When I feel incompetent

Lately, I’ve had to deal with feeling incompetent a lot of the time, and this often happens to me during transitions, but I had a particular experience today that I think might be helpful. And I want to share it, in case it is for you. I’ve been a pianist my entire life (my earliest…

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QuitCast Episode 5.17: What is Q-T-P-ing?

SHOW NOTES If you haven’t been here before, welcome! And if you’re in your fifth year with us, welcome! What do we mean when we say Q-T-P or “Question the Premise” around here? Find out today!   Important Links!​ Newsletter sign-up: https://betterfasteracademy.com/newsletter/ Ask a question for the Dear Becca newsletter column here: https://forms.gle/mx8Jt1jgmyS28mn66 Support this…

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Editing Your Business

I was giving the Vertical Platforms talk last night, describing some of the changes that were happening at the BFA, and someone made a comment about how cool it was to see us editing our business. And I thought that was the most brilliant way to describe the process of sustainability. So many of us…

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Self-care is a Skill Set

Self-care is a skill set. If you’ve never heard of re-parenting before, a lot of the work in that area of psychology is focused around the concept of skill chains and the way we were not fully parented as kids. (And it’s not a “fault” on parents, because when they don’t pass skills along, it’s…

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Tropes are architectural!

I apologize for this rant, but… The presence of an element in your story does NOT mean it CONTAINS that trope. Tropes are architectural. Just because your book has a grumpy person and a happy person does NOT mean it’s a Grumpy Sunshine trope. As much as I adore the use of tropes as a…

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