Thank you for signing up for my Say No With Love Letters!

I usually send these letters once a month, though every now and then inspiration gets loud and you’ll hear from me twice. Each note is personal. I share what I’m noticing, what I’m learning, and how I’m growing as a creative in real time.

Sometimes that looks like reflections from a book project. Other times it’s something I’ve bumped into out in the world, a behind-the-scenes truth about the business of writing, or the very real experience of being a creative solopreneur. Whatever I’m writing about, it always circles back to the same place: how do we care for ourselves and our work, and make choices that support the creative lives we want to keep returning to? This is long-game thinking.

And since you’re here—subscribed to the Say No With Love letters—you might be curious about the workshop that started it all. Say No With Love is very close to my heart. Learning to say no with love (even to things you genuinely care about) asks us to slow down and look inward. It’s not always comfortable. But by the end of this one-hour session, you’ll leave with something solid: a clear, grounded yes you can actually stand behind.

Chelene