February 2012
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When Does Lettin' it Ride Turn into Avoidance?
Photo by CJ Isherwood
It’s common knowledge that allowing space and time around difficult situations, people or important life decisions is a simple way to provide new perspective. Lettin’ it ride takes the pressure off, releases the emotion from a situation and gives it a breath of fresh air, allowing new insights time to take root. That’s what being a mature adult is all...
January 2012
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Check It! Habits and Boundaries
Photo: Sheba_Also
People strive for safety. It drives most if not all our choices, even at the most subconscious of levels, and soon turns into habit. This inherent desire to be comfy, safe and protect ourselves is very instinctual and seems relatively harmless, but can easily transition into a block or challenge in various areas of life. In my work as a writer and healer, time after time I...
December 2011
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How to Set 2012 Ablaze with your Awesomeness
Not literally with fireworks, wayward candles or unattended fondue pots, but fan it with the flames of your personal missions and desires. Those sparky little fireworks that ignite when you give them space and room to breathe, taking in oxygen and building flames of creative folly.
Instead of spazing over a series of resolutions for 2012 that you will never keep, just create and keep one. Give...
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Attitude, Creative Mojo and the End of 2011
Photo by Mydass
With just about a month left in 2011, people are all a flurry making holiday plans, buying gifts and finishing up year end projects. It’s the proverbial “crunch time” — busting ass to fit in every possible thing you pledged with your heart and soul to do before year end, but some how fell to the wayside. Creative mojo is replaced with a sense of obligation, and...
November 2011
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The Idea of "Perfect" Blows Giant Holes in...
Photo: cloud_nine
We create all day long. Fantastic grandiose ideas thrown in amongst thoughts of errands, irritations and obligations. And as those moments of creative brilliance shine through, do you say WOO HOO! I gotta write this down! Or do you immediately start picking them apart, reviewing all the angles to convince yourself why it will never work, why it’s not perfect? Humans have...
October 2011
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The Power in Connecting to your Radiance
Photo by Jad_23 on Flickr
There are so many ways to easily get distracted from your own awesomeness and inner power. Frustration, hurt, pain, disappointment, loneliness, lack of love and endless other emotions, mixed up with the mundane daily tasks of life, all eat away at the edges of our soul. It’s so easy to let these experiences unknowingly chip away at our inner glow, dwindling...
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It's all in the Handshake, Baby: Authenticity and...
Photo by Cocoabiscuit
With digital overload and limited face to face time, handshakes are more important than ever. In fact, handshakes may be the one and only time you have physical human contact with a potential long-term connection, so fire up those peepers and pay attention! I put a lot of stock in a handshake because it tells you something much more truthful than the words pouring out of a...
September 2011
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10 Simple Ways to Create an Emotional Release Plan
Photo by kandyjaxx on Flickr
All of us need time to power down, disconnect from the world and find a way back to the space within. It’s not always easy with all the demands on our time and body, especially when so many people want more and more from us. There is only so much the mind, body and spirit can take operating at that level. Pockets of energy build up, old emotional patterns and...
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Want to Get Out of your Own Head? Talk Out Loud to...
Photo on Flickr by Jaaron
Talking out loud to yourself is not just for movie scripts, when scary things lurk in the shadows and a blonde, scantily clad woman screeches out — “Who’s there?” It actually serves as a very useful tool in cutting through a steaming pile of mental goo. Thoughts breed on thoughts, and it’s so easy to get wrapped up in your own web full of them. Most often you...
August 2011
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Screw the Clock -- Savor the Present
Photo on Flickr from tsheko
That’s right, screw the clock. Shut it off, leave your phone behind, break free from the schedule as much as you can, or are willing. Why? Lives guided by the hands on the clock make us anxious. This barely tangible, man-made tool somehow turns us into lunatics, dictates how we show up and what we create for ourselves. Time makes us panicky at holidays as we step...
July 2011
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Consistent vs. Complacent: Which One are You?
Photo by dprevite on Flickr
Just as so many others have declared before this post, I’m going to affirm yet again that we live in a busy world that is face-paced and dense with information overload. And yes, I’m well aware that I’m stating the obvious. But as the world continues to whiz on by and change at hyper-speed, we form habits to deal with all the “noise.” Some of us...
