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Layer 4: An Uncertain Place

There is something different about this blog compared to any others in this series on activating your writing vision to know what to write:

I used to know what I would say a week ahead of time.

I wrote up my emails ahead of time in a nice juicy draft.


Last week, I moved to a new apartment down the street in Madison, WI.

My head became a sieve.

This letter came in drips and drabs, while the previous ones came out in a torrent.


The truth is that sometimes when when I sit down to write,

I do not know what to say entirely.


There are moments of uncertainty.


As much as I may have a system at this point that helps me to remain highly consistent in communicating to my peeps,

Even during huge periods of life change,

I can still be at a loss. I can still have struggle.


I can still have UNCERTAINTY.

I say that good writing is about making decisions–

Which is why not being certain and not making decisions, feels like a problem.


If writing something good is about making decisions,

then does not making clear, quick decisions mean that you are not a good writer?

Procrastinating, stalling…

I want to address this topic in this blog.

In almost 10 years of supporting entrepreneurs, writers and change-makers to write, I’ve noticed a pattern.


People get very hard on themselves for not knowing exactly what to do next all of the time.

Miss a single beat and it’s like the inner critic has a field day.

If you are feeling tired and want to rest, it’s like suddenly you are going to lose all your progress.

If you didn’t work on your writing, you suck.

NO!!

If you are overwhelmed and don’t know what to do next, the inner critic starts overwhelming you even more!


By adding judgment to the situation.


But it’s really helpful because it makes you want to write more….

Not really.


I think the point is to write from a place of understanding your value and respecting your uniqueness.

That way you will create writing that has this message and you will more easily convey it to the people you want to speak to.

Then they will listen to what you say and see the value in your message and your work.


How can self-judgment be a good tool to accelerate this process?


Although I do coach writers and entrepreneurs on how to make progress writing, I am not your English teacher.

I am not here to wave fingers in your face and tell you that you are behind.

There is no F I will assign you.


That is what scars people for life!

If I were to do that, you may never write again!!


Let’s remove the charge behind the word, ‘behind.’

BEHIND.

BEHIND.

BEHIND.


I blow raspberries at this concept.

Sooooooooo many people, including myself, waste even more time feeling bad about how slow they are at doing things.


The truth is that it does not matter any more what happened yesterday, there is only today.

And sometimes procrastination is because of being undecided about how to do something.

You are waiting on making a decision,

Refraining from making a determination,

Which, yes, to some eyes can look like procrastinating

Like a bad child in grade school…


[By the way–was that child ‘bad’?

Maybe they needed help to do their homework, or love or support or understanding?

I feel for that kid…]


It is more complicated than bad or good.

Rarely is it as simple as blaming you as ‘bad’ or ‘lazy’. It is more complex than that.

My private clients and I dig into this and their situations.


All my coaching evidence that says that not writing is for a reason,

a much more INTERESTING reason…

A reason such as a lack of certainty, or a lack of information.

Maybe a heaping of B.S. learned from an English teacher…


And if you think about it, in life, sometimes it works in your favor to wait!


You waited on buying something, and then lo and behold someone could end up giving it to you for free.

You decided other things had to come first, and then that thing on the end of the list ends up not even mattering.

You never felt like pulling the trigger on a project until all of a sudden you get the inspiration that made the whole thing so much better…


Have any of those things happened to you?

Fun things are more likely to happen if you do not beat yourself up about being undecided.

To me procrastinating = being undecided.


Miracles might happen if:

you do not judge yourself for being slow

you stay curious and listen to yourself.


Now without judgment–let me say that there are some situations where it can be helpful to be uncertain and act anyway.

This is a hard thing to talk about because every situation is so individual.

That is why I love being able to support writers and entrepreneurs in my online group program where I have one-on-one support.

There are 7 live zoom Q&As and weekly voxer support built in for 6 months starting in June.

It’s a place where you can get support on whatever is not moving forward, so you can get clear on what to do next. Or when to wait and prioritize something else, instead.


You’ll also get instant access to the video vault where there is an entire 7 part journey about making decisions from the last live class, with exercises you can do one your own.

It is coming!

I’m putting the sign up page together next week to help you decide if you’d like to join in.

You’ll be able to start digging into that content asap to tap into your inner genius and know what is important to you to do now!


But for today, know that no matter what judgment does not help.

Judgment is not your inner mermaid speaking.

Your inner genius loves you and is understanding.

Her advice rings with a totally different vibe, and when you feel her talking, it’s not going to be like a scolding.


Know that just because you have taken some time to do something

Or you don’t know something

does not necessarily mean you are doing anything wrong.


Sometimes things have divine timing.

Sometimes things unfold in ways we did not expect.

Maybe you had a good reason.

Stay open and curious when you don’t know what to say, and what to write!

And stay loving.


I will be talking about uncertainty more in the next blog!



And if you want to take all of this deeper with me, I invite you to stay tuned about the upcoming summer workshop series!

Registration opening soon for the workshops that go even deeper

“7 Layer Writing Vision Activation” course,

Get clear on what to write.

-Write for your business, tweak your website, do copywriting, create content, or get clear on what your book is about.

-Develop clarity so you know what to do next to find the right words to share with people.

-Make important decisions and effectively share your book or business so the right people get drawn to your work

Make progress on all the writing you need to do for your business or book.

Includes:

-7 live online group coaching meetings:

a 7 Layer Writing Vision Activation journey spanning every two weeks from June-August to deep dive into clarifying your writing vision so you can get it out from your soul, onto the page and into the world.

-Bonus Worksheets & 40+ videos

The online vault for my Homestudy course Psychic Mermaid Creatrix will help you tap into your inner mermaid, so you always know what to do next to write and do business from your inner genius

-Bonus Notion Template Set:


Digital Templates + Video Training to organize your ideas, projects and keep you focused on what you need to do to make significant progress. Everything is customizable!

