Just wrapped up a 5-Day Online Songwriting Challenge with ten beautiful people writing songs from their heart. While one of the biggest takeaways that I heard was inviting a sense of play which I invited them to do from day one, I don't think you can do this without really getting to know your inner critic. So today we deep dive into just HOW to quiet the inner critic by working to catch what it is saying and putting it to the side in order to let your song flow through you.

**8-Week Songwriting Course Online is underway with space for one more songwriter!!** Might be the ONLY course for this year other than spaces available for one-on-one songwriting coaching with me. 

At the end, I hit another important one: don't write for your audience. Hands down you will write a more authentic song (that I'm sure you future audience WILL connect with) if you are not thinking about them while writing.

I couldn't remember Elizabeth Gilbert's name while recording (I just asked Siri to help me out)...but she's the one that wrote the book Big Magic (very fun and creative read!) and talked about quieting the inner critics and not letting them drive the bus!