The Daily Writer

I’m excited today to bring you another conversation in our Mental Health Series for Writers. My good friend M.J. James is a member of our Daily Writer Community, and she’s also a mom and ghostwriter.

But she has recently built an amazing podcast and website called Burned Out Business Mom. Even though she is focused on helping moms specifically, she has spent a lot of time thinking and building a platform to help people with burnout—something many writers face.

In this conversation, M.J. shares the signs of burnout, why it’s important to figure out the root cause of burnout, why you need to protect your time, how to get support, and much more.

If you have been feeling burned out, discouraged, frustrated, or you just want to quit, this episode is for you!

You can connect with M.J. and learn more about her platform through the links below:

Check out TheBurnedOutBusinessMom.com

Subscribe to The Burned Out Business Mom Podcast

Connect with M.J. on Facebook

Follow M.J. on Instagram

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Writers tend to think about what a book can do for them, and it can certainly do a lot of things for you. You can grow a business, earn income, build your reputation and credibility, and much more.

However, writing is ultimately a SERVICE to other people. If people are going to spend time, money, and energy reading your book or your writing, they need to receive value from it.

On this episode, you’ll be provided key questions that will help direct you as you determine what you’re going to write about.

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Check out my NEW book: 18 Words to Live By: A Father’s Wisdom on What Matters Most.

Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.     

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There’s an old saying that goes something like this: “People who are too busy rowing the boat don’t have time to rock it.” The meaning is pretty straightforward: when you are occupied with doing the work, you don’t have much time to criticize others.

William Faulkner said something similar

On this episode, you’ll be inspired by William Faulkner’s insight about succeeding as a writer.

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Check out my NEW book: 18 Words to Live By: A Father’s Wisdom on What Matters Most.

Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.     

Connect with Kent:    

https://DailyWriterLife.com    

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Remember the 1980’s movie “Field of Dreams” with Kevin Costner? He plays a farmer who is roaming out in his field one day, and he hears a voice. “Build it and he will come.” He has no idea what the voice means until he starts taking action and listening to the subsequent messages the voice gives him.

The idea of “build it and they will come” makes for a compelling movie, but it’s not true in the real world. People don’t show up just because you build something. Rather, people show up when they are interested or when they will receive something helpful or entertaining.

On this episode, you’ll discover a new way to view marketing, so you can share your work and connect with others.

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Check out my NEW book: 18 Words to Live By: A Father’s Wisdom on What Matters Most.

Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.     

Connect with Kent:    

https://DailyWriterLife.com    

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There are many advantages to being an introverted writer. You enjoy being alone, which is a big benefit when trying to get your writing done. You’d mostly rather spend your time with books than people, which can help you dive deeply into literature and learning. You’d rather observe than participate, which can help you approach life like a journalist or researcher.

However, the very strengths that help you become a great writer can make it hard for you to build an audience—which is something every writer must do.

On this episode, Kent shares 5 tips for how introverted writers can build their audience.

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Check out my NEW book: 18 Words to Live By: A Father’s Wisdom on What Matters Most.

Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.     

Connect with Kent:    

https://DailyWriterLife.com    

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Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Writer.

For a while now, I’ve been wanting to do a series of conversations focused around mental health for writers. Everybody knows mental health is important, and we see lots of signs of depression, burnout, frustration, anger, and even increasing rates of suicide in society. Writers are not immune to those forces. In many ways, perhaps we are even more susceptible than the average person because we tend to spend a lot of time alone.

In light of that, we are featuring a Mental Health Series for Writers during the month of May. Each week, we will feature an interview that relates to themes of mental health. Today’s episode features a good friend of mine, Melissa Bloom, who uses her background in molecular biology, clinical trials, and yoga to focus on the new frontier—the brain. Through her Aligned Life Community and one-on-one coaching, she helps people gain a new perspective through which to view their lives.  

In this conversation, Melissa shares why we need to eliminate the idea of competition, the pursuit of perfection, the concept of missed opportunities, and why we take score way too soon.

The result of dealing with all these unhealthy tendencies is that we can move past our fear, doubt, and sense of overwhelm, and into a life where we are creating from a sense of joy and purpose, rather than stress and guilt.

