Write of Your Life

Make changes to your body and mind to gain the confidence to pursue your passion and live your dreams. Debi Silber, The Mojo Coach, has led thousands of clients to “get their mojo back” and transform into their personal and professional best. Her real-life examples will spark your own ideas. The post Get Your Mojo Back appeared first on Write of Your Life.

What is your life theme? If you wrote a memoir, what would it be titled? Why should anyone write about their life? I posed these questions to participants at the Stories From The Heart Story Circle Conference. Their heartfelt answers provide a voyeur’s view into these women’s lives. The post Stories From The Heart appeared first on Write of Your Life.

Only by taking better care of yourself can you improve your overall wellbeing. It’s important that you take action for nothing will change until you do. Kevin Bergen walks us through the Bergen protocol to help us understand how to get unstuck in life through expansion writing. The post The Bergen Protocol appeared first on Write of Your Life.

Everyone is broken in their own way and your experiences and challenges are shared by others going through similar situations. Kylie used TED talks to experiment on her life, and her experiences will blow you away and encourage you at the same time. She blogs about her failures and successes...and she finds a way to deal with her predicaments by sharing them. The post A Year of TED Talk in Action appeared first on Write of Your Life.

“We keep going through the things that hurt us because we fail to let go of the old and make room for new things in our lives.” Michael Neeley, the author of The Art of Forgetting, emphasizes that some of the negative patterns in our lives are from actions that we take subconsciously, without much thought going into the process. The post A Knight With Mindfulness appeared first on Write of Your Life.

According to research, 4% of the population are sociopathic and she married into the club. In this powerful story, we discover that truth is often stranger than fiction. Stacy unwittingly fell in love and married a man who appeared to be loving, caring and all that she ever wanted. She was painfully wrong. The post The Sociopath’s Wife appeared first on Write of Your Life.

“It’s so hard for people who share children with narcissistic individuals because sadly, most people don’t understand what they need to do in a shared-custody situation”. Kim Saeed, a No Contact Coach, shares her story of suffering and survival from emotional abuse at the hands of a narcissist husband. The post Escaping the Narcissist – Let Me Reach appeared first on Write of Your Life.

Journaling about his everyday golf game turned into a book opportunity for former professional golfer Tom O’Stasik. Along the way, he discovered that writing helped him get through the emotional challenges of life and process his thoughts. The post Writing Boosts Your Game appeared first on Write of Your Life.

"For me the end goal is always to help people tell a story with their photos. I realized in the process of helping my clients do that, if they couldn't find their photos and they didn't know where they were, they couldn't even get to that next step." Cathi Nelson founded The Association of Personal Photo Organizers which aims to help clients organize important family traditions and memories that are captured through photos. The post Photos Tell Stories appeared first on Write of Your Life.

"If someone else can see themselves that much in my songs, then I kinda owe it to myself to share it; even if maybe just three other people get a little bit of healing from it." Shellee Coley a mother and singer-songwriter, continuously influences future artists in creating and molding music as a reflection of life and experiences. She shares the impact of music on personal growth and harmony. The post Songwriter Series: Story Songs appeared first on Write of Your Life.

“Stay yourself. I know that's so cliché but it means something…be yourself, stay yourself. Look how you want to look, sing how you want to sing, write how you want to write and just make your music and follow your dreams. Because that's why I've been doing and that what I'll continue to do. And it has done a lot for me.” This is how 16-year old Mia Z is making her mark as a singer-songwriter in the midst of the image conscious mindset that is pervasive in the music industry these days. The post Songwriter Series: Be Yourself appeared first on Write of Your Life.

You have to get past your ego and find your shared experience with people. The things we’re most afraid to show people are the things we have most in common. Since I’ve come to understand that I’ve been able to write towards this common ground and connect myself with people and create an environment full of shared understanding. And I really think that’s the power of music. The post Songwriter Series: Shared Experience appeared first on Write of Your Life.

