Nothing electrifies – or terrifies – us quite like working with the raw power of our creative energy. To be a successful creator, you need more than just intellectual smarts. You need emotional power. Putting bold ideas into the world takes bravery, grit, and a willingness to be misunderstood.

When I wrote “Energy Rising”, I wrote it twice. The first time I wrote it, it was bad. The content was fine. But the energy? No. The energy was wrong – dry, distant, defended. The words on the page did not reflect the creative fire I felt about the story I was trying to tell.

Somehow, it struck me that iw as pretty damn weird to write a book on emotional power while not actually being emotionally powerful, so I dumped 75,000 words in the trash and started over.

This decision changed my life. But to do this, I had to work through my emotional resistance: What if people didn’t like it? What if people didn’t get it? What if, what if, what if.

In the process of writing “Energy Rising” I learned a tremendous amount about what it takes to bring creative works into the world – and I hope to share it with you in Fall 2024 at “The Creativity Codes”, a neuropsychology-based retreat on how to use your brain to unlock the creative power of your spirit.