change your habits means you're looking at yourself as not enough in some way. It means you strive to be something you're not. That you're lacking a quality or identity you desire to have or embody. Coming from that energy—no matter which methodology you use...

You have a story to tell. Fiction. Non-fiction. Novel. Screenplay. Essay. Short Story. Doesn't matter. There's something inside you waiting to burst from your brain onto the page. What's stopping you from writing it? Can you give yourself permission anyway?

It's only now that I know what my subconscious thinks writing has to do for me, that I can clear away the lies. To try this for yourself: Step 1: Write down everything you believe about writing—good, bad, ugly. What comes up when you think about sitting down at your...

Make me money/famousHelp me be remembered long after I'm dead and goneGive my life meaningMake me worthy of love (because I'll have accomplished something other people will pay attention to)Make me enough, help me feel valuable/successfulHelp my family "see" the real...

In the last two months, I’ve started practicing yoga every weekday, have meditated daily, and cook almost every meal (dairy-free and semi-vegetarian).  What’s funny is that I used to think I hated cooking. I struggled to maintain a meditation practice that didn’t also...

What do students do? They wait for a teacher (someone in a position of authority) to tell them what to do and grade them on their work. They constantly ask "how" to do something. They're more interested in not failing than in trying something new. Don't get me wrong,...

Or, rather, it's not a GOOD excuse. Because even people who've written books before say they don't know HOW to write a book. They just do it. And each book is different than the next anyway. BUT. If needing to know how to write a book before you try to write one is a...

What if you're enough whether you write every day or take years off trying to convince yourself to put words on the page? What if you're enough even when everything you write feels foolish and sounds dumb? What if you're enough and no one wants to read your words or...

I’ve been complaining sharing my excuses to help me get back to The Work for a while now. Maybe it’s all been in vain. Maybe someone’s listening and, dare I say, comforted by all my griping. Or maybe that’s all wishful thinking and no one’s paying attention at all....