Burn the Ships

Burn the Ships

Burn the ships. 🛳 I don’t know what dream brought you here. I cannot pretend to know all the twists and turns and starts and stops which led you to this very moment where you would read these words on this page from this writer. ✍️ But if I know anything, I know this...
I Yelled at My Coach

I Yelled at My Coach

Yesterday I yelled at my coach. Wait, not “at” her. “To” her, maybe? In writing, of course. ‘You wanna’ know why? Because I needed to. I needed to be mad and I needed it to be witnessed by someone I trust who could reflect the real heart of the matter back to me. She...
The Bruised Rib

The Bruised Rib

If you’ve followed along with me at all, you know that I both *do* weird things and I also *experience* weird things. Allow me to take you back a couple nights ago. For whatever reason, I decided I should go out to my garage and get my leaf blower ready for the...
Contraction and Expansion

Contraction and Expansion

Sometimes you have to pull back.  There’s only so much one human can go, right?   I am no exception.  And after years of mentoring songwriters and telling my mentorees that sometimes filling the well literally is stepping away from it, I know it’s true in...
Ten Fears

Ten Fears

Ten Fears my clients have had around money: My friends won’t relate to me anymore. 😞 I won’t be able to sustain it. I’ll have to work too hard. Money is for “other” people. 💲 There is simply not enough to go around. I’m too old to make money. I don’t have enough value...
Here’s Your Nod

Here’s Your Nod

I was lying in my hammock staring at the sky. The clouds were going by, and I started thinking about what a small speck of humanity I am in the scope of a large world. ☁️   Looking into the blue I felt a bit overwhelmed by my Purpose. No, I don’t mean overwhelmed...