Sofia Wren's Blog, page 39
May 19, 2020
Letting Go, Not Fighting Hard–Is it the Real Key to Life?
It’s the name of my latest article, now published in On Purpose Woman Magazine.
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May 8, 2020
On Caring for Fear, Not Fixing It
We live in a fix it society. We seek the magic pill to make things stop. We turn the channel and avoid looking at issues. We run away or act delusional. We like to dismiss rather than consider. We hope to move on quickly and never look back.
Some things arent so simple. In life if you feel bad, you arent necessarily doing something wrong that needs fixing. There may actually be something right with you that other people do not understand. You may not understand yourself, either. So many of...
April 20, 2020
Creative Progress in Crazy Times
Not writing? Not making progress on your goals?
Its a chaotic time worldwide. Butmaybe you have some time or opportunity to pursue those writing and creative goals. Write a book. Grow an online business. Paint. Get better at guitar. Record a song. But you are not doing it and you wish you were.
1. Instead of beating yourself up about it or comparing yourself to your most productive days, let go. You are not in total control right now so if you feel like youre slacking or blocked, well it is...
March 16, 2020
5 Tips for Self-Editing
Want your writing to be good? Here are tips for editing yourself, in both fiction and nonfiction. 1. Capture attention from the start. There is a great book called the First Five Pages that lists a number of beginner mistakes when it comes to books, but it applies to all writing. For me, areas of over-description, also called infodumps are a bad sign early on. You only want to give the minimum of back information if you are writing fiction.
If you are writing nonfiction make sure those...
New song recordings: “Bolt”, “Walls”, “Never Break”, “Harmony” now available with any donation to Patreon
Now available on Patreon with any donation
To celebrate my recent show in Japan, I am adding recordings of all the original material I played on 3.14.2020:
Bolt, Harmony, Never Break, Walls
Some of my lyrics:
Bolt: Im sorry for holding back, but Im too afraid for speech.
Harmony: Harmony is all I ask for, but Harmony knows she is not for me.
Never Break: All I got to do is wait just a little bit longer. Getting over you just a little bit longer. Saying no to you is saying yes to me. Getting...
February 27, 2020
Creative Process: Embracing Your Sense of Victory
I know you want more and I know you want to do it better. But when you take a step, when you try, when you do something scary or hard or nerve-racking or that took more energy than turning the tv on and being mindlessCONGRATULATE YOURSELF.
LET YOURSELF HAVE YOUR VICTORY.
So many times I see people go perform at an open mic and do a nice job, only to feel anxious about it afterward. I do it, too. The message we must tell ourselves isthat was good!...
February 18, 2020
“Old Man” by Neil Young (Cover by Sofia Wren)
February 10, 2020
Free to Be You Session Special
Do You Want to: –Be remembered for who you really are, not who you feel you are “supposed” to be, because you feel stronger and more grounded, releasing fear and tension.
–Let go of what other people think, and old energetic contracts you’ve had with people that make or have made you scared, confused, angry, or small.
–Love yourself, the real you, more deeply, and clear out the negative messages from the past that have made you doubt yourself.
–Be a better, more real, and (dare I say?)...
Find Hope and Strength to be Yourself
You don’t need the things that people suggest that you need to feel good.
What may surprise you is that your soul never needs a huge transformation in your life to occur to feel good–like finally making a million dollars or becoming a best seller or getting a new boyfriend, etc.
But in our society, people will probably get more excited if you talk about those external dreams, than if you say, “I’m just looking to connect more to myself right now.”
Your soul is the part of you that can allow...