Bonus Group Voxer Coaching:

Get your questions answered between workshop sessions with free weekly texts and voice note communication with Sofia. Shared in a private group for 6 months. (Wow, don’t know if I will offer this lengthy bonus again!)

Signups are coming soon for

the “7 Layer Writing Vision Activation” online workshops.

You can meet with us live June-August!

Watch out for my next blog about layer 5.

Or get the whole series by email here so you know what to write next

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If you want to scale…

Recently, I was talking to my friend and colleague, Sarah Michael, and she dropped some nuggets of gold about the pressure people are under to “scale” their business.

I’ve always found that Sarah has returned my investment in a way that no other business coach has so directly.

Meaning that, although I’ve learned many great things from a many mentors and coaches, she helped me put things together so that I could literally see actual dollars come into my business. For real.

So although, like everyone, I have my own spin on how to do things, I do pay attention to her point of view.

So back to scaling…

If you are already making at least $3-8K per month, then “scaling your business” is probably a phrase you have heard.



(If you aren’t there yet–don’t worry, you are in the same boat as most of my clients! Keep absorbing my free blogs, but maybe this will give you ideas for down the road.)

You may have had people teach that in order to (eventually) do less to make money, the only way is to scale with another marketing funnel, Fb ad campaign, appointment setting or webinar so you can get more leads and sales.

The problem with this is that scaling takes resources: time, a team, money and an audience in order to actually get things to a profitable stage and really work the way they are promising it will.

You’ve might even have tried a number of different tactics (funnels, ads, content creation) – but are burned out from doing “all the things”.

If what you really desire is a SIMPLE way to easefully enroll more high-value, highly qualified leads, Sarah is leading her virtual event Feminine Sales Power again in May.

Feminine Sales Power is a high-level, hands-on, 3 day immersive virtual event for coaches and consultants already making at least $3-8K per month, who want to double or triple their income.

You’ll move from “hustle” and “doing too much” in order to get plenty of leads – to easily and consistently sell your high ticket offers by leveraging your feminine side.

Check it out here.

She will walk you through creating what she calls “Masculine Structures that Support Feminine Flow,” that allow your feminine side and your intuition to have a seat at the table when you’re selling.

Here’s just a smattering of what you’ll learn:

Understand how operating too much in your masculine side is actually impeding your sales – and get in touch with your feminine side in a way that feels powerful (but not pushy)

How to gracefully recover when you’re thrown off-balance in a sales conversation

Design a customized sales call “flow” (framework) that feels good to you – and is 100% respectful to your ideal buyer

Raise your rates the right way so you hear “yes” on your high ticket offers way more often

Set up your entire business with a simple strategy that magnetizes clients (so you get paid to be you)

It’s the best of both worlds: You’re not driving or pushing so much because your feminine intuition guides your selling, with masculine structures supporting you.

With this method, her clients routinely double or triple their monthly income – all while working much less. (Her most successful client went from $3000 months to consistent $13,000 months in just 3 months.)

If you firmly believe in the art of conversations (both sales and connection) and you do the work by getting out there and talking to people with Sarah in your back pocket, you could easily be making $10k each month or more.

She’s opening up a limited number of spaces for this 3-day powerhouse program early for her community …

At the investment level of just $97 for us Early Birds.

(If you make even one high-ticket sale from what you learn, you’ll 10x this investment.) 

Sound like something that could massively increase your sales?

Grab your seat here.

Even if you’ve been doing sales and business for a while, you’ll discover ways you are making sales much harder than it needs to be.

I’ll see you there!

One seasoned coach said this about Feminine Sales Power:

“I’ve been doing sales and business for a while and yet, I got so many “ahas” about ways where I was making sales much harder than it needed to be – there’s a way to do it so much more easily, and naturally to who I really am. “Feminine Sales Power was awesome, absolutely incredible.”

Martha Wilson

Jump into it here.

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Layer 3: Write Lime Green Letters

Access inspiration so you can write smoothly for a particular purpose:

Draw IN the people you need to speak to and serve with your business.

You could also serve them with your message, or your personal brand.

This post is #3 in a series on taking your writing vision through 7 layers because this communication (across websites, books, sales pages, posts, etc.) is essential to do what you were born to do on the planet.

Now before I get into “these people” you need to speak to and who they are,

let me just call out that this email may feel very nonintuitive at first.


When you go to write, most people facing a blank page feel all alone.

Sometimes that is what makes it daunting or even terrifying!

It is all on you to fill that page up with words that are great.

Right?

Well, I don’t know about that.

Let’s back this out to the big picture.

You are not alone when you write, you are actually talking to someone!

Writing is primarily about communicating ideas from one person to another.

OK, so if you’re alone in your house and write in your journal or on a grocery list–

you might think you are not writing to anyone….

But maybe the person you are communicating with is yourself or even yourself in the future.

So that totally counts as writing to someone.

There is nothing wrong with writing for yourself. I have mountains of writing I have done strictly for myself.

I used to lead writing groups where writing for your own emotional health was the main goal of our writing.

It’s awesome to do this.

BUT what I really feel called to talk about in this series is what you might consider “THE NEXT LEVEL” for writing.

When you share writing with another person.

Because that is where some of the most profound fulfillment can come from!

That’s where you can not only change your life but also change other people’s lives.

That’s where you can grow your business, or produce a book that people like to read.

To achieve that you need to remember your writing is eventually going to be read by another person.

Some people don’t think of this. They feel like they are not ready, but then they don’t ever seem to be ready.

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but:

this is not something you can just remember later on whenever you write something “good enough” because that’s the only time you’ll be ready to share.

NOOO!

This awareness is an essential part of the process you must go through to make it “good enough” in the first place.

It doesn’t just happen!!

