Change Your Mind By Hand: Swipe Left
“Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.” — Carl Jung, psychologist As we increase awareness of our thoughts to gain better control of them, we’ll invariably notice more negative ones and greater amounts of self-criticism. In addition to relying upon mindfulness to notice them and self-compassion to […]
Stop Killing Your Ideas
“You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over your shoulder, you’ll never write.” — Nikki Giovanni, poet Some of our most precious time is during the moments of ideation, brainstorming, musing, and contemplation. These are times when we are playing with ideas and seeing how they connect […]
Lessons Learned While Writing Banish Your Inner Critic
I learned that I shouldn’t try to force the book’s content, my ideas, or my writing into a mold – that I should only do that which is authentic to myself. So much has changed in the last 8 years since I wrote my first book The CSS Detective Guide, but some things haven’t. As to […]
Banish Your Inner Critic Book Excerpt: “Readjust to Trust”
“Can you remember who you were before the world told you who you should be?” — Danielle LaPorte, author, speaker, entrepreneur, and blogger Have you encountered a four-year-old lately? At this age, many children are very much themselves. They are clear about their likes, dislikes, and wants. They are wonderfully opinionated and sassy. They are […]
Why I Wrote Banish Your Inner Critic
Back when I was writing my first book The CSS Detective Guide in 2009, I battled self doubt almost every day. But when I was done writing and designing the book’s website, I reached one of the deepest, most blissful states of creative flow that I have ever been in. Afterwards, I understood why. During […]
