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Truth tuning in: A lifetime with a pen

My morning writing gets more interesting when I wake in the dark. It shows me that I’m coming back to who I thought I was long ago—sometimes from a nighttime journey in a dream, aligning with something bigger and making room for what’s important in my life. Mornings are inspirational and engaging, where dark turns to light, when birds start chirping. I have tremendous trust in these moments.

My thoughts shine the way—here in words, here in solitude—witnessing my best thoughts allow seeds of who I am to come forth. I’m trusting first, sharing second. I ask myself what must be released within my mind to move forward to my best day, ailment-free, while keeping my heart shining. It’s also a time to reinoculate myself with good boundaries, potions and conversations.

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Left Brain wrote this | Right Brain approved it

In 2012 I wrote about my yoga brain. Fourteen years later I’ve realized I don’t have just one brain state. I have a whole house of them. There’s a yoga brain and a hiking brain. There’s a writing brain, a romance brain and a networking brain that counts the seconds until it can go home. There’s even a kitty brain. Each room has its own mix of analysis and flow, and I’ve found that the best moments happen in the doorways between them. Wander through with me.

(Fair warning: my left brain drew the floor plan, so everything is labeled)

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What a pro writer is worth: What’s going on in my brain

As a professional writer, I write, I edit, and I proofread, to name a few. I find myself also acting as a consultant on health, since my background lends itself to that expertise. Then there’s digital marketing—a service I offered in the past but now only address when it crosses into my writing dominion. My main jobs are as a writer, an editor, and a proofreader. And now I’ll share my methodology for each in reverse order, sharing the best for last; what’s going on in my brain is the key to who I am.

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