You don’t just randomly throw a bunch of ingredients together and turn around like, “Wow, hey look I made a rising bread! That just happened.”

You use a recipe.

Eventually you can know the recipe enough not to use it but to start, you need to do a process a certain way to get the result you desire.

Imagine if you did that with a whole book:

“Hey look, guys I just threw random words together and I made a book!”

There’s literally no one on the best seller list who did this.

OK so this is not an optional step to powerful writing–

even if you are writing to someone exactly like YOU,

you still have to remember that your writing is going to be READ by someone.

THIS IS PART OF THE RECIPE TO BEING UNDERSTOOD.

Your writing will be more powerful if you do this in a conscious way, writing more specifically to the reader you have in mind…



So that they get you.

This means people will like your writing more when you start to formulate your words with them in mind as the reader.

During the writing process, you are going to remind yourself of who you are talking TO.

You will let that awareness inform your decisions about what to say and how to say it.

So it’s not about pulling things out of your journal unedited and sharing them with the world.

You can start in your journal with no one in mind. That can be a first draft maybe! Or even a second draft.

But don’t just go out and share your whole journal thinking it will be a bestselling book because you will be disappointed when people do not get it.

And it’s just because you missed a step:

Take time to wear someone else’s shoes first and think about how they might experience reading your journal before pressing publish.

This is a process and we are always getting better at it.

If you really want to make writing that changes the game for you,

like let’s say growing your business or changing the world,

you can take this layer all the way through the writing process start to finish.

It’s about thinking, “Who am I writing to?”

before you write,

as you write,

as you edit,

and select what to share.

THAT HELPS IT BE MORE POWERFUL.

And it doesn’t have to be a crappy experience for you.

This is not me raining on your parade. I’m not trying to be the bad guy saying your work is terrible.

It’s not. I’m helping you achieve a very specific kind of result and it might be better than you really knew even to hope for.

I’m helping you create this really fun experience for someone you are going to love.

And that love is going to come back to you.

Think of a letter–

before you write the letter, you put “Dear XYZ person.”

That reminds you right away that you are writing to that specific reader. Then what follows is a letter that you write to them. Then you mail that to their house.

Hopefully your intended reader finds this letter, addressed to them, in their mailbox, and they are delighted to receive something other than spam or bills.

It is not everyday people get a special letter addressed specifically to them.

Now imagine it is lime green.

Whew!!!

How would you feel if you got a lime green letter in the mail?

I’d get giddy like a school girl.

Have you ever felt that?

That feeling you get when you see a special lime green letter in the mail addressed to you,

is the feeling I hope your readers get when they pick up what you have to say.

When they see what you have written and very quickly realize that,

“Hey! This is addressed to me” (even if it is in a subtle way)

Maybe it isn’t literally so obvious as a lime green letter with their name on it, but they start reading and feel recognized by you. They feel gotten.

This is not about you right now, it is about them. That is what it means to write TO them, thinking about them.

Just like how you might like plaid shirts, but you wouldn’t buy a plaid shirt as a birthday gift for someone who hates them.

No, this person loves lime green everything, and that’s what you got them!!

They are going to love that.

As they read, it feels like you are writing to them.

It will give them that lime green kind of feeling of, “Hey! This is exciting. I want to keep tabs on this person. I want more of these letters.”

You just got yourself a fan.

That is the magic that will draw readers to you, clients to you, people to you.


Who?

THE PEOPLE


The people who get you,

who need what you have to say,

who were born on this planet to interact with you

–somehow, someway as long as you can show up…


I’m going to keep reminding you of them because this is what you were put on this planet to do.

Write TO your people.

Start trying to do this in your notebooks or on your computer, even if no one sees it yet.

Practice getting into this vibe, when it feels like you are really SPEAKING to them, just like on the phone….

(except, hehe, you aren’t on the phone, you are writing.)

It’s like putting words on a page and psychically transmitting them through time and space to exactly who needs to hear the message!

The vibe will give you loads of inspiration.

Who is your person?

Maybe this is the ideal client for your business,

the person whose life will be better after reading your book…

the person who is going to come see you speak one day…

It depends on you, as you probably have an audience totally unique and special,

different from anyone else’s

and that’s why YOUR VOICE IS NEEDED.

WE NEED YOU.

THEY NEED YOU.

If you don’t know WHOOOO you are talking to, I’ll be writing more about this next time, so keep an eye out!

We will also go deeper into this in the future workshops (below).

When it comes to this topic, the deeper the better.

Registration opening soon for the workshops that go even deeper

“7 Layer Writing Vision Activation” course,

Get clear on what to write.

-Write for your business, tweak your website, do copywriting, create content, or get clear on what your book is about.

-Develop clarity so you know what to do next to find the right words to share with people.

-Make important decisions and effectively share your book or business so the right people get drawn to your work

Make progress on all the writing you need to do for your business or book.

Includes:

-7 live online group coaching meetings:

a 7 Layer Writing Vision Activation journey spanning every two weeks from June-August to deep dive into clarifying your writing vision so you can get it out from your soul, onto the page and into the world.

-Bonus Worksheets & 40+ videos

The online vault for my Homestudy course Psychic Mermaid Creatrix will help you tap into your inner mermaid, so you always know what to do next to write and do business from your inner genius

-Bonus Notion Template Set:


Digital Templates + Video Training to organize your ideas, projects and keep you focused on what you need to do to make significant progress. Everything is customizable!

Bonus Group Voxer Coaching:

Get your questions answered between workshop sessions with free weekly texts and voice note communication with Sofia. Shared in a private group for 6 months. (Wow, don’t know if I will offer this lengthy bonus again!)

Signups are coming soon for

the “7 Layer Writing Vision Activation” online workshops.



You can meet with us live June-August!



Want to read the entire 7 layer series?

Half of it isn’t publicly available on the blog!

