#108 Anchoring Creativity While Writing with Heart, Soul & Pen Featuring Robin Finn

Robin Finn, MPH, MA, is an award-winning writer, teacher, and coach, and the founder of Heart. Soul. Pen.® women's writing workshops and Hot Writing™ where midlife and menopause inspire the desire to say what you mean without apologizing. She is the author of the new book, Heart. Soul. Pen.: Find Your Voice on the Page and in Your Life and the novel, Restless in L.A. Robin's writing has appeared in national and international press, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the L.A. Times. A cum laude graduate of UCLA, she holds master's degrees in public health from Columbia University and in spiritual psychology from the University of Santa Monica. Robin teaches workshops across the U.S. and beyond to help women unleash their radical self-expression and grow, heal, and connect through writing. She lives in Los Angeles with her family and is a longtime advocate for children with ADHD and learning differences.

In this episode:

• The importance of spiritual psychology in writing [2:37]

• How beliefs impact our writing and revealing ourselves [5:39]

• Designing a writing ritual that works for you [9:42]

• Finding talismans for your creative work [13:00]

• Anchoring to your intention when putting words on paper [13:29]

• Diving into the promise of "trigger lines" [16:04]

• Art School Trauma and how to avoid it [17:59]

• At what point should writers get critical feedback? [19:57]

• Advice for memoirists on telling your stories and radical self expression [21:46]

• How to find inspiration through story prompts [23:48]

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Website: https://www.robinfinn.com

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