Hi!
I’m Julia Roberts…
A lifelong writer, jokester, creativity expert, and a relentless optimist – dedicated to helping writers decode their creative process so they can doubt and resist less, and just write.
Out of the trenches to be by your side
Maybe you can relate to my story. I’ve been called “creative” all my life. And I knew it was true, but I never knew precisely how it was true.
I’ve spent over 3,000 hours in corporate conference rooms, eating M&Ms and pizza, and brainstorming ideas for clients. It seemed like my best creative asset was just spewing ideas – from my clear blue mind – great ideas, crazy ideas, original and laughable ones. But, was this really all my creativity was good for? I liked my clients – Nickelodeon, Warner Bros., HBO, Burger King, Kraft Food, Motown – but I knew I wanted to write my own stuff.
That’s when the hard part started. (Can you relate?) Writing and marketing my work was way harder than telling American Express what to do.
When you try to do your Very Important Thing… you don’t know what you don’t know. It can be so hard, you give up.But I didn’t give up.
I started writing and publishing. (You can see my books, here.) And it was just what I always wanted, or so I thought. However, this was no J.K. Rowling story. I mean, I wrote my first book, found an agent, got an advance and got published, but my books didn’t flow out of me like magic, and they didn’t climb the bestseller charts and become blockbuster movies. But I made steady progress…
- My first book – RV There Yet? A Cross Country Cautionary Tale got me on a Maine to Florida media tour with four paying sponsors (and three kids, camping in an RV)
- My second book – Motherhood to Otherhood started my first business of helping mothers find their otherhood.
- My third book – Sex, Lies & Creativity – Gender Differences in Creative Thinking – is a real eye-opener for women of “a certain age” who want to be writing. It was an Amazon Bestseller at debut, and continues to sell well.
And over the years, I’ve gotten pretty good press…
BUT, EVERYTHING WAS HARD. I began a long, and I mean l-o-o-o-o-n-g road to find out what I needed to know about myself, and about my creativity, to write what I envisioned and get it out into the world. I took three giant steps to figure out what I needed to know.
I calmed the negative voices in my head – and trained as a life coach with Martha Beck.
I found my purpose – I knew I had to figure out this thing called Creativity – and I trained as a creativity coach with Eric Maisel.
I got my Masters in the Science of Creativity. Finally, cumulatively, everything became clearer.
This much I know.How creativity works is known and knowable.
After 8 YEARS of study and struggle, I finally had the information, tools and assessments I needed to decode my creativity. And once I cracked the code – I was in go-mode. I’m writing. I’ve developed Write Without the Fight – my killer speaking topic, webinar and coaching program. (To book me to speak, go here.) And I’ve helped hundreds of writers crack their creative code and get writing.
People always ask me what it’s like to be Julia Roberts
Nowadays, it’s pretty sweet. I get to hang out with writers and help them face their demons and write their stuff. I’m pretty proud and amazed I get to do that, because…
Writers are cool theorists and mind-changers. You are smart and curious by nature. You are often funny and fluid thinkers. You are weird, creative, rebellious, thick-skinned, and honest. And you’re empathetic – you can’t write without empathy for your reader. You are my people. You have my attention and my heart.
What’s not to like about my life? There are days when I go to IKEA to work on my novel, and days when I meet with clients and help them crack their creative code, and days when I get to read through evaluations from a recent speech I gave. And days when I get to help serious writers get their thoughts out of their heads and into the world. (To book me as a speaker, go here.)
It is good to be Julia Roberts.
Writers are Superheroes (Who Sometimes Can’t Fly)
Most of us are drama queens and are already mythic (in our minds) about our stuckness, our suckiness, our total inability to get off the couch.
Save the drama for the page. Lose the dread and get out of your head.
- Know your creative strength. Your value.
- Be aware of your Kryptonite, and have the antidote handy.
We look for what exactly put you on the couch in the first place. And no, it is not just because you’re “dumb and stupid and always do this.”
I use a series of assessments – called the Creative Selfie – to pinpoint exactly what your super powers are, and what your personal Kryptonite is.
Once you know your powers, you can use them for the good of the world. And the world is waiting for your voice – your perspective – your story. We need you.
Don’t keep your powers hidden. Especially, not hidden from yourself. It is a painful, powerless reality that you don’t have to struggle in. Let me help you see your super powers and give you a cape to surmount your super struggles.