Sign up here to get everything & know what to write for your business so you reach more of the people you are meant to serve.

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When people don’t see your vision

Being a visionary can be hard.

You see things other people don’t.

What you see for the world, for your business or your book…

IS JUST SO BIG.

It is like that classic story of children standing too close to an elephant.

One child sees a trunk like a water hose.

Someone else sees a leg as big as a tree.

They cannot agree on what it is because no one is seeing the big picture.

All they see is a tiny piece.

That is what happens when you feel sure you need to take action on your business or vision…

But then someone else tries to talk you out of it.

Not that other people cannot ever be right but in this case

your inner genius, your inner mermaid KNOWS what to do,

And what others are reflecting is just a distortion of reality that is confusing you.

You could allow them to take you off the path of what you were put here on the planet to do.

You could spend a lot of time fighting them or justifying yourself to try and win their approval.

Or….

You could simply:

EMBRACE YOUR BIGNESS.

You have a big vision.

You have to be the one to stand firmly in it.

Other people will only see it when YOU clearly see it and act on it.

This is your opportunity to stand more firmly.

This is your opportunity to shine.

Hope that gives you what you need today.

And if you are not sure if you are going the right way in your business to bring about your vision correctly,

Contact me to talk 1:1 about what to do next to grow the vision for your business and do the writing you need to do for it. See less

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What Makes Writing Good?

Good writing is not just about words, it is not about being gifted, or working really hard.

It’s not about removing typos.

🧜🏿‍♀️🧜‍♀️🧜🏼‍♀️ Good writing is about decisions.

🌹In writing, there are literally thousands of word combinations to choose from—

it’s true for writing for your website, creating content, describing a service, scripts for videos, or writing a book…

Not to mention all the other decisions you may have to make around whatever goes with the text like: music, images, colors, fonts, etc.

🎉 ”What decisions will make or break the vision I have for my business?”

🎉 ”What decisions do I need to make to create the end result I want? The clients I want? The work I want?”

⭐ THAT’S WHAT YOU SHOULD BE ASKING.

🚫🙊 You should not be agonizing over typos.

Focus on the wrong thing and it will take you off track from what you are really here to build.

🎀 You must start with the decisions about the greater vision for your business.

That vision then clarifies into what kind of writing you need.

You then clarify your vision FOR the writing even further.

💖 With clarity, all the writing you do will be stronger and attract people who need you and what you have to say.

It works to build the message and the business you designed.

🔮 If you want to learn more about how to get THIS kind of clarity,

so all the copy you write for your business brings you the work and clients you love—

👉🏽👉👉🏼 Sign up for the “7 Layer Writing Vision Activation” Home study course HERE

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[Layer 2] Typos & BS

Right after I emailed my newsletter last week, I realized it had a bunch of typos.

My first thought was, “D’oh.”

But then my emotions totally bounced back to being chill with it.

This is not how I used to react to these sort of situations.

I used to feel really bad about finding typos in my published work as a writer and entrepreneur. I would go down a spiral of how unprofessional that makes me look.

“If people see typos, then they will think I am a bad writer.”

But last week, I let it roll off me. These days I have compassion for myself. And I accept typos are inevitable with my life as it is.

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Now I’m so excited to talk to you about it because TYPOS are the bane of existence for a lot of people who want to write more powerfully.

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This post is part of a series on the layers to take your writing vision through if you want to know what to write as a business owner for your site, your copy, your content, your book, etc so you connect to the people you need to talk to.

Go here to read more about this FREE 7 Layer Writing Vision Activation series

Let me just set the scene so you can picture it.

This will help you understand what typos are really about,

Not the BS.

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How do they happen?

Why because people are lazy of course.

No—not really. LOL. ​ ​ Take me for example:

I knew exactly what had happened last week to make typos- ​ One time, I was writing and my fiance came past my desk wanting to talk. I said I was busy. ​ Later, he was done remote work, and wanted to get me to watch this silly video.

Even though both times I told him I couldn’t hang out because I was in the middle of writing,

interacting with my fiance still diverted my focus long enough to lose the thread!

I noticed those exact two places in the writing afterwards.

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Now here’s the thing, I could have done a final proofreading before sending.

But I didn’t.

I didn’t because I was buying into some BS about writing.

There’s BS about a lot of things, BS about typos, but this time the root problem was BS about urgency.

It had been a week since my last email and I didn’t want to be “late” sending it every week.

Now I’m thinking, “Damn, that’s a rule only I am in charge of enforcing.”

Red flag for B.S…..

I wanted to chill with my fiance. I wanted it to be “on time.” I trusted that life itself would survive without me putting any more work into it and I pressed send.

So that’s the story. I’m not sharing this to be like, “I beg you, please excuse my typos.” I do have a point. ​

And it is to point out B.S.

All I would change about last week was to wait for MY right timing to send the email, instead of forcing myself to press send a little early.

B.S. made me do it.

I spent hours on the content so I would have liked it to be polished AF.

Then I could have had the best of all possible worlds.

But lesson learned.

As always:

You don’t always see BS until it becomes clear to you.

But it’s cool.

​ BS sneaking into my work? Hey, this is perfect.

My imperfection is now your opportunity, baby.

Because now it’s a perfect opportunity to talk about TYPOS!

Let’s dig into this meaty topic.

When people think about writing well they usually think of eliminating typos as part of that.

In fact, having a typo or a broken link or something like that can drive people so insane–making them feel scared or ashamed or embarrassed when they realize the typo is public.

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This is BS.

It is actually very harmful to you as a writer.

Remember that in a publishing house, the writer and the editor are two different people. There can even be a third person to proofread the final errors.

Combining all three jobs into one, and calling it writing is insane.

No, it literally drives people crazy.

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Sometimes they feel a deep need to get it all right but it means that they never, ever publish anything.

