“Writing memoir is hard. Everybody I know who wades deep enough into memory’s waters drowns a little.” - Mary Karr, author of Writing memoir. I was just starting to find out how true that was when I hired a book coach ( Caroline Allen ), which has probably been the most life-changing decision I’ve made in a while. She teaches me the technical craft, sure, but she also turns the whole storytelling process into nothing less than a reinvention on a soul level (not even exaggerat

“I am writing a book!” Says every coach/influencer/public speaker ever🙄 But few actually get the job done. Now that the children’s book I am writing with my father is nearing the finish line, I am starting to believe it is possible for me to write a book on my own. One that might even see the light of day. My working title for the book is ‘the art of attunement’ and it’s a collection of short real-life stories, about moments when I was deeply in tune with my inner compass, a

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