Melissa is truly wise soul, and I know you’ll be moved by this impactful conversation just as much as I was.

You can learn more about Melissa’s work, her upcoming book, and more below!

Learn more at MelissaBloom.life

Sign up for Melissa’s newsletter

Connect with Melissa on Facebook

Follow Melissa on Instagram

Reach out to Melissa on LinkedIn

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Check out my NEW book: 18 Words to Live By: A Father’s Wisdom on What Matters Most.

Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.     

Connect with Kent:    

https://DailyWriterLife.com    

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If you’ve been listening to this podcast for a while, you’re probably familiar with my story. I used to be a pastor, then I was a teacher at a Christian college for a long time before I made ghostwriting and coaching my main gig. I am extremely familiar with the tension that comes from wanting to make a living with writing, while also at times wrestling with guilt and uncertainty because of how the Christian community sometimes views money and commerce.

I’m excited to bring you this conversation with my friend Becky Kopitzke to help shed some light on this issue and give us some new insights.

Becky is an author, blogger, writing coach, and co-founder of The Inspired Business (formerly Ministry to Business), which helps authors generate recurring income from digital products. At one time, Becky's husband called her author career a hobby, as her income was no match to her expenses and time spent. She soon discovered that making money in ministry is biblical, helps expedite our kingdom purposes, and can contribute to, not drain, the family income.

In this conversation, we dive into some weighty issues surrounding ministry, calling, and money. Yes, we are going there in this episode! This was one of the most insightful and spirited conversations I’ve been privileged to participate in this year. I think you will be inspired and challenged also.

You can connect with Becky and sign up for her complimentary consultation through the links below:

Visit TheInspiredBusiness.com to Schedule Your Free Consultation

Check out Becky's Personal Website, BeckyKopitzke.com

Connect with Becky on Instagram

Follow Becky on Facebook

Check out Becky's YouTube Channel

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Check out my NEW book: 18 Words to Live By: A Father’s Wisdom on What Matters Most.

Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.     

Connect with Kent:    

https://DailyWriterLife.com    

Facebook: https://facebook.com/kent.sanders    

Instagram: https://instagram.com/kentsanders    

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kent-sanders    

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Much has been written about the voice that lives in every writer’s head. We normally think and talk about this voice as a bad thing. So, it’s not a surprise that we think of that voice as untrustworthy. But if you listen as closely as you can, there is another voice.

On today’s episode, Kent reminds us why we can trust our intuition when we make creative decisions.

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Check out my NEW book: 18 Words to Live By: A Father’s Wisdom on What Matters Most.

Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.     

Connect with Kent:    

https://DailyWriterLife.com    

Facebook: https://facebook.com/kent.sanders    

Instagram: https://instagram.com/kentsanders    

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John Steinbeck said, “Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.”

Writers are known for their creativity, but the truth is that the well sometimes runs dry. If you’ve ever found yourself fresh out of ideas, a way to instantly get more is by using a strategy called “Idea Mating.”

On today’s episode, you’ll discover an effective method for coming up with lots of ideas.

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Check out my NEW book: 18 Words to Live By: A Father’s Wisdom on What Matters Most.

Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.     

Connect with Kent:    

https://DailyWriterLife.com    

Facebook: https://facebook.com/kent.sanders    

Instagram: https://instagram.com/kentsanders    

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kent-sanders    

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kentsanders    

Every writer talks about wanting success, but what does success actually mean? How do you measure it? Is it even a worthy goal in the first place?

Those are valid questions, but they aren’t what we should be asking first. Instead, we should be asking how we can add value to others’ lives.

On today’s episode, Kent shares three simple ways you can encourage and make connections with the people around you.

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Check out my NEW book: 18 Words to Live By: A Father’s Wisdom on What Matters Most.

Are you looking for a community of enthusiastic, generous writers to help you build better habits and grow your writing business? Check out our Daily Writer Community.  

Connect with Kent: 

https://DailyWriterLife.com 

Facebook: https://facebook.com/kent.sanders 

Instagram: https://instagram.com/kentsanders 

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kent-sanders 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kentsanders