In this second part of my interview with Kimothy Joy, author of “Extraordinary Wing Women: True Stories of Life-Altering, World-Changing Sisterhood,” “Focus Pocus: A 90-Day Guided Journal,” and “That's What She Said: Wise Words from Influential Women,” I asked about the mindset side of writing and how Kimothy’s thoughts and beliefs impact her work and her life.

(By the way, if you are ever needing a hit of inspiration, either from others or from within, I can't recommend these books highly enough. They're not only helpful and inspiring and informative, but they're also beautiful because they're filled with Kimothy’s illustrations.)

We talked about:

- Finding the right balance of working to promote your work and detaching from outcomes and not burning yourself out

- The difference between promoting your work and sharing your work and finding a way to do it without feeling like you’re being pushy

- Using your Instagram stories like a blog

- How publishing a book is like having a child leave the nest

- Using journaling and self-mothering as a way to understand and get past the inner critic

- Repatterning beliefs that have come in through society and culture

- The two major doubts she repeatedly has

- Talking yourself like a loving mother would talk to you–or like Glinda the good witch

- Getting past the expectation that you should be able to do all the things and have all the things all the time

- Unraveling the beliefs that, as a woman, it’s your job to make sure everyone else is cared for and comfortable, and that the world isn’t as safe for you as it is for men

Visit Kimothy at kimothyjoy.com.

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