Peg Cheng

Author + Artist + Career Adviser

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I’m Teaching Fear & Writing at the 2020 Portland Book Fest

I’m delighted to announce I’m teaching my Fear & Writing workshop at the 2020 Portland Book Festival!

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this is the first year the festival will be virtual. There are tons of authors speaking from November 5-21 so make sure to check the schedule to find some great events to attend.

My Fear & Writing workshop will be on Saturday, November 14, from 2:00 – 4:00 PM Pacific Time.

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Here’s some of the feedback I received when I taught Fear & Writing for Literary Arts (the fine folks behind the Portland Book Festival, Portland Arts & Lectures and more) in June.

Peg was a great teacher. She had experienced the fear of writing so was able to talk about from a place of having worked through it. She was able to give good suggestions. She shared her love of writing and was very encouraging!

Peg Cheng was an excellent instructor. A good balance of honest, helpful instruction, along with writing prompts that really helped me to tap into my fears and find myself enjoying putting pen to paper again.

The topic, Fear and Writing, felt extremely relevant personally. I am grateful to the instructor for sharing her experience and lessons so generously. I find myself utilizing her suggestions daily!

Great class and I continued the inquiry into what makes me afraid of my own writing and came up with additional stops. I think this is a really important subject for writers, suggest offering it regularly.

Your courses are a gift during this extraordinary time, keeping me connected to others and helping me stay engaged in my writing practice while at home alone. Peg Cheng’s organized approach–pulling in feedback in the chat section, keeping us active in the moment with meditation and prompt writing, inviting us to share–all of it made the experience valuable to me. I am so grateful to her and to Literary Arts!

Peg was an excellent and engaging instructor–I was very impressed with the class and would take another with her in the future!

Fear & Writing (online workshop)
Saturday, November 14, 2020
2:00 – 4:00 PM Pacific Time

It’s via Zoom so you can be anywhere in the world. The registration fee is $40. Hope to see you there!

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Taking an Experimental Approach to Life: My Convo with Jas Hothi, Founder of the INF Club

Peg Cheng and Jas Hothi

I finally gave myself permission to do the thing that felt right to me rather than doing the thing that other people or society says is what designates success. — Peg Cheng

Have you ever had a conversation with someone where you touch upon a seemingly endless amount of topics, and even after an hour of chatting, you still feel like you could talk with them for at least another 2-3 more hours?

Well, that’s how I felt after being interviewed by Jasraj “Jas” Hothi, Founder of The INF Club.

In this podcast convo, Jas and I talk about:

  • my 35 jobs, embracing career exploration, and being a multipotentialite/scanner
  • growing up in an immigrant family and the expectations and pressures that come with that
  • Crazy Rich Asians and meeting author Kevin Kwan
  • my autoimmune disorders (IBS, SIBO, Rosacea) and how I almost gave up on healing
  • how and when my intuition shows up
  • why and how I left the 9-to-5 job world
  • the path is the gift
  • doing a digital detox
  • creating Plaid Frog Press and more!

So, make yourself a nice drink and tune in to my convo with the irrepressibly curious Jas Hothi. It’s available on Apple, Spotify, Anchor, and more. Hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed recording it!

By the way, The INF Club is “a place for INFPs, INFJs and highly sensitive introverts who want to live better and feel more aligned with their true selves.” The club has helped me learn from and connect with other sensitive, intuitive, and creative people. If our chat resonates with you, I encourage you to check out The INF Club blog and try a 14-day free trial membership.

For more Peg-isms, read my written interview with Jas (with different Q&A than this podcast!).

You can’t change other people, you can only yourself, but by changing yourself, the whole system changes. — Peg Cheng re: a wise thing her therapist told her

Peg Cheng is an intuitive career adviser combining the practical with the metaphysical; the author of Rebel Millionaire: Get Rich on Your Own Terms, a guide for how to retire as a millionaire even if you make a modest income; and the creator of Fear & Writing, a workshop for procrastinating writers from all walks of life.

Peg Cheng photo by Marcus Donner. Jas Hothi photo by D. Hothi.