They never write a first draft at all.

They edit it so much that it never gets sent.

I’ve heard several people have a drawer of terrible book manuscripts they are hiding away.

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AND if people with a deep need to have it all right DO publish or share their writing,

sometimes it ends up so stilted and “perfect” from editing that it isn’t actually as great as the original text. ​ ​

Gah!

OUCH so you see why this is a really big problem?

If you overcome a need to be perfect enough to publish, which not everyone does–

Then it’s still easy to over-edit and lose a key ingredient:

The magic.

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The magic that will draw readers to you, clients to you, people to you.

​ ​

Who?

​ ​

You know:

THE PEOPLE

​ ​

The people who get you,

who need what you have to say,

who were born on this planet to interact with you

–somehow, someway as long as you can show up…

​ ​

If your writing is not out there with all the magic you COULD be writing into your words, they miss you.

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What would fix all of that?

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Dun da da da:

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THE MAGICAL INGREDIENT IS ACCEPTANCE.

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1. Accept typos will happen.

At this point I’ve been blogging since I was 12 years old. I’m published in about 5 books, multiple magazines and perform my own original songs.

I write and press publish on my writing alot, so I can only EXPECT to have typos.

I see it as par for the course. It is going to happen.

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I value both being prolific and highly enthusiastic about sharing. ​ ​More work out there + More sharing: more people see my work.

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I do hire editors sometimes, but for many things it feels unnecessary and constraining.

I just do my best and fix typos afterwards if I need to. ​ And the truth is, despite having the occasional typo or mistake, I get really good feedback about my writing. That’s given me confidence. I bounce back after mistakes.

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Were my typos so horrible? Nah.

After receiving my typo-filled email, zero people unsubscribed.

And that’s because writing is more than typos–writing is about making sure people get an overall message.

That is what the people remember

That’s what the people YOU are writing to are going to remember.

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Sure, you want to avoid typos but don’t worry too much–it is inevitable.

Focus on the bigger picture of communicating a larger idea. ​ ​That is the good stuff.

If that is clear enough, usually readers can figure out what you are trying to say and gloss over the bit that didn’t make perfect sense.

COMMUNICATION is what good writing is really about, not eliminating typos.

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Most people don’t consciously know this is what writing really is about, but when you come across good writing, you FEEL it.

You think about what you read later. You remember. You are interested in more.

If you read a typo, you might even forget it happened because the rest outshines it.

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You want to create more of that kind of writing, I’m sure.

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So take my advice and use this to get clear on your writing vision for your book or business copy:

ACCEPT SHIT

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When you are in a state of acceptance about the limitations that human people have–that you have–then you can focus on what is really a priority for you.

That clarity makes for good writing.

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2. Know your True Priorities (and Accept them)

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YOU CANNOT BE PERFECT

SO WHAT REALLY MATTERS TO TRY TO BE THE MOST PERFECT AT?

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Prioritizing is a huge topic I’ll only gloss over now but I will go deeper into it in the 7 Layer Writing Vision Activation workshop series in the summer.

But let me say that in my life, my relationship with my fiance is a priority. If it is 5:45 pm and my fiance is done with work all of a sudden, even if I was happily writing before he came out to my work area, I’ll probably want to stop.

I could put up a sign all day long to say, “Don’t BOTHER me” but I do not regret that I did not that one day.

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Because I LOVE HIM. I love that he wants to squeeze my shoulder or talk to me.

And I love me, and it makes me feel good to be with him.

I like the extra love right now, like a lot. I just lost my dad 6 months ago. ​ So if I need to just let a few typos go and move on with my life, that’s ok. ​ —-> INSERT YOUR BIG PICTURE SITUATION HERE←—- ​ Now accept it. What matters to you matters to you. The rest? Not so much.

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3. Accept what you are giving up.

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I totally accept that not everyone is going to see things my way about typos.

Some people will judge me for my typos. They may judge me for not getting an editor to go through every email and blog and social media post.

I can accept that. It’s not going to change what I am doing right now.

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I trust that the right people will still dig my words.

I trust that I am learning and growing and improving everything, as well, and I’m enough.

It’s enough. We are all enough. It’s okay.

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This is my perspective–

I’m not saying I don’t care about typos.

I have for years agonized about typos and I still look for them. I fix everything I notice.

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BUT I’m no slave to them.

They don’t own me.

They don’t pay my bills. They don’t buy me birthday presents.

You feel me? Typos just exist, the rest is what my mind makes up about them.

(Judging yourself for something made up is classic BS) ​​ And I’m also cool with typos because I want to connect to people who are cool with me not being a slave, who like what I am saying overall even if a few typos show up. That is a deeper and less fragile connection. ​ And deep connection is a big priority for me.

I’m going to hazard a guess, that if you are still with me–eliminating typos are not a true priority for you, either.

If you have fuzziness, don’t worry, I’ll keep talking more about priorities in my next post.

Sign up here to get the whole 7 Layer Writing Vision Activation series in order, by email, with some other special things.

​Until then this is your reminder: ​​ release shame or judgment so you can discern what is important.

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Whether it is judgement towards yourself for being imperfect grammatically… ​ other people in your field for doing things differently… ​ people doing what you want to be doing… ​ ​

Just breath. Remember the big picture. Take a step back.

​ It’s time to accept and follow these three steps!! ​ Have a great day.


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Registration opening soon for the workshops that go even deeper

“7 Layer Writing Vision Activation” course,

Get clear on what to write.

Write about your work on your website, do copywriting, create FUN business content, or get clear on what your book is about Develop clarity of your ideas so you know what to do next to find the right words to share with people.

Make the important decisions that will shape how you will effectively share your book or business with the world to get the right people reading.

Make progress on all the writing you need to do for your business or nonfiction book.

