The Written Compass

I don’t often bring on guests, but as The Written Compass has grown, so has my connections with amazing authors! In this week’s episode, I talk with Regyna Curtis, founder of Atmaitri . We begin the episode where she begins her work with clients: getting connected to our soul wisdom. I’m excited for you to listen and see what shows up! Here are links to connect more with Regyna and buy the collabo...

Recently one of my clients had a big aha! She realized that her job was not to figure out all the different parts of her book right now when she is just starting out on her book writing journey. What a relief?! We discovered that when she just gets embodied and connected to herself, then words feel like they just "spew" out of her. So, we came up with the goal of just "embody and spew." In today's...

When you were a kid did you ever write stories? Me too! But somewhere along the way, that kid-like approach to writing got swapped for heavy pressure and concern for being and writing "right." In today's episode, I share several simple ways you can tap into that child writer again. If you love this episode, then you'll love coming to my upcoming workshop with Dr. Cindy Urbanski all about "Playing...

There is a stigma around what writing is supposed to look like. What is the image that shows up for you? Do you picture someone at a typewriter or computer? Do you picture a lovely journal and fancy pen? Often we envision black words on the white page as the only way writing can show up. In today's episode, I share the concept of verbal writing or writing out loud. Many of my clients are verbal pr...

I love when business owners share some of their journey and "behind the scenes" of how and why they do what they do. In today's episode, I'll share: How I became an embodied writing coach My experience as a BodyMind Method Coach Why how I talk to clients is so important How I run my business from my alignment I also share an upcoming opportunity for you to learn more about creating an aligned busi...

There are some really cool writing support tools out in the world. One type I see often are websites and apps that auto-generate writing for you. In this week’s episode, I get curious about whether this kind of tool is a friend or foe in your writing journey. Here is a sneak peak at some of the core ideas I share: You might not actually need these tools It promotes a “should” mentality and often c...

I share a lot about how you can work with my team and I to get your amazing non-fiction personal growth and/or business strategy book out in the world. In today’s episode I decided to really break down what that program, the Embodied Writing Mastermind looks like. I describe our 3 core elements of the program: We help you get your words down We help you embody your words and coach you through your...

I get a LOT of ads about professing claims like…“I wrote my book in a weekend and now I want to share my simple template for you to do the same!” OR “My clients write their books in 36.2 hours on average and you can do the same.” I don’t know about you, but I’m sick of feeling like I have to speed through everything. Bigger, faster, harder is not always the best thing. For writing, it’s often what...

“Is it good?”...“Just tell me what to fix.” These are often the ways we’ve learned to ask for feedback on our writing. Yet, neither of these requests are very helpful when writing your book. In this week’s episode, I break down 4 powerful types of writing feedback to ask based on the stage of writing you are in and your writing needs: No response or just “thank you” Pointing or center of gravity S...

When we are writing, we are often sharing things we’ve said before or written before. We are writing things we teach over and over. We write stories and experiences that we’ve shared before. Then, when we go to revise and edit our words, it can be difficult to really “see” whether our words are landing and coming across as we want. Why? Because at this point, we’ve read and reread these words so m...

We’ve all heard the phrase “show don’t tell.” But what do we really mean by it? In this episode, I share: a brief history of the phrase how the heck it became so popular the myth around this technique that we often miss as writer how to apply this to non-fiction writing You'll walk away understanding "show don't tell" on a deeper level, and you will have some new powerful strategies for balancing...

If you have ever wondered how to even get started with your writing, then this episode is going to demystify and debunk some of the common ways we've learned to start a piece of writing. In this episode you'll learn: how starting at the "beginning" keeps you stuck a powerful technique called "focused free writing" how to gather your word assets to kickstart your writing how to use a story to get t...

