Hey writer, I need you to know that that manuscript you’re working on isn’t pointless. That book you dream of publishing is going to help so many people. But the compassionate help starts with you. Remember that you are not alone. You can reach out to the Divine, your Helpers and loving ancestors, those in your writing community, and even me at any time you feel overwhelmed, unmotivated, and stuck. That heavy feeling doesn’t signal failure. It means that your nervous system won’t let you push pa

Showing Your Work: Treating Self-Publishing as the New Portfolio

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Do you ever worry about terrible things that haven't happened yet, and may not even happen at all? Do you invent catastrophes and live anxiously in your own head? Well, Spinoza might be able to help. Here is his theory in three steps. First, Spinoza argues that so much misery is caused by despair, because despair, for Spinoza, is when we lose faith in our own ability to carry on. It's when we see and define ourselves by weakness. It's when we think that we will fail at whatever life happens to t