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Sofia Wren's Blog, page 23
April 8, 2022
A 7 Layer Writing Vision Activation begins
Something is happening & it’s more important than it seems.
This past week I’ve been riding a new wave of energy and asking:
Why I am here?
What I am here to help people with?
Where should my business be headed? Along with all the other creations in my life…
These are the kind of questions we reflect on in my Psychic Mermaid Creatrix course:
an online group coaching program for entrepreneurs, creators and writers to make progress on their projects b...
April 1, 2022
We did it! Turning dollars into compassion…
Last week was a furious ride of fundraising for Her Future Foundation to meet an important goal.
My energy has been dragging now that the emergency is over, but I had to pop in to let everyone know–
we made last week’s goal to help girls in Sierra Leone and even surpassed it!!!
We helped Her Future Foundation with the $700 needed to help the lives of girls who are vulnerable to suffering through child marriage or FGM.
They had to get it super fast, and we did it. ...
March 24, 2022
I am stepping up…
Something really big happened yesterday.
When it started out I was stressed that I wouldn’t make my fundraising goal.
But then everything changed.
If you didn’t see my email yesterday, a nonprofit I work with called Her Future Foundation really needs a $700 fee by Friday to get NGO status.
They need it so they can get 2 years of funding for their mission. They have a meeting on Friday and the need the fee for NGO status by then.
They protect 80 individual v...
March 23, 2022
How much is a little girl worth?
How much is a little girl worth? $50?
In Sierra Leone that’s about how much you can purchase an 8-year-old for marriage to an adult man.
My friend Ariefa lives there.
He found out a 9-year-old from his community was to be married.
An FGM ceremony was arranged.
He said no. He got his community to stop it.
He got them to take off work and build her a one-room classroom out of sticks.
That began his nonprofit Her Future Foundation.
They ...
March 22, 2022
Urgent Deadline!
I work with a nonprofit that helps girls in Sierra Leone, where girls as young as 8 or so can end up married to an adult man.
They keep girls safe and educate them so they have a better life.
They need $700 this week to get NGO status.
Once they get this, they can get a year’s worth of funding from a donor meeting they have at the end of the week.
It’s urgent so if you can help please do by commenting below, liking this post, shooting me a message about donating ...
March 21, 2022
The Affirmation Police: Creative Empowerment or Toxic Positivity?
I know everyone wants to live according to affirmations, but life is a both/and process. Life is about living and being well even if it’s shit and you don’t feel well. You can be okay with the fact that you are not okay.
The affirmation police have corrected me many times.
I used to write affirmations and post them daily.
At a certain point, I realized as a writer that this format was incredibly limiting if that was the only sentence I was allowed to compose for ye...
March 16, 2022
Finding my creative soul in Japan part 1
I just returned from an amazing trip in sunny Florida, and am integrating back into my life here in Madison, Wisconsin. It is magically 50 degrees F, instead of it’s usual 20 or below…
Spring is here!! yay!! Only a year ago I was in Japan for Spring (seeing above).
Here’s some writing that I may include in my upcoming book:
Japan Year: how I met my fiance and found my creative soul in Japan.
I was thinking this morning that I live a wildly different lifestyle than...
March 3, 2022
New Magazine out!
There’s a brand spanking new copy of “On Purpose Women” out and I’m a long-timer contributor.
Every issue is filled with inspiring articles and stories by really cool women. I love it.
My article is called, “The story that sunk my sales,” and–of course–it’s about the need to listen to your wise, inner mermaid!
Enjoy this new spring issue.
Have you ever forgotten the real thing that you are passionate about–
especially when...
March 2, 2022
Did you forget the core?
Have you ever forgotten the real thing that you are passionate about–
especially when it comes time to sharing it with other people?
I call it showing up half way and I see writers, creators, artists and entrepreneurs do it all the time.
For example:
Years ago I was complaining to a friend about my business. It wasn’t working, I said. I am doing all the right things.
“What happened to your business offers?” She said. “I don’t see you talking about what you ...
March 1, 2022
Are you showing up?
Are you showing up?
Hey, writer, creator entrepreneur–it’s better to show up imperfectly than never at all.
Every failure can be reframed into learning experience.
It can make a good story.
But if you let it stop you completely then you learned nothing.
Keep showing up.
Keep sharing what you do.
Keep creating so you have another thing to share or sell.
Treat creating as your livelihood. Put fuel into it.
Sharing or selling your work is a...
