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Have you ever noticed that the reasons we do or don’t do things have different qualities? We feel some of our reasons in our gut. Other reasons flutter around our heart. For example:

You may want to write your book, but your reasons or excuses look something like this:

I don’t have time right now.

I’m unsure that my book idea is a good one.

I don’t know where to start; I have so many ideas I can’t figure out a path to get going.

If you are on the sidelines of a project now, take a second to jot down the reasons you aren’t actively engaged in it. Go ahead, I’ll wait.

Now, look over your reasons. See which ones feel ‘true’. Taking the first one, you could say, yes, I truly don’t have time now. I am a caregiver for my parents, my child just moved back home, and I am holding down a full-time job. (Your circumstances don’t have to look anything like these to be true.)

Notice the second reason. Uncertainty about the validity of our projects is absolutely part of the creative process. But it doesn’t have to be a show-stopper.

I try to ‘get real’ about why I’m not doing the things I say matter to me. I believe that when we don’t honor our creative impulses, our gifts and ideas weigh heavy on us. Carrying all those possibilities around is like being Santa, holding a giant bag of gifts but never giving them away. I know I feel the impact of living my unexpressed dreams. Honestly, this is the main reason I coach creatives – to help us all live and give the gifts we’ve been given.

I get real and honest in this new episode of Stumbling Toward Genius. I want you to know that we can survive the honest assessments of why we avoid our creative work. And that taking an honest look only makes you stronger.

In this episode of Stumbling Toward Genius, you’ll hear

• the real reason I stopped recording podcast episodes
• the fake reasons I stopped the podcast
• what made me bring it back
• and more.

Most of our projects have many moving pieces. Trying to organize our ideas so we can bring them to life is almost always a challenge.

In this coaching episode of Stumbling Toward Genius, listen in while I coach Antonia Ruppert on how to bring more organization to her passion project.

You’ll hear us: 

• • • • Look at a simple way to gather ideas
      • Identify what’s important about the project
      • Consider possibilities to get feedback over the long term
      • And more. 

Antonia’s passion project – find out more and become part of it.

To book your life-changing coaching, click here. It’s easy to pay and schedule, and get the support you need to move your creative projects forward. 

If you’re like most of us, your writing or creative practice ebbs and flows. How to get back into it?

In this live coaching episode of Stumbling Toward Genius, you get to listen in while I coach Erin on how to bring back the joy and dedication back to her writing.

You’ll hear us: 

• • Dispel the myth of when writing needs to happen
  • Questions to ask yourself to revitalize your writing joy
  • What makes it easier to get back into a writing practice
  • A simple exercise to get to the heart of what you want to write
  • And more. 

Mentioned in this episode: 

To book your life-changing coaching, click here. It’s easy to pay and schedule, and get the support you need to move your creative projects forward. 

For a written copy of the exercise mentioned in this episode, check out my book Create Your Writer’s Life. 

• shares her spectacular failures and surprising wins
• suggests ways to design a daily project that suits you
• invites you to the best writing party of the summer.

Listen in and get inspired to do your own daily creative practice.

• Busts the time myth: It’s not how long it is, it’s how much you can focus
• Offers before, during and after guidelines
• Shares a simple tool for diving into the writing.

Plan your own writing retreat easily.