"When in doubt, choose change." : that quotation prompted this fun 8-minute write.
Bravery
No one runs toward bravery, do they? I think we just put one foot in front of the other and one day someone tells us they think what we've done is brave...
Age Gap
This short prose piece generated from a prompt to write about an age gap. The first thing that came to my mind was the gap between the age I feel and the age I am.
The Privilege of Options
A new perspective on fear, uncertainty, and "what if" scenarios.
A Year of Progress: Reflecting on the Year of Me
Instead of ignoring the nagging voices of caution, fear, and “good sense”, I let the fears and the tensions exist and found a new way to live with them...
The Feels: Tuning Into the Body’s Intelligence for the Mind’s Answers
For the first time, I'm excited about what I'm doing - but the old logic would never have gotten me to this place.
What’s the Plan?: The Power of Experimental Thinking
Plans have their place, but it is not to help us figure things out. A plan is useful after you know what direction you’re going...
Incubation: Maybe You’ve Been Creating This Your Whole Life
For years, I dreamed of “bringing it all together”, but the path was never clear. I've finally figured it out...
I’m Not Ready: Mind Mapping to Take a Leap
Being uncomfortable is not the same thing as being unready. I’m learning how to get ready for something by moving toward it...
Un-author-ized: Giving Yourself Permission to Do The Thing
It’s confusing, how untalented people can be successful and brilliant people can continuously fail...
Yes, and, but: What Improv Class Taught Me About Self-Sabotage
Improv made me aware of the subtle ways that we sabotage our own progress and get in the way of our own desires...
The Worst Case Scenario: A Game I Like to Play With Fear
Fear is big, ugly, menacing and ravenous. This is a game I play to starve the fear monster.