“We have all of these weird urges or thoughts or ideas that don’t fit and you’re not allowed to say publicly. But if you can get that all out in not just a safe way, but a constructive way, you can use that to make something through stories,” says Author James Kennedy, creator of the… The post The Vomelette and Other Tales appeared first on Write of Your Life.

On day one of self-employment, Nick Loper's website went down and his vision of hammocks and four hour work weeks disappeared. Google shut down his account and he realized the importance of diversification. Since then, he's written about his life as a side hustler, chronicling his experiments for the world to see. Lifestory Toolkit: Pro Writing Aid, Free Download: 5 Myths About Life Story Writing. The post Scripting the Side Hustle appeared first on Write of Your Life.

"Women have to put their foot forward and say I'm entitled. If I'm doing an equal job, I should be paid for it. For all the young women now who have never had to deal with these problems...I walked the floor of the New York Stock Exchange for you." When Norma Yaeger acquired her New York Stock Exchange license in 1962, she didn’t know of any other women in the industry. The Stock Exchange didn’t even allow women to step foot on its floor. But having just escaped poverty in NY’s Catskill Mountains, and determined to support her children, Norma wasn’t going to let the exclusionary traditions of the financial industry stop her from becoming a stockbroker. The post Breaking Down the Walls appeared first on Write of Your Life.

Ann expects to die with an open notebook in her hand. In fact, her tombstone inscription is already prepared: Loved This World, Pen In Hand. This poet and has been writing since the fifth grade. She believes writers live life twice, and that's her favorite quote from Anais Nin. Listen as Ann shares how writing spurred her curiosity in life, and helped her get through depression. Lifestory Toolkit: Noticing The Details, Free Download: 5 Ways to Get Kids Writing and 1 Sure Way For Them To Enjoy It The post Loved This World, Pen In Hand appeared first on Write of Your Life.

Writer Kristi Willis started using Evernote by clipping and organizing her vast collection of recipes while watching football games. She shares some unique ways you can use Evernote (a virtual productivity tool) for all stages of writing, from sketching an outline of your idea, capturing audio notes and interviews, collecting research found on the internet, to putting it all together. Lifestory Toolkit: Headspace App. Free Download: 21 Ways to Capture Family History The post Evernote Writing and Organizing Family Stories appeared first on Write of Your Life.

"I believe everyone has a story and that story has the possibility of changing the world. It’s a high concept, I know. This doesn’t mean everyone will write a memoir or a piece of fiction. But, if we know how to read our stories we’re so much better off in articulating our purpose and knowing next steps. Sometimes, that purpose includes writing. Other times, it’s just decisions that leave us stumped. We can’t know our story unless we’ve allowed it room to breathe," Elora Nicole, author and coach. The post Storytelling as Currency for Human Connection appeared first on Write of Your Life.

Most people are trained to hold their own story at arm’s length. The goal of academic writing is to separate your own experience from what is objectively true. That lifelong training can make it very hard for people to write from their own heart and soul. The interesting thing is that when you get in the middle of a writing project, those lines start to blur. When you go on a writing journey, you discover a lot about who you are. That’s when it gets really interesting. When you reveal yourself, become vulnerable and show your passions, that’s what makes it exciting for the reader and that’s where the magic happens. Lifestory Toolkit: The Emotion Thesaurus. Free Download: Does Your Scrapbook Have a Story Arc? and Behind the Scenes of Writing a Book. The post Don’t Hold Your Life Story at Arm’s Length appeared first on Write of Your Life.

"Like many people, I've had a difficult childhood," says Author Mary DeMuth. "One of the things I struggled with in telling my story openly was that I didn’t know if I was through it yet and in a way, I don’t feel like I’m 100% completely healed of that story. I also worried about what other people would think, particularly family members who are still alive. And that was something I had to come to terms with. I realized that if everybody had that fear, and if everybody waited for all the people to die before they could write their memoir, then there would never be any encouragement for those who are walking through the muck of healing from their past." Lifestory Toolkit: Trello Free Download: I Should Have Raised My Hand The post Is Your Pain for Public Consumption? appeared first on Write of Your Life.