Something I see so many people struggling with is the age-old question of how to make space for creativity in their lives. In this post, I’ll offer some strategies based on my personal experiences as a creative person and my work as a creativity coach.

There is no roadmap for creative living. Here are three concrete ways to get and give support to the creative people in your life who are carving their own paths.

Treating every single decision as monumental — making the stakes so high around getting it “right” — is like paddling into the ocean on a boogie board, and making it Very Important to predict exactly how to position yourself to ride a certain wave. I'm not saying you shouldn't try to ride it. But why make it everything, when there is always a next wave, and a next wave, and a next?

How saying “yes” to the Mighty Forces cohort propelled Laurel to finally publish the essay that had been on her to-do list for four years… and what happened next.

So many folks are still holding themselves to impossible productivity standards, as the world burns.

I know doing the thing that matters most to you is hard. I also know it’s possible. You are a mighty force - and together, we are even mightier.

I want to invite you to feed yourself some different stories, on purpose.

I’ve been saying this for a long time. But what does it really mean?

"Ditch the corporate marketing formulas and let your voice breathe."

It’s time to shift the way you think about “being online” — for the sake of the greater good.

“Stop fucking hoarding that shit.”
- Me

Yesterday a beloved client and friend told me this was the single most useful piece of advice I’d ever given her.

A story of two Amanda Hirsches that has to do with mistaken identity, AI, and the Dutchess of Sussex.

To truly save and strengthen our democracy, we need spaces that enable a constructive exchange of ideas across differences. And that means we need alternatives to the social media status quo.

Read our conversation about neurodivergence, becoming a writer and more.