Do you ever wonder why you don’t seem to reach your goals, let alone your dreams? As we discussed last week, you could be playing an old family role that holds you back without even knowing it! I encountered this sort of block in the first creativity workshop I ever taught. Bill was a top notch journalist who wanted to become a fiction writer.  He already wrote for a living, so you’d think it would be easy for him to write fiction, but...

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Many of us can’t hear our true calling—and, hence, be our real selves—because of old family dynamics and belief systems.  In my workshops, I’ve found that the main reason people don’t get what they want in life is because they’re still acting out some worn-out family role that doesn’t fit who they truly are.    For example, when I was 13 years old I was fascinated by “Debby” and “Deenie,” identical twins in my...

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When the call to be your true self begins, it’s not like a big arrow descends from the sky with a voice bellowing: “Go this way my child, all is well.”  Instead, you often feel grumpy, frustrated, empty, and ready to pull your hair out. Take “Anne,” for example, a small quiet woman who used to drag herself into my weekly Reinventing Yourself workshop after spending all day at a job she hated. One night she raised...

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Many of us don’t answer our true callings because we’re afraid people will find out how odd or strange we are.  But our little eccentricities often turn out to be our greatest strengths. Yes, it’s good to be quirky—I approve!  Are you ready to embrace your inner weirdo? The first time “Gina” walked into my workshop, she seemed like she was 12 years old.  She wore knee-socks and a dress at least two sizes too big for...

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Welcome to my blog! It’s pretty awesome, I know. But enough chitchat. I’m on a mission! If you are experiencing a personal or professional crisis, deciding where to go next in life, feeling stuck, or simply want to be more creative, this blog is for you. Each of us has a unique purpose in life. Most of us don’t realize it, though, because we’ve been pushed to conform to someone else’s idea of who we should be. Step by step, this blog...

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