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5 Ways to Motivate Yourself to Create Content… Even When You Don’t Want To.
I get to write, all day. It's not just my day job. It's my passion. It's no secret I love it... but sometimes, I really don't want to do it. Why? What's at the heart of my resistance to creating content, and how do I keep doing it... even when I don't want to? Step 1....
Improving Perfection is Probably Good for Business
Fact: I’ve been writing doggedly for 30 years. YEARS. But if you root through my old stuff, you see a pattern… I wrote based on FEELING. And while this is a beautiful skill I learned to master early on… (the art of creating art “in flow”)… …the...
How to Develop Trust. (Even When It Feels Impossible.)
I started writing about trust in a recent book-that-I-started, got-one-hundred-pages-into, then-decided-to-shelve. And although that book is paused (hey, all things in their time), the topic of trust came up for me again recently. So I want to share that excerpt with...
Six Ridiculously Easy Steps to Brainwash Yourself Happy
Spoiler: Yes, this works. And also, it works like this... Step #1: You repeat positive things to yourself as often as you can remember. Step #2: You repeat positive things to yourself at night ritualistically. Step #3: You surround yourself with positive people. Step...
Relationship Advice I Needed to Give Myself 8 Years Ago
"Psalm, how single are you?" "Decidedly not single." "But you're not 'attached'?" "I don't know what you mean. I'm attached to many things." Recently, I met my soul mate. And I'm not talking some fine, smooth-talking, tall drink of water... although she is one (I just...
Four Habits to Help You Keep Your Chill When the Stress Hits
Okay. Now that I've made my "lofty" No Stress Declaration (won't you join me?)... I'm plagued by the details of how. You see, saying "I Quit Stress" is one thing. Actually quitting it is another thing entirely. Which brings me to my Four Habits That Guarantee No...