Creative Inspiration

Because We Trust  in the Rightness of the Timing

Because We Trust in the Rightness of the Timing

I got this AMAZING email to day from Patti, who first got the "home study" Overcoming Procrastination Toolkit and got so much out of that that she's now enrolled in the Get It Done Teleclass that starts tomorrow. "Dear Samantha - A short tale: Awhile back, about 18...

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Prepare To Be Uncomfortable

Recently a client asked me how to tell the difference between the natural anxiety a person has when they're moving forward into something new and the gut instinct that something is truly wrong for them.  Good question, right? And the answer is: I don't think you can...

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Life Does Not Move In One Direction

Life Does Not Move In One Direction

We love the story of life as a road. Success is a ladder. Time is ever marching forward. But we know it's not true. We are forever on shifting sands, sliding forward and backward and sideways and diagonally in our thinking, our feeling, our learning and our lives....

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Take The Easy Way Out

Here's my new mental discipline: for each idea or project, I'm asking myself, "What's the EASIEST possible way to do this?" As a natural-born over-complicator, this does not come easily to me. But I have noticed that I sometimes don't move forward on projects because...

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Has Someone Stolen Your Idea?

"I'm worried that someone will steal my idea." Sometimes that thought will: - prevent you from moving forward on your project - prevent you from talking to people (some of whom could help you) about your project - keep you stuck - keep you in "getting ready to get...

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Audrey’s Poem

You all might remember Audrey from the other day - she wrote me this: "Hi Samantha! I am on your email list and receive your beautiful poems and ideas. I just wanted to thank you cause those emails have been inspiring for me. I recently wrote something for my...

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You Don’t Need To Lose Weight

You Don’t Need To Lose Weight

Here's how I know: because if you really needed to lose weight, you'd be doing it already. In the same way that you always feel like you need more money, but it's when the rent is due (or those shoes go on sale) that you actually find the money. So if you've been...

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Success Story: Inspired To Write A Poem

Having Trouble Communicating With An Overworked Partner? This totally made me puddle up.   I think Audrey sets a fine example for us all 🙂 "Hi Samantha! I am on your email list and receive your beautiful poems and ideas. I just wanted to thank you cause those emails...

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Women Who Workshop

Women Who Workshop

New Year. New Poem. Enjoy! Women Who Workshop A scarf from India A top that's Loose around the Middle Very, very, very Sensible Shoes And an Unceasingly Kind expression (The uniform of individuality). You, the Bright-Eyed. You, the Generous volunteer. You, still...

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