Published inILLUMINATION·PinnedMember-onlyInternally Sourced Confidence vs. Externally Sourced ConfidenceOne is sustainable while the other is flimsy. — Lately, I’ve been pondering the difference between internally sourced confidence and externally sourced confidence. One is sustainable while the other is flimsy. One is virtuous while the other can be used as a form of torture if we’re not careful. Internally Sourced Confidence Internally sourced confidence asks you to create measures of success…Confidence3 min readConfidence3 min read
Published inThe Orange Journal·PinnedMember-onlyWhat Happens When You Replace the word “Commitment” with “Devotion?”You’ll get more done and enjoy doing it. — As a life coach for multi-passionate creatives, I meet a lot of folks who struggle with staying committed to a project after they start. Has that ever happened to you? You’re super fired up at the beginning of the new project, full of hope and possibilities for where it could…Self Improvement3 min readSelf Improvement3 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·PinnedMember-only5 Lessons I’ve Learned from One Year of PodcastingIt’s not the advice you would expect. — This is not going to be an article about the best tools or systems to use for producing a podcast. You can get that information from a million other places on the internet. Instead, I want to talk about what it’s like to stick with an ongoing project, long-term, as…Podcasting5 min readPodcasting5 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·PinnedMember-onlyAre You a Multi-Passionate Creative?Here are 5 ways to tell. I’m a proud multi-passionate creative. The first time I heard those words, I got chills down my spine. Oh, look! That’s already one way to tell if you’re a multi-passionate. The combination of words alone will give you that “finally- I know what to…Creativity4 min readCreativity4 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Oct 29Member-only3 Reasons Goal-Setting Isn’t Working for You as a Multi-PassionateIf goal-setting feels on par with looking for Big Foot, chasing the end of a rainbow for a pot of gold, or anything else that you do without expecting actual results, it’s probably because you haven’t learned to set goals in a way that supports you as a multi-passionate person. …Goal Setting4 min readGoal Setting4 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Sep 26Member-onlyI Got Zero Enrollments in My Coaching ProgramI’m disappointed and proud. — I recently opened up early enrollment for my coaching program and nobody signed up. Today I’m going to share how I’m feeling about that and why I’m still proud of myself, even though this enrollment could be considered a “failure.” Before we dive into that, in case you are not…Business3 min readBusiness3 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Aug 25Member-onlyLeaving Social Media: A Year Later, How It Impacted My Life and BusinessPlus, how to plan your escape. — On August 26, 2022, I logged off of Instagram and never looked back. I chose the date at random. Ironically it holds a ton of meaning now, but that year it was just a random day. …Social Media15 min readSocial Media15 min read
Published inThe Orange Journal·May 10Member-onlyThe Tarot Card Reading That Helped Me Edit My LifeAnd how to do a life-edit of your own — It was a perfectly sunny Saturday afternoon and my partner and I didn’t want to spend it inside, so we took our son for a stroll through downtown Long Beach. …Life5 min readLife5 min read
Published inMulti-Passionate Success·May 1Member-onlyThe Priority Mapping Method PlaylistPresented by the Multi-Passionate Mastery Podcast This playlist houses the episodes from the Multi-Passionate Mastery podcast that discuss the Priority Mapping Method. …Prioritization1 min readPrioritization1 min read
Published inMulti-Passionate Success·Apr 22Member-only“It was a Dark and Stormy Night…”A stream-of-consciousness poem — Recently at a workshop I attended, I was given the prompt “It was a dark and stormy night…” and 3 minutes to write whatever came to mind. What I wrote made it clear that even though I don’t utilize it often, my passion for creative writing is alive and well. …Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read