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Sleeping Off JetLag?

January 14th, 2018|Uncategorized|

Day one of arriving in the States. I'm immensely tired. We had been walking around Jerusalem for most of Thursday. Our flight was only due to leave at 11pm. We ordered a pizza in the Old City. I thought that would put them to sleep. At least the doughy part. It would take more than [...]

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3 Ways We Are Finding Our Home in America as Israeli Expats

January 11th, 2018|Uncategorized|

I thought it would be possible to wait it out to write a blog post about the things from this past trip to Israel to celebrate our son's Bar-Mitzvah with our Israeli family, but the 10-day trip is still so fresh in my mind, it would be utterly pointless to wait. In actuality, I am [...]

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The Courage to Find My Home Again in Israel

December 27th, 2017|Uncategorized|

I'm nervous. And to tell you the truth, I'm a bit scared. And ambivalent. Okay, all those feelings wrapped into one. On Monday, I'll be flying to Jerusalem for my son's Bar-Mitzvah. This is a city I fell in love with as a young Israel Defense Forces soldier that I write about in Accidental Soldier. [...]

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How Do You Free Yourself From Distractions?

November 22nd, 2017|affiliate|

It's that time of year when you feel like your inbox is going to cave in at any second from Black Friday offers and holiday shopping madness. As much as I love this time of year, I need to find a way to free myself from distractions just to keep the writing momentum going. If [...]

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How I Got Mentally Healthy and Lost 30 Pounds

November 5th, 2017|health coaching, Uncategorized|

Here I am. At 7 am. Today, Sunday, November 5th, 2017. At my favorite coffee shop. This morning it occured to me that it's been almost 4 months since I said "yes" to learning how to get my mind and body healthy and lose thirty pounds! As I write the next scene for my memoir Sand [...]

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The One Thing I Learned about Rejection from 60 Days of Crowdfunding My Memoir

June 26th, 2017|courage, crowdfunding, defining moments, dreams, memoir writing, new books, new memoir, pain stories, Uncategorized|

Today I want to talk a bit about rejection and how it affected me personally as an author specifically with crowdfunding. When I finalized the decision to go the crowdfunding route for my second memoir Sand and Steel: the Spiritual Journey Home, I was a bit hesitant. I had already published an award-winning book called [...]

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4 Day Courage and Creativity Exercises You Need for Good Writing

April 14th, 2017|courage, creativity, curiosity|

Showing up at the writing desk is an firm act of discipline. No matter how much you struggle to show up at the writing desk, you need to find a way to deal with those inner struggles of self-doubt and fear. As writers we are in a constant state of overwhelm. The outside forces of [...]

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6 Top Lessons I Learned to Plan for Creative Success in 2017

January 2nd, 2017|author platform, authorship, content building, courage, creativity, crowdfunding, marketing, Uncategorized|

Writing a book is fun and wickedly creative. But once you enter the publishing door, you don't realize how book promotion will start taking your full attention, loads of creativity, tons of energy, and sometimes a little (or a lot of) money. You learn how to cultivate a following. You are not known in your [...]

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10 Experts Weigh in: Author Platform Building Mistakes to Avoid

December 9th, 2016|author platform, courage, creativity, crowdfunding, faith, hybrid publishing, marketing, message making, mindset, Uncategorized|

Many of the authors with whom I come into contact with have unanimously said that the biggest frustration with getting online fans for the launch of their upcoming book is knowing how to identify those fans first and engage them. As one who has built my author platform  from scratch for the launch of my [...]

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Are You Using Passion and Curiosity to Build an Author Platform and Why Should You Care?

November 17th, 2016|author platform, authorship, blogging, branding, content building, content marketing, courage, curiosity, Podcast, social media, target audience, Uncategorized, vulnerability|

"Creativity, decisiveness, passion, honesty, sincerity, love. These are the ultimate human resources and when you engage these resources, you can get any other resource on earth." -Tony Robbins Let me let you in on an insight about passion and curiosity I didn't quite understand 10 years ago when I first started blogging: I didn't think [...]

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How to Get Your Readers to Care Enough About Your Book

October 26th, 2016|Uncategorized|

  Copyright: Photo 27079447 | Boy Full Question © Alphaspirit | Dreamstime.com   This is what I see happening a lot: 1. Using Facebook live, an author starts announcing to her network her book. "Buy my book! It's on sale for $4.97. It's available at x bookstores!" 2. She waits. 3. A few minutes later, several "likes" on Facebook [...]

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What Book or Story Are You Meant to Be Writing or Telling?

October 4th, 2016|authenticity, author platform, brand storytelling|

I'm writing now inspirational memoir - the sequel to Accidental Soldier and I'm finding it to be a lot less stressful. Like you, I knew that I had a valuable message to share with the world. And like you, I struggled to get my book out of my head and onto book shelves. Instead of [...]

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Podcast: The Courage to Overcome Your Perfection

September 18th, 2016|author interviews, Blog Talk Radio, courage, defining moments, dreams, joy, mindset, Podcast, public speaking|

50695222 - hand with marker writing: practice leads to perfection Imagine this: 1. You're going through a nasty career transition. You're trying to figure out your next steps. Should you study? Open a business? Learn a new trade or skill? 2. Then there's the dream.... of finally opening your own business or learning that [...]

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New Facebook Training Video: The Courage Not to Sell: Build Credibility As a Business Owner!

August 26th, 2016|branding, content building, content marketing, content strategy marketing, courage, defining moments, dreams, faith, marketing, social media|

I just did my first live video training on "how to sell and build credibility as a business owner" and let me tell you...I had a blast! Now that I've redefined my big WHY, I want to share lots of videos on how to use content marketing effectively and what NOT to do. You can [...]

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Entrepreneurs: Here’s WHY You Need to Figure Out YOUR WHY

August 25th, 2016|content marketing|

One of the biggest and most courageous thing every entrepreneur needs to know is his/her BIG WHY. And it's not the first time I've been prompted to figure out my WHY for my business. But now, it's even more so crucial for me to figure out my WHY right now because... I'm down to teaching ONE [...]

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