Take Back Your Energy with a Question

Take Back Your Energy with a Question

Take Back Your Energy with a Question You know that feeling when you are powering away on a creative project and then notice that you’ve stopped, seemingly against your will? It’s as though all the energy that was streaming through you just dissipated. Why does...
Guest Post: After My Stroke, I Began to Enjoy Writing

Guest Post: After My Stroke, I Began to Enjoy Writing

Guest Post: After My Stroke, I Began to Enjoy Writing Here’s a guest post from author (and ACC client) Elizabeth Cottone PhD about how she came to love writing books. Enjoy!  ~ AMC When I was in middle school, high school, and college, I was a terrible writer. During...
Shifting Gears with Tone of Voice

Shifting Gears with Tone of Voice

Shifting Gears with Tone of Voice When I chat with clients about tone of (written) voice, they often say they aren’t sure how to just flip a switch and shift from a too-formal to a conversational tone. I can empathize. I think that kind of shifting gears is a skill...
Do You Help Yourself?

Do You Help Yourself?

Do You Help Yourself? Ellen As an eight-year-old, she had a full-out meltdown. Right in the middle of the studio, she collapsed on the floor, sobbing at her inability to execute the new move the ballet teacher had just demonstrated to the class. To her amazement, what...