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The Great Bedtime Experiment
Part 1 (In which I encounter the End of the World) Have you ever noticed that when you make a big decision and commitment, the Universe seems to choose that very moment to send you the exact thing that will most challenge you? Happens every time. “I will no longer do that kind of client…
Inspiring Subscribers: Kitty Kilian
My subscribers are some of the most amazing, creative people I know. It is my great pleasure to introduce you to some of them via my Inspiring Subscriber Showcase series, in which I discover how a fellow Creative is living a creative life. I met today’s inspiring subscriber when I teamed up with Cory Huff…
An Inventory of Love and Time
Have you been making your way through the Day of Genius workbook? If you haven’t already downloaded parts 1, 2 and 3, go do that now. Then come on back, because I have another one for you! It has tickled me no end that the worksheets have been downloaded hundreds of times over the past…
Mapping Your Route to Happiness
Happy Merry Joy! I’m in Alabama right now, spending my first December 25th ever away from my family, so that my sweetie and I can spend the holiday with his family (another first). Whether or not you’re celebrating any particular holiday today, I hope you’re experiencing joy. And I hope this post (and the free…
Inspiring Subscribers: Michelle Nickolaisen
My subscribers are some of the most amazing, creative people I know. It is my great pleasure to introduce you to some of them via my Inspiring Subscriber Showcase series. Today marks the first post in a new format for this series, in which I focus on one subscriber, rather than three or more, in…
Setting Your Direction for 2012 with a Life Balance Compass
The Day of Genius is just over two weeks away! The whole day is going to be great fun (watch the new video, complete with blue hair and distracting kitty, right here) and I’m especially excited about my seminar, Your Map to Happiness in 2012. I’ve put together a workbook of fun worksheets to help Day…
Annual Review: Living A Creative Life in 2011
Note: There’s a special gift for you at the bottom of this post. If you’re in a hurry, scroll down to download it (for free). Or read on first… Earlier this week one of my Igniters – an up-and-coming powerhouse and luminary who is building an incredible new creative business — shared with me that…
5 Tips for Staying Sane & Creatively Nourished During December
Oh. My. God. December is just NUTS, isn’t it? In my Creative Ignition Club call today, one of my Igniters acknowledged that, what with 15 more hours a week at work to deal with end-of-year stuff, visiting house guests, getting ready for holiday events and whatnot, it just didn’t make sense to expect herself to…
Playshop Art Show!
Back in September, I had the great pleasure of leading a lively group of Creatives in my very first telephone Playshop. Today’s post is dedicated to showing off what the Playshop participants created — a Post-Playshop Art Show! First, a little background. The Playshop itself was a very special teleseminar, a 90-minute group phone call…
The Flinch, The Tower, and Your Legacy
You’re a Creative. You want you need to express that inner creative drive. In small ways, in big ways — it doesn’t matter. For Creatives, the act of creating — whether it’s painting or drawing or writing or making music or anything else — is essential. You have to create to feed your own soul….
Testimonials
When Melissa offered coaching, I jumped at the chance. I gained such HUGE insights! Each time I came up with a reason that I couldn't, she came up with a way that I could. In the end, she gave me an assignment, a realistic and doable one.I'm happy to say that not only was my creativity jumpstarted, but that the love and the joy of creativity is back.
- Sandi Wedemeier, psychic, coach and newly joyful creative, Wit and Wisdom Transformational Coaching
Melissa... has an innate way of not just seeing and creating options for clients, but sparking the creativity you already have within you to come up with your own solutions. Our time flew by... I left inspired and ready to take action.
- Susan Finch, Creative Guide to Life
In my time with Melissa, I was re-energized, admitted to the things I need to stop doing, found the things I want to be doing and was given easy actionable steps to get me back in the creative swing of things. Simply amazing! She is full of energy and wonderful ideas.
-Delisa Carnegie, The Creativity Rebellion
I absolutely love your daily butt-kicking inspiration. It really pushes my creative button --- makes my socks roll up & down!
Thanks!
-Sally, Sally Penley Calligraphics
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