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The thing sensitive people need to know…

Sensitive?

What if it is not your personality…but the way your body is?

If you are afraid to push publish and share something you care about…

it may not be because you are ‘soft’.I teach compassion!

And help sensitive entrepreneurs move forward so they can write and share their work with more people.

It is possible but a lot easier when you GET what I am talking about:sensitivity comes from your physical body alerting you strongly about safety threats, no...

Layer 4: An Uncertain Place

There is something different about this blog compared to any others in this series on activating your writing vision to know what to write:

I used to know what I would say a week ahead of time.

I wrote up my emails ahead of time in a nice juicy draft.

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Last week, I moved to a new apartment down the street in Madison, WI.

My head became a sieve.

This letter came in drips and drabs, while the previous ones came out in a torrent.

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The ...

If you want to scale…

Recently, I was talking to my friend and colleague, Sarah Michael, and she dropped some nuggets of gold about the pressure people are under to “scale” their business.

I’ve always found that Sarah has returned my investment in a way that no other business coach has so directly.

Meaning that, although I’ve learned many great things from a many mentors and coaches, she helped me put things together so that I could literally see actual dollars come into my business. For real.

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Layer 3: Write Lime Green Letters

Access inspiration so you can write smoothly for a particular purpose:

Draw IN the people you need to speak to and serve with your business.

You could also serve them with your message, or your personal brand.

This post is #3 in a series on taking your writing vision through 7 layers because this communication (across websites, books, sales pages, posts, etc.) is essential to do what you were born to do on the planet.

Now before I get into “these people” you need ...

When people don’t see your vision

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Being a visionary can be hard.

You see things other people don’t.

What you see for the world, for your business or your book…

IS JUST SO BIG.

It is like that classic story of children standing too close to an elephant.

One child sees a trunk like a water hose.

Someone else sees a leg as big as a tree.

They cannot agree on what it is because no one is seeing the big picture.

All they see is a tiny piece.

That is what happens when ...

What Makes Writing Good?

Good writing is not just about words, it is not about being gifted, or working really hard.

It’s not about removing typos.

Good writing is about decisions.

In writing, there are literally thousands of word combinations to choose from—

it’s true for writing for your website, creating content, describing a service, scripts for videos, or writing a book…

Not to mention all the other decisions you may have to make around whatever goes with the text like: music...

[Layer 2] Typos & BS

Right after I emailed my newsletter last week, I realized it had a bunch of typos.

My first thought was, “D’oh.”

But then my emotions totally bounced back to being chill with it.

This is not how I used to react to these sort of situations.

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I used to feel really bad about finding typos in my published work as a writer and entrepreneur. I would go down a spiral of how unprofessional that makes me look.

“If people see typos, then they will think I am a bad writer.”

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The foundational Layer 1

Maybe you notice the big things–

but you’d be surprised what you might miss!

This is the first installment of a new series:

7 layers to take your writing vision through to make progress on your book or business copy

THE FOUNDATION

​What’s in the way of your next huge idea?

There are so many wounds that come up as you prepare to write or create for your purpose or soul-aligned business.

People don’t see anything on the outside, but I define a wound as anything...

“Who am I?” My Start

I forgot I was a mermaid, ya’ll.

This is #1 in a new series called, “Who Am I?” 

Today I talk about the start

Me: born on a small island in Massachusetts, spending every childhood summer at the beach.

I loved the beach AND I longed for more. Being an only child and often playing alone, I dealt with my extreme boredom by:

-using my imagination to dream and be creative,

-reading fantasy and fairy tales,

-devouring the New Age section.

In my dreams, I was...

“Who am I?” #1 The Start

I forgot I was a mermaid, ya’ll.

“Who Am I?” #1: The start

Me: born on a small island in Massachusetts, spending every childhood summer at the beach.

I loved the beach AND I longed for more. Being an only child and often playing alone, I dealt with my extreme boredom by:

-using my imagination to dream and be creative,

-reading fantasy and fairy tales,

-devouring the New Age section.

In my dreams, I was always a mermaid or a witch…definitely somebody magic.

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