The Author Burnout Cure

Chasing after publishing milestones - while neglecting how you feel as you get there - is a fast path to burnout. Career highlights, like selling your debut or winning an award, are exciting. But! They're only a teeny tiny fraction of your life as a writer. To create a career you love, you need to protect the journey.

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The publishing industry is hard. That's why I created The Confident Author Academy. My 6-month, private coaching program (+ online course) helps you build the mental & emotional skills you need to thrive as an author. To learn more, schedule a free consult with me by clicking here. 

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When you're genuinely excited to write, but you're still skipping writing sessions .... vague goals may be to blame. To help you get to the page, I'm covering the top 3 planning mistakes that can keep you from writing and how being more specific will help.

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The publishing industry is hard. That's why I created The Confident Author Academy. My 6-month, private coaching program (+ online course) helps you build the mental & emotional skills you need to thrive as an author. To learn more, schedule a free consult with me by clicking here. 

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One of the great lies of hustle culture is that we’ll be happier once we achieve a certain external milestone. Unfortunately, it’s impossible to hustle your way to happiness. Because how you GET to your success is how you will BE in your success. If you hustle and stress and worry on your way to being a best seller, you will be a best seller who feels the need to hustle and stress to STAY successful. It’s not a pretty cycle, but there is a solution. And today’s episodes outlines the path to a success that actually feels good.

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The publishing industry is hard. That's why I created The Confident Author Academy. My 6-month, private coaching program (+ online course) helps you build the mental & emotional skills you need to thrive as an author. To learn more, schedule a free consult with me by clicking here. 

Want access to my free monthly trainings? Sign up for my newsletter by clicking here. 

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It’s easy in publishing to feel like we should just say yes to whatever book deals come our way. But that “be quiet and be grateful” feeling is rooted in scarcity. In believing that this is our one and only shot. Not so. In today’s episode, money mindset mentor and fabulous coach, Serena Hicks, shares her journey with money and how choosing an abundance mindset changes everything.

Follow Serena on Instagram, check out her website, and subscribe to her podcast.

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The publishing industry is hard. That's why I created The Confident Author Academy. My 6-month, private coaching program (+ online course) helps you build the mental & emotional skills you need to thrive as an author. To learn more, schedule a free consult with me by clicking here. 

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Imposter Syndrome often comes hand-in-hand with burnout. Owning your accomplishments, owning the role you played in getting where you are today, is essential to letting go of imposter syndrome. But how do you do that while still acknowledging the role of privilege? Today’s podcast explore this balance.

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The publishing industry is hard. That's why I created The Confident Author Academy. My 6-month, private coaching program (+ online course) helps you build the mental & emotional skills you need to thrive as an author. To learn more, schedule a free consult with me by clicking here. 

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You've probably heard it before: "Don't read reviews!" And while that's good advice, most authors don't follow it . . . for at least one of their books. So today, I'm breaking down the reasons why you feel compelled to check reviews, even when you know it's going to feel like a throat punch to your soul.

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The publishing industry is hard. That's why I created The Confident Author Academy. My 6-month, private coaching program (+ online course) helps you build the mental & emotional skills you need to thrive as an author. To learn more, schedule a free consult with me by clicking here. 

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Writers with ADHD (and other neurospicy brains) gather 'round. Today we're talking to Kiri Callaghan, author of Alys and Changeling. Kiri has a unique perspective on using detailed plotting (and other techniques) as a way to accommodate for her ADHD brain, so I knew I had to have her on the podcast.

Follow Kiri online:

Website https://www.kiricallaghan.com/

Twitter https://twitter.com/kiricallaghan

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kiricallaghan/

TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@kiricallaghan

Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/kiriosity

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The publishing industry is hard. That's why I created The Confident Author Academy. My 6-month, private coaching program (+ online course) helps you build the mental & emotional skills you need to thrive as an author. To learn more, schedule a free consult with me by clicking here. 

Want access to my free monthly trainings? Sign up for my newsletter by clicking here. 

DM me on Instagram & let me know what you thought of this episode! 

You’re a grown ass adult. You don’t “have to” do anything. But … sometimes it really feels like we do, especially when it comes to deadlines. Even in publishing, though, telling yourself that you “have to” do anything is a lie. And it feels like shit. Today, I’m debunking that toxic lie and helping you tell a better story about your career decisions.

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The publishing industry is hard. That's why I created The Confident Author Academy. My 6-month, private coaching program (+ online course) helps you build the mental & emotional skills you need to thrive as an author. To learn more, schedule a free consult with me by clicking here. 

Want access to my free monthly trainings? Sign up for my newsletter by clicking here. 

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If you’re not writing as much as you want, it’s normal to google productivity hacks to try to get your word count up. But if burnout is th reason you’re not writing? Those hacks will not work. Today, I’m teaching you why those hacks don’t work and what to do instead.

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The publishing industry is hard. That's why I created The Confident Author Academy. My 6-month, private coaching program (+ online course) helps you build the mental & emotional skills you need to thrive as an author. To learn more, schedule a free consult with me by clicking here. 

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When you get a hefty edit letter–or realize your book isn’t working–sometimes the best choice is toss out the current draft and start over. It’s not always easy, though. So today, I’m teaching you how to make that big decision and how to delete your book without falling into a pit of despair.

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The publishing industry is hard. That's why I created The Confident Author Academy. My 6-month, private coaching program (+ online course) helps you build the mental & emotional skills you need to thrive as an author. To learn more, schedule a free consult with me by clicking here. 

Want access to my free monthly trainings? Sign up for my newsletter by clicking here. 

DM me on Instagram & let me know what you thought of this episode!