165. Behind the Scenes of My Next Book: What Writing It Required Me to Stop Performing
About this episode
Kate Northrup shares her personal journey of writing her next book and the transformative lessons learned along the way.
What if the reason your creative project is taking longer than expected isn’t because you’re doing it wrong—but because it’s changing you in the process? In this deeply personal episode, Kate takes listeners behind the scenes of the book she has been writing for the past three years and the surprising lessons the process has taught her about identity, creativity, timing, and trust. Reflecting on the journeys behind her previous books, Money: A Love Story and Do Less , Kate shares how different this experience has been. Unlike her earlier projects, which seemed to flow onto the page with relative ease, this new book has demanded something much deeper. Rather than simply being a project she is creating, Kate reveals how the book itself has become a catalyst for her own growth, forcing her to confront old patterns, release expectations, and let go of the version of herself that wants certainty and control. Along the way, she opens up about the pressure of comparing her timeline to other authors, the challenges of unfinished work, and the emotional experience of sitting in the messy middle of a creative process without knowing exactly how it will turn out. She explores what it means…
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