zombies, brunch at Oprah's and my NEW career

Hey there {NAME}! FIRST, time sensitive and super fun 🎊 I'm heading into the studio tomorrow to shoot MarieTV and we're experimenting with a 'live call in show.' You've got to be available for me to call you between 1:30 - 2:30pm EST on Wednesday October, 25th. Interested and available? [Please click here to submit your Q!]( Now, it's time for another MF Insider dispatch. Let's start with a question: What do you get when you combine flesh-eating zombies, big drop rollercoasters, EFT and a Gospel brunch at Oprah's house? A damn good time, that's what. A few months back, I had a stark realization. In order to make headway on my next book, I needed an intermission from life in NYC. A break from my routine and surroundings. I wrote my first book here about 16 years ago — amidst juggling my then tiny-but-growing business, an even tinier studio apartment and 3 part-time jobs. But since then, life has grown exponentially more complex. So I started imagining my own DIY 'artist retreat.' A week or two where my only responsibility would be writing. No grocery lists, no laundry, no outside meetings, no junk mail and no piles of dishes. It sounded so heavenly. I wondered, "Is this even legal?!?" The more I thought about it, the more I realized how necessary this focus time would be to make headway on my next book. When I shared this DIY 'artist retreat' idea with my best friend Kris, she wanted in. She also had some writing projects that deserved some TLC. We wrangled our calendars and it turned out — we both needed to be in Los Angeles for the same event in mid October. Within a few days plane tickets were booked, bags were packed and it was go time. All in all, I was able to devote ten full days almost exclusively to my book. While I still have an enormous amount of writing ahead of me, this retreat helped me get a foothold into my manuscript. At the tail end of our artist retreat, Kris and I squeezed in some adventures, too. In this new episode of Marie Unplugged, you'll see: - The reason Halloween at Universal Studios in Hollywood is my new favorite place (if you're a scary movie fan like I am, this place does it right) - Why, if I ever decide to change careers, I'll be the world’s top #CoasterCoach - A novel and likely off-book use of EFT - Some behind-the-scenes footage from the inspiring The Wisdom of Sundays Gospel brunch at Oprah's house (If you're curious, I did not film the writing part of my artist retreat. Why? Because I literally sat at my computer for 6-8 hours a day. You can imagine what that looks like, right? 😄) [display images to hear all about zombies, rollercoasters, and brunch at Oprah's house!]( I gotta say, there's one piece of this episode that's particularly moving for me. It's around helping Kris overcome a fear that, before this trip, would literally bring her to tears. Yes, I know her fear was about something playful, but... [Anytime we experience ourselves as more courageous and free, it has a spillover effect on our entire life. @MarieForleo]( Helping people (myself included!) create real and lasting change is part of my life's mission. So I'm curious: What's one fear — big or small — that you're ready to move beyond? Doesn't mean you won't still feel anxious or get butterflies in your tummy. It just means you're ready to take that next step, despite the fear. [Come on over to the blog and let me know.]( Thank you so much for being an MF Insider. I hope you have as much fun watching this episode as we had making it. With so much love, XO Marie P.S. If you’ve missed our other Unplugged episodes, [you can find the first in the series here](! If you wish to stop receiving our emails or change your subscription options, please [Manage your subscription](=) Marie Forleo International, 332 Bleecker Street, #517 , New York, NY 10014