Goal-driven storytelling starts with… the goal. Obviously. The key to actively authoring your future story is to identify the outcome (success! happiness!) and then carefully craft the plot points to achieve that outcome. But how can we know where we’re...
“I don’t wanna…!” The voice sounds like a petulant, whiny four-year-old. But there’s no four-year-old here. There’s just me. That’s MY voice. My inner four-year-old complains loudly, annoyingly, through anything she...
Hey there, Go-Getter… You too, Goal-Maker… Just a few days left of the year! How will you spend them? Don’t wait until Jan. 1st to set New Year’s Resolutions (that you’ll inevitably break by Jan. 8th…) Start now – where you...
There are stories everywhere. I can’t not notice them. And there’s symbolism in these stories. They serve as analogies of our lives. I can’t not notice that either. This is a story about a hot dog. … but, really, it’s about more than a...
Are you spring cleaning? (Or, like me, maybe thinking about it but not yet doing it?) All that dusting and decluttering and organizing and airing out… It puts a spring in your step, thinking about a fresh start. So, what about your story? Doesn’t it...