by Rochelle Melander  “Long-term results are created by the actions you take every day.” –Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington Only 20 percent of people keep their New Year’s Resolution. That’s right: 80 percent dump their New Year’s resolutions by the second week in February. How do those successful people do it? I have been...Read More

by Rochelle Melander On Saturday evening, I heard my dog digging through my office closet. I turned around to see her move a crate of totes. But she wasn’t finished. After videoing her digging for something, I took a look. She’d hidden one of her dental chews in the closet. As the weekend went on,...Read More

by Rochelle Melander Purpose encouraged Martin Luther King, Jr., in his fight against injustice. In 1963, when Black people protested segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, they were often attacked by members of law enforcement. Baptist minister and Civil Rights Activist Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. participated in a Good Friday march, protested this brutal treatment...Read More

by Rochelle Melander Are you a procrastinator? Do you: Wait for the right moment to complete a task Forget tasks and appointments Finish projects at the very last minute You’re not alone. Twenty percent of people procrastinate.  But procrastination comes with a cost. People who procrastinate experience more frustration, stress, and anxiety than people who...Read More

by Rochelle Melander This summer, I became a certified IEQ9 Enneagram Consultant. But that wasn’t the beginning of my enneagram work. I have been studying the enneagram for twenty years. Back in 2008, when I was doing my Always Write Podcast, I interviewed Herb Pearce, a Boston-based, individual, couples and family therapist, with over 26...Read More

by Rochelle Melander Last week we talked about task-switching—and how about 44 percent of the time, we switch tasks because we’re bored Are you one of those people who interrupt their own work and end up lost on LinkedIn or TikTok? Let’s say you’re writing a proposal, program, or book that will help you move...Read More

by Rochelle Melander How often do you switch tasks? Gloria Mark, the author of Attention Span, tracked people who used an electronic device and noted every time they shifted their focus. In the early 2000s, it was roughly every 2.5 minutes. Now it’s every 47 seconds. And here’s the real kicker. Once you switch tasks,...Read More

An Interview with Rochelle Melander How did you come to coach clients who have ADHD? Just before the pandemic, I attended a class on ADHD. When I heard the coach present six ADHD traits, I was shocked. The problems and interventions she presented were parallel to the work I’d been doing with my writing coaching...Read More

by Rochelle Melander Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way, suggests that we all need to “fill the well.” She writes, “When we work at our art, we dip into the well of our experience and scoop out images. Because we do this, we need to learn how to put images back. How do we...Read More

An Interview with Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong by Rochelle Melander Where did the idea for My Kooky Compendium of Thimblethoughts and Wonderfuzz come from? JW: I was a guest speaker at a writer’s conference. Someone asked, “What should writers be writing right now?”—and, a little surprisingly, I answered, “funny poems.” This surprised me because...Read More