April 26, 2016   Note From Rochelle   Dear Writers, For years, I’ve helped clients beat writer’s block and establish a regular writing schedule. Most of my clients would not characterize themselves as writers. Instead, they identify as helping professionals, coaches, and business leaders who want to share their messages with the world. I’ve been...Read More

April 19, 2016   Note From Rochelle   Dear Writers, Today’s tip is the second in my series to help you overcome obstacles and write now! Happy Writing! Rochelle, the Write Now! Coach     Write2Transform: Stop Your Limiting Beliefs and Write Now! by Rochelle Melander   I’ve been teaching writing to Middle School Students...Read More

April 12, 2016   Note From Rochelle   Dear Writers, For years, I’ve helped clients beat writer’s block and establish a regular writing schedule. Most of my clients would not characterize themselves as writers. Instead, they identify as helping professionals, coaches, and business leaders who want to share their messages with the world. I’ve been...Read More

  Creativity is intelligence having fun. —Albert Einstein   Most of my clients write serious stuff, novels about tough subjects and nonfiction books with big ideas. Come to think of it, I’m usually writing about the darker parts of life. That’s why every so often, I like to forget about my big projects and write poetry,...Read More

Where I live, winter is sticking around like an unwelcome guest. My mood seems to match the weather this year. Walking the dogs yesterday, I dodged ice patches as the sky spit snow at me. Usually at this time of year, I am tracking the signs of spring in my neighborhood. This year, I’m just...Read More

This morning when I opened my email, I was drawn to the headline in Cheryl Richardson’s weekly tip: The Right Question: One simple self-care tip to change your life. The question Cheryl encourages readers to ask themselves: What can I do to make (myself) happy? I love it! So often when I plan my day,...Read More

Happy Friday, friends! I’ve been writing to make sense of my life for years. In the past ten years, I’ve been researching and writing about how writing can help us to heal physically and emotionally. Today, Kate Hopper writes about the therapeutic nature of writing creative nonfiction. If you’re a Milwaukee-area writer and want to...Read More

In the Summer 2011 issue of Yoga International, Anne Dubrovsky profiles Anusara teacher Amy Ippoliti. In a sidebar, Ippoliti suggests keeping a separate journal for positive events in your life. I love it! Detail Success. Over the years, I have frequently asked clients to record their achievements, the encouraging events in their life, or the...Read More

In Ralph Fletcher’s marvelous book, A Writer’s Notebook: Unlocking the Writer Within You, he encourages readers to examine their fierce wonderings and bottomless questions. Today’s assignment, writers, is to make a list of everything you wonder about. What are you curious about? What are your bottomless questions? What places, things, books, events, and so forth...Read More

We’ve had a challenging week. My son and I have had a stomach virus. The weather has reminded me more of November than May. And today, right after I wrote and published a brilliant blog post (you’ll have to trust me on this), I updated my blog system. Oops! That small action wiped out my...Read More