When we talk about having the courage to share our stories, it's easy to imagine this big brave moment. I'm READY! Maybe. 🤔 Or maybe courage looks like opening the document again after you haven't touched it in three months. ❤️ Maybe it's writing the scene you've avoided. ❤️ Maybe it's showing someone a chapter. ❤️ Maybe it's saying no to feedback that doesn't feel right. ❤️ Maybe it's accepting feedback that you really don't want to hear. 😂 ❤️ Maybe it's admitting: I need help with this. 👏 I want the writers I work with to eventually feel proud of themselves for having the courage to tell their stories. 👏 I want the writers to choose their story, even when they may not feel ready. The fear doesn't magically disappear. But taking that step with the fear is what makes a difference. That's what I want you to be able to see when you're holding that finished book. 📕 Not just that you can say, “I wrote this!” 🙌 But I want you to notice and think, “Look at everything I had to move through to get here. I did that because I chose my story." ⭐️ I invite you to reach out to me, let’s have a chat and see if we could work together so that you can finish YOUR BOOK instead of waiting for the right time. ⭐️

There are millions of self-help books, blueprints, and cookie-cutter success formulas in the world. They all try to sell us the exact same mold. But honestly? Trash that. Here is a truth that changes everything: God never repeats His stories. Every single plot twist in your life, every tear, every unexpected victory, and your exact perspective—none of it is a copy. Your story wasn't built on an assembly line. In my opinion, it´s a masterpiece, written with divine intention. When we try to force our lives into someone else’s formula, we are trying to rewrite God’s original design. Your story is uniquely yours. And that´s exactly where your power hides. Pause and think about this for a second. What´s one chapter in your life where you can look back and say, "Yes, that was entirely my God-given story"? Drop a comment below—let’s celebrate how beautifully unique every single one of us is! 👇 I had recent conversation with someone on the Zoom call- he told me "but Matea, you know..there are many self help books.." but no one told him this profound truth: God created my story unique and his story unique, and other people are NOT copy-but UNIQUE instead.

There was a time when I thought results would tell me whether I was doing something right. Then I had an experience in my business that changed that. I was under enormous pressure to hit a sales number. 😦 I had agreed to consequences if I didn't. As the deadline got closer, every sales conversation felt heavier. I felt like I was grasping at straws. I was stressed for weeks. 😱 During that period, I developed shingles. And then I hit the sales goal. 😮‍💨 Technically, I succeeded. But when that period was over, I knew I didn't want to keep working that way. Eventually, I left the coaching relationship on good terms. That experience taught me to pay attention to more than: Did it work? 🤔 I also care about: Does this feel aligned with who I am and how I want to work? I think about that with writing too. ✍️ A formula might work beautifully for somebody else. That doesn't automatically mean we force your story through it. 💥 We can learn from other people. 💥 We can use tools. 💥 We can follow structure. And we can still ask: Is this helping me create the story I actually want to tell? So I’m curious… Have you ever followed writing advice that technically “worked,” but somehow made your story feel less like yours? 👀 What happened?

Sometimes we say: “I'm writing a book.” Okay. But where are you with it actually? There's a big difference between: I have an idea. 👀 and I've written 40,000 words and can't figure out how the pieces fit together. 🎉 Those writers don't need the same thing next. So, let's find your starting point. Story First™ Exercise Complete these: 🔥 My book right now is... Describe what actually exists. Notes? Chapters? Voice memos? A complete draft? An idea? 🔥 The last thing I completed was... 🔥 The thing I'm trying to figure out right now is... 🔥 The thing I keep thinking I SHOULD be doing is... Now ask: Are those last two answers the same? 👀 Sometimes we're stuck trying to do what we think authors are “supposed” to be doing instead of dealing with what our book actually needs next. Then finish with answering: The smallest useful next step I can take is... 😁 That's your focus. Not the entire book. The next step. Now tell me where your book actually is. 👇 What exists right now, and what’s the next step you’ve identified? 👀 And if you did this exercise and realized you’re not sure what your book actually needs next, tell me that too. 💛 That’s something we can figure out together. ❤️

It was losing track of everything around the writing. Chapter ideas in one app, half-formed scenes in AI chats, and no clear idea of what to work on next. What helped was splitting things up: chatgpt.com for brainstorming plot problems and talking through scenes, and floment.ai for my notes and the chapters I'm actively working through as projects and tasks. Nothing fancy. Having one place for "what's next" made it way easier to sit down and just write. Curious how you all keep your book stuff organized, one tool for everything or a few different ones?