We are infinite creatures in a world of finite resources. Meaning, the limits we face are often a result of everything we force ourselves to carry. This is the real weight of monotony: Forcing ourselves to keep carrying things that don't serve us, just because we haven't allowed ourselves sufficient space to realize we're capable of putting them down. As I continue to rebuild my coaching practice with the goal of making it, and me, as vividly alive as possible, in fierce defiance of the death...

So many people and institutions around us right now are numbing out and slowing down. The drudgery of pre-post-capitalist fascism and co-pandemic living has so many humans just mindlessly moving through a world they're too overwhelmed to feel in touch with anymore. Depressing does not begin to describe it. Still, I'm not ready to throw in the towel. And you're not either. Instead of giving in, I'm giving you a chance to step it up. I am radically changing my coaching work to be more...

I've taken LOTS of courses on fostering creativity and crafting a "creative lifestyle" (whatever that means) and NOT ONE OF THEM has ever actually created lasting change in my creative practice. Books and programs that focus on practicing creativity, rather than freeing it, don't make for sustainable change. I won't argue that creativity isn't a skill or muscle that benefits from regular use, but the reason we feel blocks around creativity usually isn't because we've been mental couch...