When creative ideas get stuck inside of us it can feel miserable. Here is one simple strategy for taming the inner critic, getting unstuck, and getting back into creative flow.

I was someone who wrote in 2020. In many ways, I was very lucky. And yet, even in the best situations, writing does not come easy. Here are my three lessons.

I’ve been thinking about this question for over thirty years? Somehow, asking how we humanize humans feels relevant and wrong at the same time.

How has it come to be that the Hero's Journey is claimed to be THE story structure that humans tell and remember? Moving from division to unity.

We are living in the attention economy. And many people are now being led to believe that we have to share stories of heroic characters to break through the noise and connect to a larger audience. Is this true?

Many of the stories we use, the stories that marketers teach us to use to make change, are based on looking back, pointing fingers, finding separation and conflict and struggling forward.

This week I heard writer Joshua Mohr talk about the concept of the Toxic versus Good Target Audience. We all know the ‘toxic audience’ as a form of our inner critic. But have you thought about your ‘good audience?’

Leverage the power of emotion to help you tell a more compelling story, one that connects deeply with your audience.

My experience with sleep and creative problem solving. The first time I did this was when I was editing my film. I felt like I was at the end of my creative capacity. One night before going to bed I asked myself, what should I do next?