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Balancing Human-ness and the Ego in Business
Photo by benjaminasmith on Flickr
In the last few weeks I’ve noticed the struggle for the expression of the individual identity in my business dealings, meetings and on social media outlets. Or perhaps as I move through my own personal challenges, it’s something more apparent just to me. Whatever the reason, this blog topic was screaming at me to be expressed. Although it’s a...
June 2011
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The Connection Between Clarity and Happiness
Photo credit: Robot Monster on Flickr
At the source of every challenge lies one simple question…how do you feel? Not what do you THINK, but how does a current situation/person/thing make you feel? It might seem like an over simplification, but let’s take a second to break it down.
Feeling the Truth When you are unsure about how you feel, there is a sense of disconnectedness that...
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Body Wisdom and My Story
Photo by bedeutet_jemanden
In my last blog post, I talked about how important it is to listen to your body, and the necessity of being aware of the insight it’s providing you minute by minute about countless things. For example, that afternoon headache could be from staring at the computer or the fact you need glasses, or your body could also be letting you know there may be some things...
May 2011
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Being Healthy Takes More Than Good Food and...
Photo by teo_ladodicivideo
Healing is about the journey, like anything else in life. It takes more than vitamins, exercise and eight glasses of water a day to get you there.
If you take the drugs, therapies, doctors, alternative health practitioners, healthy eating habits and everything else in between out of the equation, you still have a vast majority of folks who are so out of touch with...
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Moving forward without knowing what is around the...
This is more of a journal entry style than a blog post, but I thought I would share it anyway.
Reassurance is something we all need and can have, but not something you can expect. Acting without reassurance is not only brave, but essential in order to grow, change and expand into the highest and best version of yourself. When you are in doubt as to weather or not you should be making a change –...
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What Moves You?
Photo by AlicePopkorn
What truly moves you at your core? This simple question stirs up a range of layers and answers so dynamic, unique and inspiring, it’s possibly one of the most loaded questions a person can contemplate. But when you truly feel it in your soul, the experience of it beelines you to the heart of what makes you tick, acting as a window to directly connect you with your creative...
April 2011
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Move Past Judgment and Find Truth
Photo by Steve Minor
Jumping to conclusions is a human pass time. We all do it, and it’s pretty easy to get there fast. I learned to do it at a very young age, and have spent the last five years reducing that reaction to an occasional slip up. I see so many people around me doing it for sport like there’s no tomorrow. In my younger years I thought it was just how people were...
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Throw Out What you Think you Know and Embrace...
Photo credit: AuntieP
Each spring the human race feels compelled to wash windows, clean out closets and give our home the once over. The cathartic act of physical cleaning is peaceful in its own way, helping us slough off winter energy and prepare for a fiery new spring adventure among the tweeting birds and budding trees. It’s instinctual. In spring we also feel a renewed sense of...
March 2011
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If You're Ready to Dig Deep, You're Ready to Get...
Photo by Wild Photon
The creative process is one of the most personal, intimate things someone experiences in their lifetime. It’s unique to you, and only you will know if it feels authentic or fulfilling. Doing what others do to “get into a creative space” may work to blow open an entrance into the rabbit hole, but the real gift is in the process – how YOU as an individual feel and deal...
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Cracking Open
Photo by origamindon
We all get stuck. Usually you have an inkling about what’s buggin’ you, but distract yourself into thinking you don’t. Other times the “what” just keeps slipping out of your hands like a snake covered in baby oil. It slithers into the background out of sight, but you feel its presence, lurking in the shadows. Thoughts about the “what” keep you...
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Unexpected Pot Holes Make Great Trophies
Photo by jcoterhals on Flickr
In the course of a day, most people can quickly tell you the 10 things that went wrong compared to the 1000 that actually went off without a hitch. The douche that cut you off in traffic is the spawn of the devil. That granny had it out for you in the grocery store, getting in your way at every turn – on purpose. Then there is the matter of the lunch bill where...
February 2011
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Do Your Routines Burden or Empower You?
