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What Do You Write About?
This is the hardest question for me to answer. People tend to be looking for something like, “Nonfiction… Young Adult… Fantasy…...

Mark Craven
Sep 24, 20182 min read


Healing Old Wounds
I was a reading a study conducted by Harvard that followed a cohort of people beginning in 1938 throughout their lives. They wanted to...

Mark Craven
Sep 22, 20184 min read


Looks Like I Wasn’t Actually Believing In Myself
I wasn’t believing in my own dreams. How the hell can you do that when you’re writing, speaking, coaching, teaching, and reading on...

Mark Craven
Sep 20, 20182 min read


Someone Needs Your Heart
It’s easy to forget our pain from the past. Maybe a childhood where we were picked on or bullied. And now we’ve grown up into strong men...

Mark Craven
Sep 18, 20183 min read


That’s Impossible. You’ll Never Do That.
I had wanted to move to California for so long. Even before I ever visited, I knew I wanted to live there. It was something that burned...

Mark Craven
Sep 16, 20182 min read


Advocates, Benefactors, Sponsors, Well-Wishers! Thank you!
I’ve been in love with writing for a long time and when I get feedback from people to the tune of, this changed my life, I’m stunned....

Mark Craven
Sep 12, 20183 min read


Coming Out Of The Fog
I had a good friend, who’s not a life coach, offer me her life coaching after she read my last few blogs. She saw that I was in a place,...

Mark Craven
Sep 10, 20182 min read


Eating Elephants
I realized when I decided to restart my coaching business that I had a million ideas. A million brilliant thoughts flowing along with the...

Mark Craven
Sep 7, 20182 min read


Stay On Course
I’ve written about it before when I was in the final stretch of finishing my Biology degree and I was down to the final five weeks before...

Mark Craven
Sep 4, 20182 min read


Tired
Just push a little more… Keep pushing… Pick your head up… Come on… Lets go… Move… I have no more push left man. I’m done, I’m tired,...

Mark Craven
Aug 28, 20181 min read


Moments of Searing Doubt
“Do you really think you can make it?… I mean, really? … Financial freedom? … A life of luxury? … You really believe this can happen for...

Mark Craven
Aug 20, 20182 min read


Passionless
I think this would be the worst way to live a life. Waking up every day with dread. Waking up every day with hate. Miserable with the...

Mark Craven
Aug 13, 20182 min read


Regaining Wonder
I just finished reading the book, Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson, and started his other biography on Albert Einstein. If you want a...

Mark Craven
Aug 13, 20183 min read


I Need Your Story To Help My Hope
Every one of us has a story to tell and strength to share with that story. People get too caught up on the story to tell and forget about...

Mark Craven
Aug 2, 20182 min read


suicide
Disclaimer: I am NOT planning on committing suicide. If I were, I’d tell you. You’re my reader, I tell you everything. I remember being...

Mark Craven
Jul 12, 20185 min read


I've Suffered Enough
It’s good to come to a place where we realize we’re not alone in our suffering. We’re not alone in depressive thoughts or anxious...

Mark Craven
Jul 10, 20183 min read


I AM SUCCESSFUL
I have to admit, lately I’ve linked being truly successful with only one reality. That of being financially free. Success is not...

Mark Craven
Jun 29, 20182 min read


The Good Experience
Life should not be an irritation. Life is an experience. Food, sights, smells, sounds. Some people wake up everyday like, “Again?” Our...

Mark Craven
Jun 18, 20183 min read


You’re Not As Old As You Think You Are
It just hit me today that I’m closer to my twenties than I am to my forties. No offense to my forty-year-olds but you’re probably closer...

Mark Craven
Jun 12, 20183 min read


Traveling Salesman
This past weekend I spent Saturday and Sunday meeting with clients in Philadelphia. That’s about four hours away from where I live in...

Mark Craven
Jun 10, 20182 min read
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