The More You Present, the Better You Become

[The following is a lesson for writers, but the headline is the same for all creatives: the more you present in public, the better you will become at presenting yourself and your work. Please enjoy!] One winter evening, I find myself in the green room of the beautiful...

Are You Back in the World?

I would see him drawing in pen and ink and colored pencils and sometimes writing in the same oversized sketchbook in which he drew. He would sit at one table at the Owl and the Monkey, on Ninth Avenue in the Inner Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco, and I would sit...

Do Some Smart 2023 Planning

Ready to start planning for the rest of 2023? To begin with, here are five straightforward elements of a daily plan: Start each day with a simple, eloquent plan like “I am painting today.” Create a daily mantra that you use to keep yourself on track. It might be...

Journaling on Beauty

If you’d like to do a little journaling on the subject of beauty, here are ten resonant quotes and journal prompts. Please enjoy! And if you’d like to grab the free giveaway bundle that includes my two-day, self-paced Deep Writing workshop, here’s...

Do You Also Write?

Maybe you’re a painter, a composer, a coach, a therapist? And maybe you also write? Would you like a self-paced two-day writing workshop? Get yours here for free! The doors have just opened for the Heart of Coaching Giveaway and the gifts this year are exceptional. 26...