Studies show that writing helps process emotions. Troubling thoughts can circle round the mind, taking on a magnitude all their own, and leave us feeling exhausted, and helpless. Those thoughts, if they stay in the brain and don’t find an … Read More
There are two things that keep writers awake. One is the fear monster that rears its head in the small hours of the night, the other is the creative brain going into overdrive. Both are sleep-slayers. For both, there’s an … Read More
2020 will go down in the history books as a year we won’t forget. Who could have foreseen, a year ago, that we’d be in the situation we are now in? I’ve travelled in the far east, where mask wearing … Read More
On the darkest day in what to many must seem like the darkest year, a lot of people will be feeling low. None more so than the SAD sufferer. In this post, I share my own experiences of Seasonal Affective … Read More
Marie Peach is an artist and life coach who works with creatives to help them transform their confidence and income. I sat down with her to find out how she helps writers and artists overcome feelings of being blocked and … Read More
September marks a new season in what has certainly been one of the strangest years in recent history. For me, it brings with it another tentative step towards what we consider ‘normal.’ Last week I packed up my home office … Read More
The world has changed since I last wrote this blog three weeks ago. It was changing then, but the change was still some distance away, creeping closer, but still far away enough for it to be about other people not … Read More