Category: Storytelling

  • 9 ways to jazz up your writing relationship

    Last week I got stuck and wasn’t at all inspired to write on any of the projects that I was working on. It happens–no shame. When it does, I recognize that one of two things needs to happen. Either I need a break or I need to shake something up in my…

  • Being a “good mom” can sometimes look like this…

    Being a writer and a mom of young children is tough, so having another writer-mom to call friend is fundamental. Tasha is mine, and we critique one another’s work and hold each other accountable to our writing goals. As best as we can, that is. Now back in our groove,…

  • Where two or more women are gathered…

    Last Friday, I packed and flew out to New Orleans to join some sista-friends for a Pisces-Aries birthday celebration. Initially I wasn’t sure if I’d go because this and that kept popping up on top of exhaustion, but that gentle voice of Spirit kept nudging me and nodding. So I…

  • How to de-vilify your flaws and weaknesses

    This past Saturday I facilitated a writing workshop with a group of businesswomen. It was an awesome event from beginning to end, but there were two instances that stuck out in my mind and have since come up again. I took that to mean that I gotta talk about it.…

  • My Personal Manifesto

    If you prefer to listen to it, you can do that:   Or if you prefer to read it, you can do that too:  I often downplay my success and strengths to comfort others, forgetting that doing so is an injustice to myself and them too. And how I feel…