"We get good at what we do."

This conversation is part of an ongoing series of conversations with fellow writers, including several on Substack such as Latham Turner Michael Mohr Lyle McKeany Sam Kahn Andy Johns Scott Britton and Sex at Dawn author Chris Ryan as well as others including addiction expert Dr. Adi Jaffe, master coaches Michael Lipson and Robert Ellis, ultra-runner Charlie Engle and legendary sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson.

Today’s conversation is between Donna McArthur the writer behind The Bright Life and Bowen Dwelle who writes at An Ordinary Disaster, which includes his serialized memoir of the same name.

Donna and I got together recently a conversation focused on change, including why we are sometimes so resistant to making changes, how we’ve overcome that resistance, some big changes that we’ve made in our own lives, the role of physicality and intuition in change — and, of course, what we’re working on next.

If you value authentic, honest, deep, vulnerable conversations between working writers, we think you’ll get a lot out of this discussion.

Following the interview are links to some of our writing, some other writers of memoir on Substack, and some questions for you. We’d love to hear from you!

Our Conversation

I usually record video as well, but I screwed it up this time, so just use the audio player at the top of the page ⬆️

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We’ve got some questions for you

* What’s the biggest change you’ve made in your own life?

* Have you experienced resistance to change—and how have you overcome that resistance?

* How do you make your best decisions? What’s your relationship with intuition, and how has that evolved over time?

* How do you prepare for making changes?

Some of our own writing

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Donna writes The Bright Life — a guide to a life of possibility and well-being by examining what lies below the layers of daily life, and taking steps to shift and grow.

Bowen’s writing at An Ordinary Disaster includes memoir and personal essay on men, adventure, addiction, depression, love and money.

Other writers we recommend on Substack

The Recovering Academic Of a Sober Mind Michael Mohr's Sincere American WritingJust Enough to Get Me in Trouble The Unspeakable with Meghan Daum Nolan Yuma’s Born Without BordersThe Abbey of Misrule Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan