Originally posted on the Open Door Publication, Inc. blog.

Got a great idea for a book or article, enough skill to write it … and it’s not getting done? Or, worse still, maybe you’re successfully forcing yourself to write, but despite months of work aren’t producing anything you like.

You hate this block, and quite possibly yourself, too … right?

Salvation can actually lie in befriending your writer’s block, or at least what’s behind it. If you really want it to leave you … find a place to love the parts of you that created it.

Originally posted on the Natural Awakenings Magazine blog.

Achieving meaningful personal growth isn’t easy, particularly if the goal is real transformation instead of incremental change. A tool to try for achieving major change is the “Miracle Question.”

It originated in solutions focused therapy, and is particularly useful when individuals are lost in the depths of a problem with no clear path forward. What is the Miracle Question?


Imagine that, when you went to sleep tonight, a miracle occurred that started to solve the problem you’re struggling with. But since you were sleeping, you didn’t know. When you woke up, what small things might you notice that would tell you the miracle had occurred?