Fear

“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” – Les Brown A few years ago I received a terrifying email. “We are pleased to inform you that you have been awarded […]

As a writer the next most coveted honor and opportunity beyond being published was speaking. To speak in public in front of hundreds of people seemed more immediate, more impactful, (not to mention way more scary) than having

“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” – John Wayne Well, here you are. Your life is not going as planned. Maybe you’re stuck in a rut, unable to take that essential next step. Maybe your life

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” – Maya Angelou Maybe you’ve met some of the people in my life: My financial adviser has been charging me high fees, but the returns on my investments are

“If you show someone something you’ve written, you give them a sharpened stake, lie down in your coffin, and say, ‘When you’re ready’.” – David Mitchell, Black Swan Green Writers are not the most social human beings. We

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”- Mary Oliver The body speaks to us; it will scream for our attention by breaking down in any of innumerable ways if

September 17th, 2012 was my own personal judgement day.  Months of anxiety and nervousness had built up and today was the culmination.  It was time to pay the piper. What in the world had me so scared? Was

“Everything you want is on the other side of fear.” – Jack Canfield I sit on the edge of the sturdy rubber boat, staring at the rare spectacular blue emanating from beneath the water. I wonder about hidden

“We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it” – John Steinbeck A few years ago, I was living a completely normal life. I had recently finished school, I had a steady job,