I love doing AMAs because this readers' community as a whole is so eloquent, and thoughtful. I spent an hour taking questions about writing, life, creativity, and much more. I wish I’d had time to answer even more. The Ask Me Anything questions and my answers will be published in the upcoming months. Stay tuned. [...]

This month I received the following reader's question, When it comes to spirituality, do you have any spiritual practices you do every day? One practice that comes to mind is that I often remind myself that I never enter a room alone. You take your grandma with you, your grandpa, your mom, your sister, the [...]

  This month I received the following reader's question, What do you think is the role of artists when it comes to social change? Social media has given its users the power to write freely and to express personal thoughts and opinions. This is wonderful as it opens the space for writers, journalists, bloggers, and [...]

Here’s a transcript of my answer to a reader question about working with people you admire.

This month I received the following reader's question, what is the number 1, most valuable skill everyone should master? We learn a lot of things in school. From how to count, spell and speak. Undoubtedly all are useful skills but I feel emotional competence is a skill that we need to have more conversations about. I’ve come [...]

Every month, I publish an answer to a reader’s question. Here’s a transcript of my answer to one of the readers’ questions about my motivation to write: Hi Lisanne, what motivates you to write? What keeps you going every day?   Curiosity is a huge thing for me. Generally, it gives me a lot of [...]

It feels good to grow older. More often than not it feels good to age a little, live life for a bit, and learn some important things that will stay with you. This month I received an interesting question from a reader to come up with advice to my younger self. Here is a roundup [...]