The great creativity debate: Everyone is creative. Creativity is reserved for the special few. Which is it? And what does it mean for us?
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Creative Sparks
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Getting Unstuck
How To Free Yourself to Create the Life (and World) Your Heart Dreams Of — A completely FREE, interactive webinar If… You want more from life, more fulfillment, passion, creativity, connection, joy. You keep pushing it down, putting it off, second-guessing yourself or just ignoring it as best you can. You don’t know how to […] Continue Reading
On Shattered Dreams and Keeping On
I write to you often about following the dreams and desires of your heart and soul. I want you to know that I know how painful and hard
that can be. I know that what I am asking of you is no small thing.
I know about failure and loss, shattered dreams and disappointment. I also know the path is full of growth and grace. Continue Reading
To Dream or To Plan? Which Should You Do?
“I don’t dream, I make plans.” People sometimes says this to me, but they don’t understand the role of dreams in our lives, and what we need to do first. Continue Reading
You Can’t Always Get What You Want, But. . .
Following your dreams is something you are called to do. Each of us is called to follow our heart’s dreams. Yet following your dreams is often approached in a totally wrong-headed way. A way that produces a great deal of suffering. Your dreams are here to lead you on your heart path. Each of us […] Continue Reading
Your Breakthrough Dream Part II
In my last post, I shared with you the powerful tool of the Breakthrough Dream as a way of co-creating the life your heart desires. If you missed that post, click here to read it first. Today, we continue with part II. In this post we explore how to discover your Breakthrough Dream, types of […] Continue Reading
The Breakthrough Dream
The Breakthrough Dream: A Radical Tool To Create the Life Your Heart Desires In my Creative Life Coaching and in my Living Your Dreams class, I share a potent tool that brings profound focus, momentum and satisfaction to creating your heart’s desires. That tool is called the Breakthrough Dream. The Breakthrough Dream is a dream […] Continue Reading
World as Friend: A Radical Shift
I wrote this post a couple of years ago after having a startling experience. I never shared the post at the time. It seems particularly relevant now in the wake of my poetry book recently being accepted by a publisher. I hope it inspires you. “You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t […] Continue Reading
To Authorize or To Abandon?
To Authorize or To Abandon: How Do You Know When a Work of Art Is Done? How do you know when your poem or novel, your painting, symphony or dance piece is finished and ready to be shared with others? How do you know when it is time to stop revising, tinkering, perfecting and let […] Continue Reading
My Big News! A Dream Come True
I am over the moon! My full-length book of poems, Fierce Aria, has been accepted for publication by Finishing Line Press. Whoo! The book will come out next Spring, but pre-sales will start soon. I started work on assembling this manuscript back at the start of 2010. It’s been a long and winding road. Loads […] Continue Reading