Includes:

-7 live online group coaching meetings:

a 7 Layer Writing Vision Activation journey spanning every two weeks from June-August to deep dive into clarifying your writing vision so you can get it out from your soul, onto the page and into the world.

-Bonus Worksheets & 40+ videos

The online vault for my Homestudy course Psychic Mermaid Creatrix will help you tap into your inner mermaid, so you always know what to do next to write and do business from your inner genius

-Bonus Notion Template Set:

​ Digital Templates + Video Training to organize your ideas, projects and keep you focused on what you need to do to make significant progress. Everything is customizable!

Bonus Group Voxer Coaching:

Get your questions answered between workshop sessions with free weekly texts and voice note communication with Sofia. Shared in a private group for 6 months. (Wow, don’t know if I will offer this lengthy bonus again!)

Signups are coming soon for

the “7 Layer Writing Vision Activation” online workshops. ​ If you want to get clear on what to write so you make faster progress in a feel-good flow, watch out for the sign ups coming soon!

Until next time be accepting. (And hey, why not be kind as well)

xo

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The foundational Layer 1

Maybe you notice the big things–

but you’d be surprised what you might miss!

This is the first installment of a new series:

7 layers to take your writing vision through to make progress on your book or business copy

THE FOUNDATION

​What’s in the way of your next huge idea?

There are so many wounds that come up as you prepare to write or create for your purpose or soul-aligned business.

People don’t see anything on the outside, but I define a wound as anything that dims your sparkle

​If you are like most people, you want to be known for your gifts and the things you want to say, but you are blocked from writing or sharing it.

A lot of times it shows up as lack of clarity.

Overwhelm.

Not knowing what to do.

But that’s the wrapper.

What I’m REALLY talking about is the thing that is blocking your inspiration.

Something is blocking the way of the stream of ideas that wants to inspire you in your book or business.

There’s a reason you haven’t told the world yet about your new offer, your business, your sales page, your posts, your book:

it is hitting an edge.

What is it edging into?

-Criticism and times your work or message was ignored.

-Shaky foundations and ill-fitting rules you were taught about that limit how to write or run a business

-Any suggestion that what matters to you is not good enough to be an urgent priority

All of this invalidates the genius that is in you, and stops the flow.

Whether it is overt negative feedback that has torn you down or sucked the inspiration out of things

—or something less obvious and more insidious—

it can all work the same way to hold you back.

That’s bad.

If you hold back, then what you have to offer stays the world’s big secret.

Now there is such a thing as divine timing, so follow what is most ripe for the picking.


Take it one step at a time.


Here’s a suggestion of where to start.

Plant your feet and reconnect to Layer 1: The Foundation.

Today’s hint to addressing this layer so you can write about what you do or what you have to say:

——>You need to have room to connect to the foundation that sustains you and affirms you.

which can mean….

Dun da da da!!!

Clearing out a bunch of sh!t.

Now this isn’t glamorous work. It may be boring. It may be stressful. It may be annoying AF

But freaking just do it already.

Even just for a few intentional minutes every day

One big issue is CLUTTER—

it is so easy to clutter your life, both with ideas and physical objects.

It’s not a new idea to you because it is so basic.

Everyone needs to put work into this, all the time, for the rest of their lives.

You might want to roll your eyes at me,

“Sofia, I have heard about decluttering before, who do you think I am?

Decluttering is bad, yeah yeah yeah, increase the flow, uh huh.”

BUT admit it, if you look around you—

do you see clutter?

Not just physically but:

On your computer or desk?

On your todo list?

Is there a clear sense of order where you have a down-and-pact rhythm to remove the things that are not your current focus?

MENTALLY

PHYSICALLY

SPIRITUALLY

EMOTIONALLY

Being able to clear these things out is one practice that can support you on the first foundational layer of your vision.

This helps you to:

Make SPACE for the vision, clarity and stability you know you want to have (but don’t actually have room for).

So this means:

Remove rules that do not work for you.

Remove items that you are not using now.

Remove tasks or ideas that divert your focus from what is important.

Saying NO so you can say YES to your purpose.

To do this completely you may need more clarity, sure,

but sometimes you can just get started by looking around and asking yourself,

“Is this a priority right now?”

“Will it be a priority next week?”

“Will it be a priority next month?”

I.e. “Do I actually really need this in my face or space right now?”

Try it for five minutes. Really. Not for emails but for something else…

If the answer to any of those previous questions is ‘no’—

Then snooze it or lose it.

Put it away or throw it away.

Whether it is,

things written down,

physical stuff or digital crap,

anything that you see constantly—

the process of unloading these items from gathering your attention will free up your creative channel to write more, create more, share more, be more.

You’ll do more strategic things in writing and business when you have space to focus.

I’m all for reaching for the stars, but I don’t expect constant perfection on this.

What I demand is FLOW.

Because you deserve to feel this good

Flow: a continually turning around cycle.

As with all layers, you will return back to this layer periodically.

If you are committed to a path of sharing who you are, what you do and what you have to say as a business owner or as a part of your mission here on the planet, this is not over.

This is the beginning of the present moment, and what you do today will push a wheel into motion to drive you faster towards the huge dreams that you seek.

But first you want to check to see if there is anything cluttering your path.

Don’t force a wheel past an obstacle when you could remove it.

Remove a few things. The wheel can turn easily when you have less things in the way!

To give you space to tap into the genius of who you really are:

the shiny, sparkly mermaid genius rockstar with something here to do on the planet that you want other people to know about.

You want to be seen as that shimmering vision who has it all together with her business or book?

Make room and get into a cycle of progress.

​And it is not about being perfect.​

Focus on the participation in the cycle and dance of the rhythm of creation; a series of rituals, not just a one-time goal.

Make this theme a bigger part of your life through intentional awareness about it

Even fractional movements will give you progress on your projects, and they will pay off 1000x if you stay in the flow of it just by being consistent.

