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Never Forgotten
Writing this book is an emotional journey. I didn’t expect it to be easy, but I also didn’t expect to have tears running down my face at the coffee shop…
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Keto Before and After
I lost more than 30 pounds since starting the Keto Diet in October of 2017. If you’re unfamiliar… The Ketogenic Diet is a high fat, low carbohydrate way of eating…
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Stepping Outside the Comfort Zone
Yesterday was a big day in my writing journey. It was the first time I received feedback from a professional editor. A couple posts back, I mentioned that I hired…
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Hiding Doesn’t Heal
I literally used to keep my writing under lock and key. When I was in my deepest, darkest throws of depression, I wrote. This powerful outlet is one of the things…
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If You Never Ask, You’ll Never Know
I did something pretty ballsy. I reached out to one of the world’s most popular authors and asked for a book endorsement. This is what happened…
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Darkness Visible
I’ve logged close to 10,000 words this week. I’m breaking only for scheduled meetings and to teach my classes. I’ve shut off the outside, with the intention of going deep…
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The Power of Perspective and Self Reflection
I logged more than 5,000 words yesterday, and I’m on schedule to have the first draft of my book finished by October 1. I wrote about my tumultuous relationship…
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A Letter to Brad, Twenty Years Later
Dear Brad, I’ll never forget sitting at an outdoor bar in Cancun, Mexico with you, sipping on Long Island Iced Teas in super-sized styrofoam cups. I was 17 and you…
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A Love Affair
My love affair with writing began during childhood… I was eight years old when my name was called over the loud-speaker at my school-wide assembly. I didn’t even enter the Creative…
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Dad’s Best Year
One of the things I love most about writing is that, by doing so, we get to freeze time… kind of like a photograph. We have the ability to save…
