Writing Archives - Robin Blackburn McBride - Transformational Life Coach and Author

Pause for a Poem: On the Beach with My Daughter

July 25, 2021Categories Creative Thinking, Poetry, WritingTags #creativity, poemLeave a comment

We are collectors on the beach. We walk with our heads bowed to small stones and debris in step our white bones hidden, softly moving. On the shore are fragments of other travellers. We bend to lift them from the wet sand, our fingertips delicately working while our eyes examine angles of the … Continue reading “Pause for a Poem: On the Beach with My Daughter”

Daphne du Maurier: Magic & the Shaping of a Writer

October 12, 2020Categories Dream, Role Model, WritingTags #creativity, author, building confidence, Daphne du Maurier, dream, dream builder, Inner Child, inspiration, letters, magic, memories, mentorship, role model, the shaping of a writer, writer, writingLeave a comment

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In the summer of 1976, by childhood’s magic train, I went from reading L.M. Montgomery’s Anne books to Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca. An old red copy at the cottage called me to pick it up, and when I opened it, the spell took hold…

Pause for a Poem: Nymph

January 10, 2021Categories Creative Thinking, Poetry, WritingTags #creativity, poemLeave a comment

Nymph You taught me swimming all those summers. Began by letting me slide off your back into the murk. Stumbled to clutch at my small shoulders as you plucked me clinging and spluttering my sudden list of injuries. Scolded: “Don’t be a crybaby. I didn’t let you drown.” That’s how I learned to kick. … Continue reading “Pause for a Poem: Nymph”

Trust Your Inner Child to Lead You: A Poem on Going Back to Go Forward

January 5, 2020Categories Poetry, WritingTags be yourself, Embrace your inner child, Empowered Way, inner child spirit, inner guidance system, intuition, poem, trust your inner child, trust your inner child to lead youLeave a comment

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I was reminded of this poem while planning my next post. It’s on navigating your personal history stories along the path to living a braver and more authentic and fulfilling experience. Trust your inner child to lead you, and in doing so, you will discover a vital way forward…

On Fiction, Dream Building and Meeting a Role Model

May 29, 2019Categories Coaching, Dream, WritingTags #creativity, #lifelessons, #singyoursong, authentic-creativity, author, clarity, coaching, create on purpose, dream, dream builder, Empowered Way, inner guidance system, inspiration, intuition, multipotentialite, visionLeave a comment

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Sandra Gulland certainly touched both the writer and the transformation coach in me. At the 2019 San Miguel Writers’ Conference, I attended a keynote address given by the American-born Canadian historical novelist. Gulland is the international best-selling author of the Josephine B. trilogy inspired by the life of Josephine Bonaparte, as well as other works … Continue reading “On Fiction, Dream Building and Meeting a Role Model”

Dream Your Dream, Sing Your Song

April 2, 2019Categories Coaching, Creative Vision, Dream, Mentorship, WritingTags #confidence, Be Who You Are, clarity, dream, dream builder, Inner Child, intuition, Live Your Vision, Love What You Do, Robin Blackburn McBride, Sing Your Song, Transformational Life CoachLeave a comment

Inside each one of us is an inner child who knows well why we are here and what we are about. The dreams we have in sleep are portals to that child, part of an ever-active inner guidance system that points us to our highest good. In this blog I share with you a recent … Continue reading “Dream Your Dream, Sing Your Song”

On New Beginnings

January 9, 2019Categories Clarity, Coaching, Creative Vision, Poetry, WritingTags Commit to it, Journalling, Law of Sacrifice, New Beginnings, Poetry, unique calling, Your VisionLeave a comment

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My thoughts, and a quoted passage that I love, for the start of a brand new year. Two keys for bringing your new vision into form: WRITE DOWN YOUR DREAMS! Write your grand ideas and passions, your goals and your plans, and keep these love letters to your Future Self safely stored IN A JOURNAL. … Continue reading “On New Beginnings”

The Stranger at the Door

December 19, 2018Categories Creative Vision, Dream, WritingTags #creativity, author, childhood memory, christmas story, courage over fear, dream, Empowered Way, family history, gifts, healing, inner child spirit, inner guidance system, intuition, miracles, spiritual, trust2 Comments

In December of 1938, a young woman returned home from the Plummer Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, with her two young children in tow. At twilight, the girl and boy played, oblivious to their mother’s agitated state as she moved through their snug rooms picking up toys, preparing supper, clearing a space at the … Continue reading “The Stranger at the Door”

On The Shining Fragments Book Launch

May 30, 2019Categories Creative Vision, The Shining Fragments, WritingTags #gratitude, acknowledging helpers, author, authoring fiction, human connection, humility, journey of connection, master teacher, mentorship, multipotentialite, navigating obstacles, quest, story of the shining fragments, the helper and the artist, the story beyond the book, vision, writing a novelLeave a comment

The Shining Fragments Book Launch-At the Art house cafe ottawa

It is a myth that a novelist works entirely alone. While it is true that in visioning and authoring a book, certain hours must be solo, if anything, the process leads to greater human connection. As I wrote The Shining Fragments, again and again the journey of knowing the story’s central character, Joseph Conlon, and his … Continue reading “On The Shining Fragments Book Launch”

Confidence: Navigate Fear & Use this Technique to Help You Make Up Your Mind

January 14, 2020Categories Coaching, Confidence, Creative Confidence, Dream, WritingTags #confidence, believing in you, building confidence, decision, Dialoguing, do it afraid, dream, dream builder, Empowered Way, forward momentum, How to become confident, Journal, keep going, life choices, overcome procrastination, paradigm busting, shine your light, stop being stuck, take action, What about fearLeave a comment

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In the words of French philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, you and I can think of ourselves as “spiritual beings on a human journey”. We navigate a world of duality. We know a thing by knowing its opposite. We know light by knowing dark. We know up by knowing down. This is the Law of … Continue reading “Confidence: Navigate Fear & Use this Technique to Help You Make Up Your Mind”

Sing your song!

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