What is coaching?
At times, there can be confusion between and coaching and mentoring, leading to a misconception about what a coach’s role is with a client. People sometimes reach out to a […]
Coaching
A coaching mindset: to SERVE
When preparing for writing retreats and coaching, I take time to set intentions, eliminate distractions so I can be fully present for the clients. To SERVE is a part of the coaching mindset.
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Kicking goals
I reflect on my goals for the year. I’m excited about the upcoming writing retreats, my coaching training and website updates. I provide an offer to help others achieve their goals through coaching programs.
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The year’s not over yet
The year is not over yet, but I am in the reflective, planning stage. It’s exciting to look back at all that I have accomplished this year and what I am planning for next year.
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Join me at a creative retreat
Do you have a writing project that needs your time and attention? Join me at Retreat with Me in October 2023
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Did I unravel my year by not setting goals?
I didn’t set my goals this year, and it didn’t feel right. Did it set off my mid year crisis? Or was that always going to happen?
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And breathe…
Lockdowns are tough but there are some things that can help with the deep anxiety that we all feel. Breathing slowly and deeply is one.
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How to survive uncertain times (or how to stop being grumpy)
I’m tired and I’m grumpy and I hope I’m not the only person who’s feeling like this. How are you coping with the latest COVID lockdowns?
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Aiming for more rejections
A few years ago I shifted my thinking from trying to get some marks on the publishing board to aiming for more rejections. It was an important shift in thinking
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Creativity, Play and Rest
Meg’s musings on finishing a draft of a manuscript, learning to play (again) and rest.
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How to go on while Australia burns
Today is cool in Melbourne. I woke to the strange sound of rain on the tin roof; it is easy to forget that there are so many fires still burning
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A 2018 wrap, and 2019
I’m late to the party with this, but here it is (finally)… The year that was Last year was a blur of juggling too many things, and managing chronic pain.
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Strategies for keeping deadlines
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve talked about dealing with those pesky internal critical voices, and making deadlines for yourself when you don’t have any external deadlines. Today, I’m going to talk about some strategies on how to meet those deadlines.. This post is part of a series about deadlines and shutting out the inner critic.
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Making deadlines
Are you good at getting things completed when you don’t have a deadline? Not many people are. If you are working as a freelancer, working on your own projects, or working on a manuscript, you might be familiar with how long these things can sometimes take. It’s always easier when someone else tells you when you need to get the work back to them. I find that if I don’t make a deadline, create lists to get things done, then I can take forever. Give me a deadline, and I’m all over it.
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Dealing with critical voices
One thing I love to do is to catch up with other writers and chat with them about their process, any hurdles and how they see their way forward. Recently I caught up with a friend who has taken on a mammoth job of writing his memoir. It’s a tough task as there can be loads of emotional baggage in there, as well as the invisible but powerful critical voice.
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Freezing up
My friend Nicky Heaney who writes at Mary Beton’s Rooms wrote a great thought-provoking piece about freezing up, and learning how to free the creative part of our brain. It
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Fighting the green eyed monster
My life has been some crazy out of control beast for the last year or so. Things have flown at me that I have had no control over, so I
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Lessons from childhood
Last Friday I set out for my second Going Solo hike. I headed back out to Werribee Gorge and took the track that I had planned to go on the
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Going Solo
Life has been a little crazy for me over the last twelve months with my mum’s diagnosis of cancer followed closely by her death, and then one of my kids
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It’s a plan, not a resolution
I don’t do resolutions. They stink of failure. just waiting to be broken and open up that chance to beat myself up. Instead I make a plan at the start of each year.
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