The world is a better place with you in it.

Warning: today’s Self-Made Creative episode deals with some challenging topics including depression, suicide prevention, and mental and psychological challenges. I discuss the recent suicides of both Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade and my thoughts on Creatives and emotional and psychological sensitivity. Of course, please, reach out for help if you need it. Remember, you deserve…

Own Your World Episode 3: Want to Create? You have to prep your instrument!

Warm it up to create! To create, you have to warm up your instrument. In order to express our creativity, we must have good tools that we have prepared for the purpose. Just like a marathon runner wouldn’t dream of running one without warming up their body, we must warm up our instrument to create as…

| |

Promise yourself …

Under promise and over deliver even if it is to yourself. Set your goals and then incinerate them. So, what are you invested in? Figure it out and then go to work! Tag someone who needs to see this. #goals #goalsetting #writing #amwriting #personaldevelopment #success #dedicationhasnolimitation #whatareyouinvestedin #wordcount 

Joy, Friendship, and Inspiration – the trifecta to relieve stress and spark success.

Like many of us, I have been putting in a lot of hours on my work life and my business. And I needed a vacation and brain break. So, what did I do? I combined two of my passions (astronomy and photography) and planned my vacation around the solar eclipse on August 21, 2017. I…

Build your own castle

Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: sure, you can spend your time envying the advantages other people have. But that takes you away from working your own stuff, from making your own advantages. In the end, all we have is what we bring. If we focus on coveting what other people have, we aren’t honing…