by AnnSheybani | Oct 10, 2022 | Life, Writing
I have this really wise friend who also happens to be a clinical psychologist specializing in the science of change. Sometime last year, she started sending out these short videos to her mailing list. I find myself watching them while I eat lunch because they calm me...
by AnnSheybani | Sep 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
I spent my whole life afraid to make a mistake, to take a wrong turn. I latched on to a man early on because I was convinced he had the map, that he’d get us both on the one right road. So sure I’d end up in the wrong place on my own, I followed him to Iran. Not...
by AnnSheybani | Sep 26, 2022 | Reading, Writing
Lately, I’ve had my head in manuscripts just rife with purple prose. Purple prose, for those of you unfamiliar with the term, is writing that’s so extravagant, ornate, or flowery, it breaks the flow and draws excessive attention to itself. Purple prose is...
by AnnSheybani | Sep 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Do you remember when you were in grade school and you had to line up in the gym and wait to get picked for a team? There you’d stand for a dog’s age as every other kid but you got chosen. Man, that feeling of not being quite good enough! Maybe you...
by AnnSheybani | Sep 11, 2022 | Reading, Writing
Dr. Serena Sterling wasn’t sure she’d ever finish her book project. There were times, as her content developer, I wasn’t sure she would either. Because Serena wasn’t just writing about her business–helping people overcome chronic physical and/or emotional pain–she was...
