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Seed or Weed? The Question That Changed How I Say Yes
On time, energy, and why some decisions rot your whole garden.
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Chelsea Bieker
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The most important shift I've ever made as a writer
Devotion & Discipline; a HUGE mascara update; oops I messed up my no-buy year but have hot recs to report. A novel that woke me UP.
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Chelsea Bieker
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Create the Container for the Writing Life You Desire
Containers for life and writing and a special practice from me to you.
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Chelsea Bieker
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Hope as a Discipline
My essay for 100 Days of Creative Resistance, a beauty rec, some thoughts about skincare, and the vulnerability of building a business
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Chelsea Bieker
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Take what you like, and leave the rest...
Let's unpack that, shall we? Wise discernment, contempt prior to investigation, and a writing prompt...
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Chelsea Bieker
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Thanks For Sharing, Write it Anyway
A 'generous return' from chaos back into flow; a writing exercise; adventures in hair supplements and skorts
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Chelsea Bieker
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Feeling our Impermissible Emotions
Unpacking "feelings aren't facts"; rage on the page; navigating rejection and career
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Chelsea Bieker
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You can either be a fountain or a drain.
Introducing...The Fountain. A story about how an artistic friendship led to building a business together.
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Chelsea Bieker
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Five tips for integrating feedback on your work.
So someone told you some stuff about your work and now you have feels; vulnerable baby Chelsea writer stories for your enjoyment; practicing resilience…
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Chelsea Bieker
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Wants and Needs
Are you paying attention to both in your work and life?; my no-buy year; makeup; the last drink.
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Chelsea Bieker
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"No one will do it like you"
An end of year love note from me to you about trusting your creative dreams and yearnings.
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Chelsea Bieker
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The sneaky thing that might be standing in the way of your creative work.
Why the Self story is the most important story
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Chelsea Bieker
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War-Paint: The Theater of Visceral Experience
When memory crashes in; your gut, your heart, your lungs; taking imperfect swings; a somatic guided recording from me to you
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Chelsea Bieker
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How to trust yourself and your creative vision
A Creative Mornings talk on building unshakable self trust in your creative process, action as antidote, the thing I watched that made me wish I'd…
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Chelsea Bieker
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