Registration opening soon for the workshops that go even deeper

“7 Layer Writing Vision Activation” course,

Get clear on what to write.

If you need to write about your work on your website, do copywriting, or get clear on what your book is about, this is for you!

You’ll develop clarity of your ideas so you know what to do next to find the right words to share with people.

Make those important decisions that will shape how you share your book or business with the world.

Make progress on all the writing you need to do for your business or book.

Includes:

-7 live online group coaching meetings:

a 7 Layer Writing Vision Activation journey spanning every two weeks from June-August to deep dive into clarifying your writing vision so you can get it out from your soul, onto the page and into the world.

-Bonus Worksheets & 40+ videos

The online vault for my Homestudy course Psychic Mermaid Creatrix will help you tap into your inner mermaid, so you always know what to do next to write and do business from your inner genius

-Bonus Notion Template Set:


Digital Templates + Video Training to organize your ideas, projects and keep you focused on what you need to do to make significant progress. Everything is customizable!

-Bonus Group Voxer Coaching:

Get your questions answered between workshop sessions with free texts and voice note communication with Sofia in a private group for 6 months. (Wow, don’t know if I will offer this lengthy bonus again!)​

Join us to get into your mermaid flow with greater clarity and confidence

& write for your book or business. <3

Signups are coming soon for the June-August session of

the live 7 Layer Writing Vision Activation workshops.

Watch out for my next blog with another tip for this layer!

Or if you really want to get clear on what to write for your business copy or book–

sign up below to get everything in this free series sent to you by email.

(Don’t see the sign up form? Go here.)

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“Who am I?” My Start

🧜🏼‍♀️I forgot I was a mermaid, ya’ll.

This is #1 in a new series called, “Who Am I?” 

Today I talk about the start

Me: born on a small island in Massachusetts, spending every childhood summer at the beach.

I loved the beach AND I longed for more. Being an only child and often playing alone, I dealt with my extreme boredom by:

-using my imagination to dream and be creative,

-reading fantasy and fairy tales,

-devouring the New Age section.

In my dreams, I was always a mermaid or a witch…definitely somebody magic.

By middle school, I had a blog to share my thoughts and enthusiasm for life, but that’s when I lost something.

I started getting bullied in school and at home.

It started intensely because of my fascination with magic and how it confused people. Over years of not feeling accepted, I adjusted to try to be perfect to avoid the danger of being ridiculed or emotionally attacked.

I put my blog on private. I stopped singing, stopped writing, except for tiny little things that let the steam out on my angst. I expressed in black & white colors, not rainbow.

Thank god*dess I started a business. Next time I’ll share why I decided to do that, but taking myself more seriously and learning how to market myself, how to do copywriting, all led me on a huge healing journey.

I started showing up, being me. Creating content and copy slowly became FUN.

It pulled me out of my shell as I shared my writing and business. I began selling my magical services, everything from coaching to Tarot to massage to healing sessions.

I wrote about my business and personal transformation on my blog and social, meeting people all over the world.

Now after almost 10 years, my specialty is helping other people write for soul-aligned businesses and transformational books.

Why this?

When you:

-put information about yourself on your website for your business

-share words that are coming from your soul in a book or blog to help someone transform

-write a sales page or marketing copy about your course, or program

It is the path to heal your wounds and show up fully as yourself. 

When I did that, everything else in my life opened up. I am living something better than my fantasies because it’s real.

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A 7 Layer Writing Vision Activation begins

Something is happening & it’s more important than it seems.

This past week I’ve been riding a new wave of energy and asking:

Why I am here?

What I am here to help people with?

Where should my business be headed? Along with all the other creations in my life…

These are the kind of questions we reflect on in my Psychic Mermaid Creatrix course:

an online group coaching program for entrepreneurs, creators and writers to make progress on their projects by tapping into the intuition of their inner mermaid so they always know what to do next.

But holy cow, something new is brewing!!

A new rush of energy is coming through me as I prepare to spread the word about this program that I’m planning to relaunch to start in June-August of 2022.

I’m really called to be of service to you in a higher way and bring so many of my skills together so it’s even more targeted for a specific purpose.

It is CHANGING

If you are

-struggling to put writing up about your work, and your message on your website, or

-writing for your book, blog, or course.

-making strategic decisions about your business, blog or book that you have to make before you can put the words together to write and market yourself–

THEN WHAT IS COMING WILL BE THE COURSE FOR YOU.

You will be the first to hear more about when enrollment opens up so stay tuned.

But stay with me, I’m announcing something free for you right now!

In the new live version of the course I will be offering a 7 Layer Writing Vision Activation.

It is about bringing your book or business through your body and energy system to pull it into the world in the most aligned and magical way.

It will help everyone to:

have clarity on the next step for their book or business,

know what to do next,

and make choices in the best way to put their vision out into the world and put it into words for their audience.

In fact, I’ve decided to give everyone a free taste of this process in a 7 part email series

You’ll be getting keys every week by email to explore each level necessary to pull your project through to take aligned actions and create the best results when you put it out there.

What it is not:

Now this will not be advice on grammar or writing the way your English teacher taught you.

You might be surprised that writing or business starts on a level beyond words.

All kinds of creative activity or manifesting works this way.

That’s why I always say that Psychic Mermaid Creatrix has always been about creating for your book or business, primarily, but the principles can be applied to basically anything.

That’s because all creating works the same way–it starts with energy, you work with it (there’s over 40 videos on how) and then it becomes various things.

This is how I am creative across so many avenues: writing music, writing emails, writing books…they really are all very different but I know the principles of creating are the same.

Example?

In the fall round of the course, I ended up selecting a replacement (i.e. my 2nd) engagement ring made of alexandrite and doing a range of engagement photos.

