If Not Now, When?

My creative journey: reflecting and looking forward    https://onbecomingmaria.blog  

Self-Sabotage. Update on a writer's journey.   onbecomingmaria.blog  

We were all born to create, it’s wired into our DNA. Crocheting has become the latest crucial element for my writing inspiration. Crochet is the surprise secret magic of my creative journey. https://onbecomingmaria.blog Instagram: @onbecomingmaria   For more on meditation, tune in to episode #40 A Little Something Extra

How I changed everything in my thinking to begin again with new outlooks. Taking a look at the way smartphones, emails, and the internet can take over our lives without much notice from us. Why I needed to burn down my mental house.    onbecomingmaria.blog  

Deleted the previous episode. Putting my ego in check. Learning to accept life's lessons without hiding.   Book reference: The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer   onbecomingmaria.blog  

Why have I been m.i.a. from the podcast? What does merging my online persona and in-real-life persona have to do with writing a book? Tune in to this episode to find out.   https://onbecomingmaria.blog

I'm learning how to accept the moments when life is going well, rather than anticipating an eventual turn for the worse.   https://onbecomingmaria.blog  

What it takes to burn down the house, to start all over and become the better version of who we are. The steps I took to cultivate fertile mental ground for a writing life. Removing the obstacles which often cloud self-perception.    https://onbecomingmaria.blog/

A confession. Deeper transparency makes me squirm.   https://onbecomingmaria.blog

Celebrating my sober birthday in this episode. Uh-oh. I didn't realize  how hard it would be to talk about my alcoholism. Sheesh!   https://onbecomingmaria.blog

New year, new me: bringing a little more truth and a lot more chutzpah. The truth about my season one struggles.   https://onbecomingmaria.blog

Bonus episode.   https://onbecomingmaria.blog/2018/12/21/america-a-problem-to-puzzle-through/

I had so much fun recording this episode, it was a party of one indeed! More private reveals about my life and the road which led me to podcasting. My TOP NINE podcast lessons learned in 2018. This secret episode is a gift to my subscribers. See you in 2019!   https://onbecomingmaria.blog

How and why I began podcasting. Hear details about this creative journey that I had not felt brave enough to share until now. What quitting the day job revealed to me about who I thought I was. An FML moment for sure.  https://onbecomingmaria.blog

Unscripted and unplanned, today I merely turned on the mic and let my thoughts fall out. I am talking about recent triggers, but not the kind some of us are prone to discussing. Sexual abuse comes up only as an aside.   https://onbecomingmaria.blog

After more than fifty years of faithful television watching, why I decided it was time to cancel our TV cable subscription. And how cable cutting became an important component of my creative journey.    https://onbecomingmaria.blog

Housekeeping announcements about the podcast and blog content schedule. Also, a little insight into my podcast positioning.   https://onbecomingmaria.blog

How I went from being privately emotional about life's sucker punches to being calmer in my mental responses. Work life as a black woman in all-white work spaces. Also, noticing the differences in the routines of big city lifestyles versus small-town living. AA Twelve Steps rescued me from alcoholic thinking.    https://onbecomingmaria.blog

My meditation journey: how I started, why I stopped and how recommitting to daily meditation changed everything in a good way.    https://onbecomingmaria.blog

A talk about the quiet and solitudinous ways of an introvert. Recognizing, in retrospect, how important alone time had always been for me in the workplace. Also, a look at how introverts tend to draw close to each other in the outside world.   https://onbecomingmaria.blog