Writing

The Journal I Found After My Mom Died - How We Can Keep Writing Through Grief

After my mom died, I found an old journal we’d shared when I was sixteen. It was buried beneath the clutter of my childhood bedroom, which I cleaned out after she died. I noticed that I'd been the last to write, never passed it back, and the journal had eventually been forgotten about and shoved beneath my bed. It felt like yet another thing I could guilt myself over, which was something I did a lot in those early days. But through that fog I had an idea…

Showing Up Flawed: How to Train Your Brain and Ditch Perfectionism

You do not have to be ready, an expert, or always be sure in order to share yourself or your ideas with the world. Imperfect selves and work are how we get to be the people (and have the lives) that we want. You’re going to get things wrong sometimes. You’re going to stumble, screw up, or just generally look like an amateur. I am too, and that’s the only really brave way to live life. By showing up anyway. But how do we actually do that?

Removing the Mask: How to Be Who You Are and Deal with People Leaving

I’ve never had as many people unsubscribe from my blog as I have in the past few months – we’re talking some big digits - it’s been wild.

Seeing that I’d lost subscribers was something that used to get me really down– it made me think: “Did I offend them? Overwhelm them?” Or the highest offense in my book…“Was I boring?”

Turns out, I was on the exact right track…

Be the Chicken Costume You Wish to See in the World (How We Can Make the Most of the New Year)

I know, I know…resolutions are “doomed,” we forget most of them by February, and if you really want to make a change you don’t need a silly calendar date to do it, but…why don't we do things a little differently this year?

Are We Negative By Nature? How Practicing Gratitude Can Make the Glass Half Full

We might be wired for negativity, but it doesn't mean that we can't change the way that we see the world. 

On writing: the good, the bad, and the ugly

There are three kinds of people in the world: people who love to write, people who hate to write, and everybody in between. Regardless of where you fall, writing can act as a powerful tool in transforming your thoughts...and your life.