Has this happened to you? You’ve decided to make a change. For example, you’ve decided to quit your job and pursue a new career. You’re really excited about the change. And, you’re committed to make it happen. But, as you start to make plans and move forward you begin to feel anxious. You experience doubt….
Years ago when I was hypomanic I wrote part of a poem (when you’re hypomanic you have a hard time finishing anything) likening the progression of my thoughts to billiard balls randomly flying here and there. My brain was like that today. I couldn’t focus worth shit. I’d start writing only to notice a phone…
Have you ever felt scattered? You know the feeling. You start working on one project only to find yourself thinking about another – or about half a dozen other things. How can you get focused? Here are a few ideas. Breath Ideas exist in our heads and minds. That’s why they can spin and zip…
Last post I talked about my experience of "The Batty Zone". Today I want to share a few thoughts about ‘escaping’ or at least moving away from this place of craziness. What can you do when you’re in The Batty Zone. Get Help When I was doing the research for my Masters degree, I had…
I was chatting with my e-buddy, mentor, and copy writing muse Barry Morris yesterday. I had asked for his help in sorting out this messy, emotional muddle my brain was in. One of the issues we were discussing was the transition of my website to WordPress I made a suggestion about next steps and Barry’s…
My client are all bright, seasoned, multi-talented, and often eclectic, professionals. And, as Martha Stewart is oft quoted as saying, "that’s a good thing!" And, like so many ‘good things’ it has a down side. Here’s the conundrum. When people go looking for help they tend to want a specialist. For example, we bought a…
Creative types love ideas and newness. Ideas are easy, fun, exciting, enervating. Bringing them to fruition is hard, bloody work. And, when faced with challenges, bumps in the road, we have a tendency to "throw the baby out with the bath water!" Interestingly, I just learned this expression was originally a German proverb. Back to…
Please join me Tuesday, June 26th for the FINAL Genre Busters(TM) Podcast of this season. You won’t want to miss my special guest, Andy Wibbels. Andy is the author of Blogwild! A Guide for Small Business Blogging. Andy’s been blogging for more than 6 years, is "The Original Blogging Evangelist", and as far…
Not the same thing as this story in Yahoo news "Crossing Genres: Canadian Actress Jill Hennessy moves from acting to music". According to Answers a Genre is: " A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, marked by a distinctive style, form, or content." Genre has its roots in the Latin word Genus….
I know several independent professional women who are DRIVEN! And, killing themselves… not so softly. They keep going and going… pushing, driving, even when they’re ‘coughing up a lung’. Why? Can you say it? F E A R Many, maybe most, of the independently employed women I know FEAR living on the streets, eating dog…