by Marilyn | May 6, 2015 | Emotional Truth, Memoir, Self Discovery, Writing Time
Recently one of my mentoring clients, who is also a yoga instructor, was thinking out loud about the length of time it is taking her to write her memoir, which she began years ago and has recently returned to. “Well,” she said during one of our coaching calls,...
by Marilyn | Apr 27, 2015 | Emotional Truth, Memoir Writing, Readers, Universal Truth
This past weekend, while writing a segment in my memoir about my son in the context of my larger family history, I felt a stirring in my chest, i.e., in my heart chakra. As I wrote, the stirring became a swirl that expanded through my chest cavity. When this energetic...
by Marilyn | Feb 11, 2015 | Conscious writing, Gratitude, Memoir, Truth, Voice, Writing love
There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our...
by Marilyn | Jan 14, 2015 | Conscious writing, Shifting Limiting Beliefs, Truth
Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth. Pema Chödrön Last week one of my new Transform Your Writing/Transform Your Life™ one-on-one clients wrote me an email in response to the 6-month mentorship schedule I’d just sent her. Uh, oh: she felt...
by Marilyn | Jan 7, 2015 | Conscious writing, Shifting Limiting Beliefs, Truth
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams and live the life you imagined.” Thoreau Now that you’ve settled on a Writing Word of the Year to guide you toward becoming your best writing self in 2015, it’s time to create your writing vision. So often...
by Marilyn | Aug 22, 2013 | Book reviews, Memoir, Sexism, Silencing, Truth, Writing Women's Lives
When people ask me what I do as a writing coach, I tell them that I show women writers who are done being silent how to free their authentic voice so they can take “center page” in their writing and in their life. I’ll admit I love a good pun, and while my puns...
