Moving Through Fear

October 28, 2020

Change is really, really hard.  It is even harder if it is forced on you as 2020 has done to all of us.  Nobody wants to be wrong or to realize that good enough just is not.  So we invest in staying stuck, impose artificial limitations on ourselves that, ironically, keep us safe.  Instead of […]

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Dog Whistles And Sirens

October 21, 2020

Dog whistles are what is assumed as we say something other.  Racism, sexism, any kind of ism really masked in undercurrents of judgement of other.  2020 has been the apex of all things dog whistle for just about anything you can think of, even science and scientific discovery. For creative businesses, heightened emotionality on all […]

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Erase The Box

October 14, 2020

The earth is not flat.  You can show me all of the mathematical formulas that “prove” that it is and you will convince yourself of a knowable untruth.  For the rest of us, we have to waste our time justifying what has been known for thousands of years and proven, truly proven, innumerable ways.  But […]

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No More Pre-Digested Anything

October 7, 2020

Here we are in 2020, the CF of all CF’s and yet I still see so many creative business owners trying desperately to be the regular kind, the pre-digested, easy-to-understand business model that does everything in its power to ignore you experience, professionalism and wisdom.  The idea is that if you dumb your creative business […]

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Who Are You And Where Do You Want To Go?

September 30, 2020

Chaos demands order at some point and as we are all trying to decide who we want to be as people, artists and businesses, the question becomes, who do you want to serve and why?  This, of course, begets the question — to what end your creative business?  Yes, you can be more than one […]

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Chaos And The Long Road

September 23, 2020

We are in chaos.  Here in the United States, fires (I live in Northern California), hurricanes, COVID, distance learning, politics (Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death and the abject ugliness of what is going on in Washington) and on and on and on.  Many days I feel like I am in the orange haze of darkness that […]

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Manipulation

September 16, 2020

Health practitioners (Western and Eastern) manipulate your mind and body in all ways for the purpose of wellness.  All healers seek to improve the quality of your very vitality. So the idea that manipulation is always negative is a misnomer.  That said, manipulation to convince somebody of a half-truth, a facade, or worse a lie […]

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Contemplating A New Beginning

September 9, 2020

If you read last week’s post or listened to my podcast this week, you know I challenged you to quit.  I asked you to consider why you are persisting and if was because of shame or guilt or even blind rage masking as determination, to reconsider. This week the other side. Even if you are […]

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When Is It Time To Quit?

September 2, 2020

Fall is around the corner.  For most creative businesses, that usually means busy time, and, for some, it still does.  Awesome for those of you in this position.  This post is not for you specifically, though I would highly suggest you keep reading for two reasons: 1) there but for the grace of God go […]

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Do Not Eat The Whole Sandwich, Take A Bite

August 26, 2020

Here we are in distance learning 2.0 in Northern California.  One thing about home schooling is that the natural problem solving that happens in physical interaction with teachers and fellow students becomes constrained because of the screen.  It just is that students are left to solve things on their own more than ever.  Of course, […]

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