I’ve been on this beautiful and remote island off the coast of Maine for over a week now. It’s been years since I’ve had a real summer vacation. So much time has been dedicated to growing my business, to raising my daughter. So much time has also been wasted in less than ideal relationships, chasing […]
Violence Against Women, of All Kinds. For Women on International Women’s Day
Happy International Women’s Day. There are so many ways to experience ourselves authentically and profoundly as women and so many ways to support each other. One thing I’ve learned in my fifty two years on the planet, is that we must pull our power, that we’ve given away or that has been stolen from us, […]
A Birthday Letter to My 30-Year-Old Self
A Birthday Letter to my 30-year-old Self on the Eve of My 52nd Birthday Dear Thirty-Year-Old Tanya, It’s your birthday eve. I know exactly what you are doing tonight. You are going out to dinner with your mother, your best friend and your fiancé at Café Escalera, an elegant restaurant in downtown Santa Fe that […]
Passions, Obsessions and Stories That Must be Written
Passions and Obsessions: Your Personal Doorway All writers should have, in my opinion, a small notebook to carry around with them. In this notebook, you are going to create an ongoing list of topics that you know you have to write about. These topics are your list of “Passions and Obsessions.” These are the stories […]
Writing From the Inside of the Heart of Grief
Early in the morning; news of the Orlando shooting, later in the day, a call of a passing of someone close to a family member, late at night, word from my love swiftly ending what I thought was the relationship of my life. Now, I am swimming in the deepest end of the ocean of […]
Creating Your Whole Life From the Inside Out
When thinking about creating your whole life from the inside out, there is one major question you must answer. To what degree to you honor your intuition? If you were answering this question to me and we were sitting face to face, I believe that I would have a fairly good idea of the level […]
Beating Resistance by Taking Action – Do the Work
Beating resistance by taking action is one of the most important lessons you can learn as a creative or entrepreneur of any kind. Here is a note and writing exercise that should help you hear this message again and take one step to move through it and start fulfilling your creative purpose. Action is the […]