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...
Know Yourself to Motivate Yourself

Know Yourself to Motivate Yourself

Know Yourself to Motivate Yourself We all need a loving little push now and then. Can we be both the pusher and the pushee? Can we work with our own strengths and weaknesses? What might that look like? Here are three suggestions. Set a High Bar A writer client was...
Are You at A Creative Pivot Point?

Are You at A Creative Pivot Point?

Are You at A Creative Pivot Point? Adapt and discover. Photo by No-longer-here on Pixabay The pandemic can feel unending, and there’s a general sense among the people I know that we’re stuck in limbo. At least change is happening in nature. Yes, it’s February, and...