Barb Lyon
Voice Artist

What do you think will make you happy? Is it lounging on a beach, sipping on an umbrella drink? Is it never ever having to type another email? Maybe it’s a day spent in sweatpants, with a giant mug of coffee and your favorite binge worthy TV? Wrong on all counts. According to research, it’s “Flow State” that’ll make you happy. There have been actual studies, including some from psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.

We’ve all heard the line “fake it till you make it.” I prefer the way Simon Sinek phrases it: “Act as if.” When you think of your situation, is your first thought I can't, because… It'll never work, because… I’ll never…? All those thoughts stop you cold. You don’t because “you can’t”. It’ll never work so you don’t even try. You’ll “never get there” so you just don't even think about it. But what if you made decisions as if things were going to work out exactly as you im

Some days inspiration shows up like a polite houseguest. It knocks. You open the door. It sits down at the table and gets right to work. The words flow. The ideas line up. And for a brief moment you wonder why anyone ever complains about the creative process. Those days are wonderful. They are also…not most days. Most days inspiration is nowhere to be found. Not late. Not stuck in traffic. Just gone.