I have a bunch of photos framed on my wall now thanks to the support of the group when I told them I was completely procrastinating on getting prints and we dug into how much of a big deal it was to me.

After months of stalling, with my mermaid flow activated I got the prints and frame done with my fiance and nailed it on the wall in about 3 days.

Didn’t see that coming but totally love it.

Why? How are we doing any of this?

1. Creating anything starts as an energy, and then you work with that and see what it wants to become.

(Topic for another day but: Your book or business has opinions about itself).

2. You also decide what you want it to become.

Clarity of vision is so important because I’m sure you’ve gotten things in life before that you don’t like.

3. Through this collaborative process of working with and shaping the energy, you end up having:

-a really pretty website, or

-a description for your Instagram handle,

-or a book,

-or an engagement ring.

Sometimes people have come to me with a book idea or a course idea and then it became a youtube video or a podcast.

Things change either because the core energy of it wants to be something else, or you clarify your desired vision in a new direction, or both.

And that’s just one easy to understand example because this stuff can lead you in some pretty unpredictable places–

but you will love it because it will be the thing that is actually aligned that you might not have realized you really wanted all along.


And if you are here with a purpose:

you were put on this planet to help people,

you were put on this planet to enjoy the ride

(and, NO, those two are not mutually exclusive–

f&ck that, excuse my french)

If you do not manifest some aspect OF that purpose

or at least move into the direction of it energetically…

If there is a slice you are putting off or ignoring completely

for more than a couple of months but it really wants to be born…

and whatever has you stalling isn’t a really good reason…

Then you are shooting yourself in the foot, my friend.

Because that website you’ve been meaning to get up, or that book, or that thing you are here to write, create or work on

IS eating you up in the back of your mind.

Or if it is not, and it is meant for you and you’ve dismissed it as impossible because you couldn’t possibly charge for it or get people to read it,

and you don’t even think about it much anymore,

not because it’s not for you but because you’ve decided YOU are not enough for it…

then that’s bad for your self esteem, hun.

And blocks for your self esteem mean you’ll put up with crap in your life that you really don’t need to put up with

or stall on receiving some really cool, fun things that I would love for you to enjoy.

And that’s why I’m here to be the mermaid fairy godmother you may have never known you really wanted LOL.

Because it’s really not about the writing, the book, the site, whatever.

It’s about you shining and getting the writing and work OUT,

showing up in the world and being seen MOSTLY by yourself as the person who got to do all this awesome stuff in your life,

but, hell, by other people, too, because you have something to SHARE.

And I like to see it all coming together.

So I’ll see you in the next installment to start raining down more great stuff to bring your writing, your business copy, your book, through 7 different energetic layers,

so that you can make progress and finally explode it into the world in fiery glory.

Ready to make progress on the writing you need to do for your business or book in a soul-aligned way?

Sign up for the free 7 layer email series below:

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We did it! Turning dollars into compassion…

Last week was a furious ride of fundraising for Her Future Foundation to meet an important goal.

My energy has been dragging now that the emergency is over, but I had to pop in to let everyone know–

we made last week’s goal to help girls in Sierra Leone and even surpassed it!!!

We helped Her Future Foundation with the $700 needed to help the lives of girls who are vulnerable to suffering through child marriage or FGM.

They had to get it super fast, and we did it. We’ve supported them to pay the fee to gain NGO status which will help them find sustainable funding to continue their good work.

The founder, Ariefa, wanted to say thank you to everyone.

I want to come back around to thank everyone again more personally in the future,
but I just wanted to share Ariefa’s thank you video now.

The 80 girls that Her Future Foundation watches over and protects from predators and FGM are part of the work that they do, but they always want to do more and more. They really want to end FGM and child marriage all through their country.

With the fundraising of money complete last week, the organization was able to do even more for girls:

After paying the NGO fee, this organization quickly rolled into the next crisis which was helping 7 girls in the same community. They found out their parents had decided to take them to undergo FGM. From photos I have seen the girls going through this all look to be under 10 years old.

Ariefa couldn’t necessarily stop the parents because it is not an illegal act (yet) but he brilliantly found other ways to help the girls. He organized health care for them, and talked to the board of education to help them retake the exams that the FGM would cause the girls to miss.

Seriously, I’m so grateful Ariefa and his team are doing what they are doing.

So yes I’m so pleased we met our goal. It really is important to stop and appreciate everything we have.

Thank you so much to everyone who has done what you have done, it is such a blessing to these girls and also has so many ripple effects you may not realize. The work they do is amazing

And of course, there is always more work for us big-hearts to do, too!

If you want to donate to the organization so they can continue to expand the work that they are doing in Sierra Leone to end FGM and child marriage and instead empower girls, you can go here:

https://www.givengain.com/ap/sofia-wren-raising-funds-for-her-future-foundation

​(The fundraiser total on there won’t show last week’s emergency fundraiser amounts, but we raised about $800 last week!)

​Want more info?

Here’s the link to the new website they put up about their work:
http://www.hffgirls.org

Visit their Facebook page to learn more about their work, with and for girls:
https://www.facebook.com/hffsalone

We are passing it forward. Turning dollars into love and compassion.

And at the very least, we all deserve compassion–me and you, no matter what we give (or not) we can always start there.

Appreciating how we feel, what we have, what we were born with, what we can offer.


You have something bubbling in your heart?

I’m here to help you if you need to get your calling out into the world, get it on your website, emails, blog, or in your book–however that message that needs to be heard.

This week taught me how valuable it is to be supported by the things we know we are meant to do.

The work, the message can open us and it can heal us. Sometimes something that seems like an inconvenience or a lot of work can save us time in the end because it will open up a new layer of who we are.

Leading the way for last week’s fundraiser did that for me.

I hope to tell you more about the things I am getting clear on upcoming posts

For now I hope you have a blessed day

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