No. 105 | By Christine Carron

Completing an annual celebration is a way to frame a year of writing in a positive, powerful way. According to Canadian-American psychologist Albert Bandura, the acknowledgement of past accomplishments is one source of self-efficacy. ^[1] Since self-efficacy...

No. 104 | By Christine Carron 

No. I’m not talking about writing nekkid. I am talking, however, about something that you might find equally surprising: scheduling buffers into your writing plans. Or alternatively, to stop over scheduling yourself. To be clear, from a project management...

No. 103 | By Christine Carron

Cultivating a process mindset is one of the smartest things you can do on the writing adventure. I admit, as a process improvement consultant, I’m biased. Even so, I know I am right on this. Test it out for yourself. Whenever you are feeling stuck, frustrated,...

No. 102 | By Christine Carron

I don’t remember a time in my childhood where baking was not involved. My nana baked. Cinnamon rolls. Blackberry cobblers. Bundt cakes. My mom baked. Angel food cakes. Lemon meringue pies. Breads, muffins, rolls galore.

We had the goods. I was taught how to...

No. 101 | By Christine Carron

Photographer and experimental filmmaker Mathieu Stern recently captured and shared a public performance by French dancer Yoann Bourgeois. As he moves up and down, falls from and bounces back to a freestanding staircase, Bourgeois creates a captivating metaphor. In an...

No. 100 | By Christine Carron

In The Way of Goodjelly masterclass, I teach a strategic blueprint for the writing adventure that has three key pillars, or resolutions. Land your Jam, which is all about using smart process to add ease and flow to your writing adventure. Own your Oomph, which...

No. 99 | By Christine Carron

One of the most valuable lessons I learned from expert dog trainer and agility champion Susan Garrett is to set your dog (and yourself) up for success. Another Susan gem that totally aligns with my process improvement consultant perspective: if something is hard or a...

No. 98 | By Christine Carron

Turn on some Pugliese, sit back and relax while you sip mate through a bombilla, and let me tell you about the first time I fell in love dancing tango. I was on a tango tour in Buenos Aires, my first time in Argentina. I'd heard about the tour only a few weeks earlier...

By Christine Carron

One of the most productive (and kindest) moves you can make as a writer is to work with yourself instead of against yourself. Meaning that you organize your writing work, your writing schedule, your entire writing adventure in a way that aligns with . . . you.

The problem is...

Post 96 | By Christine Carron

Once I grabbed a client’s arm right before he introduced me to the team I would be leading for the next few months. “Please don’t say that I’m a process improvement consultant,” I asked. “Just say that I’m a...