Write Now Coach! Blog by Rochelle Melander

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... Read More

12 Aug 2025

Productivity

How to Stop Procrastinating

by Rochelle Melander Are you a procrastinator? Do you: 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 finish tasks on time. They also have to deal with the effects of delaying: missed... Read More

05 Aug 2025

Productivity

Use the Enneagram to Bust Procrastination

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... Read More

29 Jul 2025

Productivity

How to Get an AHA Moment

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... Read More

22 Jul 2025

Productivity

Stop Task-Switching and Get Stuff Done

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... Read More

15 Jul 2025

Productivity

Writers@Work: Why Can’t I Focus?

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... Read More

01 Jul 2025

Creativity

Fill the Well

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... Read More

24 Jun 2025

poetry

Writers@Work: The Power of Reading and Writing Poetry

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... Read More