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The world won't fall apart if you don't do ALL THE THINGS... I spent four days last week in the Blue Ridge Mountains doing taking time for myself and my writing at the Wildacres Writing Workshop. Let me tell you, it was life-changing. I felt a pang of guilt for taking nearly a week for myself to disconnect from the outside world and focus solely on writing. But that disconnection was exactly what I needed to focus and, honestly, to reset. When I say disconnect, I mean my pho

Embracing Fear

We love tidy endings. The movie fades to black, the couple reconciles, the hero learns the lesson, the music swells. We exhale,...

We live in a culture that tells us we should always be blooming. We’re told to hustle, grow, achieve, and constantly push forward. But...

There are places that shape us long before we realize it. The street corner where you waited for the school bus, the kitchen table where...

We all have the version of a story that we tell the world. It’s polished, edited, and shaped into something that makes sense and that is...

Our bodies remember what our minds sometimes forget. They hold tension, joy, memory, and grief. A clenched jaw, a racing heart, a knot in...

There are words we carry like stones in our pockets. Apologies never spoken. Anger swallowed. Gratitude left unsaid. We tell ourselves...

We’re taught from a young age to ask for permission. Raise your hand. Wait your turn. Be polite. Don’t be too loud, too messy, too much....

We are told stories throughout our lives, and some we carry in our bones. We don’t always realize it, but long before we write our own...

There are few emotions more misunderstood than anger. Many of us—especially women, femmes, and people raised to be caretakers—were taught...

We live in a culture that praises the grind. We’re taught to measure our worth in tasks crossed off, hours worked, things produced....

When we talk about rewriting personal narratives, we often focus on the past—unpacking the wounds, tracing the patterns, understanding...

Recently, we did something radical. We took ourselves less seriously. We had a photo shoot scheduled—something that, in the past, might...

Somehow, it’s June. Maybe you’re wondering where the last five months went. Maybe the goals you set in January feel like they belonged to...

What if the narratives you've been living by are no longer serving you? Shobukai Shift Podcast In our very first podcast interview, we...

We hear a lot about authenticity these days—as if it’s something you can buy, brand, or pin down in a personality test. But the truth is,...

Have you ever told yourself the same story so many times, it started to feel like the only truth? Maybe it goes like this: “I always mess...

Dear Rewrite Community,   Today, we’re sending love to all the mothers, mother figures, and those navigating the complicated terrain of...

There’s a moment every writer faces—sometimes in quiet isolation, sometimes in loud self-doubt—when they ask themselves: Who am I to...