Creativity

I love autumn! I’m a student at heart and I relish the change in temperature that allows me to feel more focused. This fall I’ll be finishing my novel – what creative work will you undertake?

I can help you focus, follow through and finish. Make creating easier by joining one of my coaching groups. Here’s my autumn workshop and coaching schedule – which one is right for you?
Ready to write this fall? Check out these two groups:
Make Writing a Happy Habit
Begins September 13th or take the self-lead e-course and
start anytime.

No matter what you’re writing or how far along you are, this
is an invaluable class to develop a writing practice that allows you to enjoy
your writing.
In our private
online classroom, I will lead you through the necessary steps to make sure you
get the time and space to work on your writing projects.
(Impulses subscribers get a deep discount! Join the tribe here.)
Get happy –
reserve your spot now.
Writers’ Success Group
Meeting monthly beginning September 13th


This group is for writers working on a book. Get the accountability and support you need to finally write your book. Weekly email check-ins keep you connected and on track.

Check the dates and contact Cynthia to join.
Working on a bigger project, like developing a blog or
business idea? This will help:


Creative Leap Club
Meeting monthly beginning September 13th
What’s your Creative Leap? Writing a book, making art,
building a business are all creative leaps. Now is the time to plunge past
fears and excuses and make your leap.
No matter where you live, you can participate in this
virtual club for creative adventurers. Surrounded by peers making their own
leaps and facilitated by a certified coach, your leap will be easier, more fun
and more successful, on your terms.
Leap from here.
Need creative rejuvenation? You gotta do this:

Curious Paris
October 19th – 25th, 2010

Re-ignite your creativity to make creating easier. Join me
in Paris for an unforgettable week! Remember, the early registration discount
ends this Thursday the 19th (saving you $200!).
Join me in Paris.
Go further, faster with individual, customized support:
Coaching and Consulting Packages
Sometimes you need a quick hit of information and guidance
from someone who has been there.
Consult with me and get customized support that will speed you toward
your goals. And of course, coaching can spark the momentum you need to make
satisfying progress. Make it happen, make if fun with customized support.
Save the dates for these upcoming workshops:
Journal Juju
A one-day workshop to explore the illustrated journal and discover your juju in Boulder! Mark your calendar for Saturday, September 25th – 10 am – 5 pm. Details soon!
Women’s Body Stories
A half-day workshop with De West and me to tune into your body’s wisdom through yoga and writing. Sunday, December 5th, 2:00 – 5:45 pm Watch for the podclass soon!

You’re working to get your business off the ground. You’re trying to write great blog entries. Or you’re pitching your book to publishers. You’re discovering a hard truth: it’s not easy, and sometimes it’s downright difficult.
You feel trapped and find yourself procrastinating. You don’t believe that you are capable of doing the work. Despair makes you want to give up altogether. It’s much easier to grab a glass of lemonade and go hang out in the hammock.
But by avoiding difficult situations or work, you’re missing out on the very benefits you need to be creatively empowered and bring your projects to satisfying completion.
I’m going on eleven years and draft fifteen of my novel, Chasing Sylvia Beach. Thinking of doing another revision feels difficult. But I can look back to previous iterations and see how staying with it has empowered me to tackle other creative projects.
This work has given me innumerable benefits, and here are five qualities that I’ve gained from the often-difficult work of creativity.
[Read more…] about Empower Yourself: Embrace the Difficult Work of Creating