Do you struggle with time management? How about managing your time to write your book? Today’s special guest is Richie Norton , award-winning author and serial entrepreneur, whose latest book Anti-Time Management: Reclaim Your Time and Revolutionize Your Results With the Power of Time Tipping will give you a whole new perspective on (un)managing your time. After losing his son and brother-in-law,...

I always talk about the power of sharing your words with the world in a book. In this episode, I switch gears and talk about how writing can be a tool to process heavy sh*t you may be experiencing anytime. If you are like me, the recent events of Roe vs Wade and other social, cultural, and political events have weighed heavily. This is where writing can offer us an opportunity to make sense of wha...

Many of us think our writing needs to take readers somewhere, and needs to help them think or feel a certain way. In this episode of The Written Compass, I share how this thinking can easily keep you stuck and not writing... the very opposite of your book writing goals! I provide you with some tips and tricks for shifting this mindset from "needing to know the answers" to "being open to what the w...

When you think of punctuation, do you roll your eyes and sigh? Do you just see it as a necessary part of writing? Whatever your views and relationship with punctuation, this episode is going to give you a new perspective! I love to think of punctuation as a road map for your readers. In this episode, I share... how periods are like stop signs how commas are like speed bumps how semicolons are a yi...

"I know I need to build a platform before I publish." Have you made this statement before? I had a recent client talk about this as the one thing that was keeping her from really getting into writing her book. So, I decided to create an episode that breaks down: 1. What an author platform is? 2. Myths and truths about them 3. Aligned ways to connect with and grow your audience and share your book...

In this episode, I am joined by my former colleague and current book editor, Dr. Kemeshia Swanson. Dr. Swanson is an amazing college professor of English, focusing on her love of literature. She and I discussed lots of different things from her early memory of writing a letter to her parents at a young age expressing her emotions after she was grounded all the way to her upcoming book that explore...

I started this podcast to create a space for inspiration, education, and activation of powerful new narratives in the world of business and life from heart-centered folks just like you. Given the most recent acts of racially motivated violence on May 14, I see the importance of sharing one's voice now more than ever. In this episode, I share what I’m doing to use writing to reflect on and create t...

What do I write about? I used to get this question every time I introduced a new writing assignment to my undergraduate and graduate students. And, I always did the same thing–I paused, looked them square in the eyes, and asked with love “What do you WANT to write about?” In this episode, I share how we are never really out of ideas when we connect to ourselves and our core messages. I also share...

When you are a business owner, it’s sometimes difficult to come up with content day after day, email after email, post after post. The same is true when you are a business owner trying to write a book–it can feel like you are starting from ground zero. That is why I want to talk about creating your own writing challenge. In this episode, I share: why personal writing challenges are so helpful key...

I LOVE writing. I LOVE teaching. I LOVE being an embodied writing coach. Why do you write or love writing? Asking yourself "why" can be a very powerful tool when it comes to tackling the writing of your book. Trust me when I say that the "why" is the fuel to your writing flame. In this episode, I'm going to share a simple exercise you can do to really suss out the "why" behind your writing. After...

We’ve all heard the phrase stop “shoulding” on yourself. Ya know, it’s the idea that we need to check in with and let go of the “shoulds” we might be following. As a biz owner this might show up as “I should be posting 3 times per day. I should email my list 2 times per week. I should have 100 people sign up for my free offer in order to enroll 4 people in my paid offer.” and so on Often these sho...

In this episode, I am joined by two of the writing coaches who serve our clients in our "This is the Year I Write My Book" program: Drs. Jeanie Reynolds and Cindy Urbanski. We have been talking and writing about writing for over a decade together, and we are excited to share a topic that recently got us riled up: canned writing. Canned writing, or template writing, is not new. Many a writing teach...

You've heard me talk before about how there's not one business owner that I know who does not write in some way, shape, or form. Recently I was reminded of this when I met an amazing business strategist, and she was delivering a workshop that had a beautiful workbook that accompanied the workshop. This workbook was 20-30 pages long. It was beautiful, it was well-formatted, and it had some great to...