What do I do?

People keep asking me that same question. It’s a cocktail party kind of thing.

And I answer candidly that I teach literature, that I write books about the way we can use literature and writing to grow our souls, that I write stories, and that I coach people past the inevitable burn-out that we’ll all face at some time.

“Ah, so you’re a professor,” is the usual reply.

Except that’s not particularly accurate. What do I do? I move people past their own blocks. I make it possible for people to get out of their own way.