31. Pushing through moments that feel like epic failure

How do we push through moments that feel like epic failure?

In this episode, Erin shares with you her pain from a recent failure and her own process for getting through moments such as these when we feel we haven’t lived up to our potential and didn't reach our goal.

More importantly, you’ll hear Erin find her motivation again as she keeps things in perspective, with the hope that both you and she will keep trying and learn from your mistakes.

Topics discussed in this episode
  • Facing failure
  • Feeling those big feelings
  • Putting things in perspective
  • Making a list of potential solutions and next steps
  • Reframing failure as a setback
  • Keep learning, growing, evolving
  • Finding that spark of inspiration again
About Erin

For 15 years, Erin has worked as a magazine and book editor, encouraging each writer’s individual voice and strengthening their writing goals. When she became a parent, she set aside her own writing aspirations to focus on her family. As the years passed, she grew increasingly anxious, depressed, and angry until she realized that she had forgotten who she was beyond being a parent.

Despite fearing her skills had atrophied, Erin started writing again. She first created her blog, Life Beyond Parenting, and then created the Parents Who Write podcast. Erin’s current role as a podcaster and writing coach enables her to help parents pursue their writing dreams.

She earned her MA in Writing from Johns Hopkins University, and she has finished the first draft of a fantasy-romance novel. She lives with her husband and their two young boys in Maryland.

Connect with Erin
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Let’s connect via my Facebook group, Parents Who Write, at https://www.facebook.com/groups/parentswhowrite.

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