Photo credit: Lucy_Hill on Flickr
Most of the time when you run into people and ask how they’re doing, they answer in one of two ways: “fine, how are you?” or “I’m swamped; I have so much to do!” Today we are going to talk about the “I’m perpetually busy” response and what it really means. Look, we all get busy. I get it. Life flows as it does and constant preparing to...
Relationship Realities
Photo credit for Moonty on Flickr
Ahh, relationships. In the wake of Valentine’s dust, relationships are on the brain. It is a time of year when we are programmed to critique and evaluate our connections, and are left with two obvious evaluations: we like our relationships or we don’t. When I reference relationships I mean all of them, because love isn’t just romantic. Its...
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Gut Feeling Versus Brain: Who Wins?
Photo by spettacolopuro on Flickr
Do you think it or feel it? Decisions, that is. I do a little of both in most situations. I used to be all head and logic, thinking myself into a tornado of what-ifs. They would circle me at higher and higher speeds, increasing in number by the minute. Soon I was whipped into a frenzy of anxiety and frustration, when nothing had actually even happened yet. On...
January 2011
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Don't Like What you See? Be a Change Agent and...
Photo on Flickr by alasis
In life its really easy to say THAT SUCKS, THIS IS TOTALLY LAME or I WISH SOMEONE would do something (like make sleeping bags out of gummy bears – comfy and edible!). Its not very often I hear people stating workable solutions AND taking action in order to improve what they view as an injustice or challenge. Being a writer I have a platform to write about topics and...
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Forget Answers, Are you Asking the Right...
If you are looking to switch things up and get deeper into your creative groove or soul path, what are you doing to get there? Exercise, meditation, getting toxic people out of your life? Eating healthier and exercising more? Fantastic. You get a gold star AND a high five. However, in the midst of changing behavior patterns, people usually miss the most important element on the path to self...
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Life is a Conga Line Not a To-Do List
Photo by NortoriousJEN on Flickr
The holidays are gone and you are once again alone with your thoughts. Are you racing to start a million new projects? Tweeting your heart out? Or have your copious 2011 goals combusted into oblivion already? Maybe you are stalled at the starting gate as your ideas run amok like M&M’s on crack?
What ever your reasons (or excuses), I think one very...
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Change is Inevitable; Expansion is Choice
Photo by sheriffmiller on Flickr
Expansion. It’s a fun word because of all its potential implications. You can expand your business, your outreach, your waistline with multiple cookies, your horizons or…expand your MIND. They all sound like fabulous ideas (ok, maybe not ALL of them). But what does the term expansion really mean? By definition, expansion is the act of getting larger...
December 2010
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Release the Old to Welcome in the New Year with...
Photo by ~*Leah*~ on Flickr
As we prepare for the year to come to a close, the focus is usually already on the year ahead. You know…buckle down. Get clear. Make lists, Set goals. Get FIRED UP! However, in all the holiday hub bub, often we forget this time of year is also a very emotional one. We mix with family members and acquaintances we only see a few times of year and may not...
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Deep Down, Do You Really Know What's Good for You?...
People think they know what they need to feel good and fulfilled. More of this, less of that. Someone to bugger off for a while. A hug. A fight. More money. Less family. Anything sprinkled with chocolate shavings and kisses. The truth is, many people still aren’t sure at a deep, soul level. With the pressure of “shoulds” mashed with expectations, half-truths and delusions instigated by...
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Are Expectations Killing Your Dreams?
Painting by Nadia Minic, Light of a dream or hope for a new love
Dreams are everywhere, in successful and failed companies, in happy marriages or crumbling ones, in thriving careers and celebrity rehab. Once upon a time each dream was fresh, bright and had so much promise; little specks of hope, creativity and great ideas all rolled into one. Then expectations begin to creep in, those small,...
November 2010
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Rock a Feeling of Gratitude Year Round
Photo by: limevelyn
As we head into the holidays, bombarded by commercials and jammed shopping aisles, the idea of gratitude and thanks is often thrown in as an after thought. Its another angle to sell during “the season”. It vanishes by January when we are then overwhelmed with ads for getting in shape, as we drag around a big bag of shame from eating one too many holiday cookies and not...
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What I learned About Attachment from Technology
As many of you know by this point from reading my blog, I am a writer. I am tech savvy because I need to be in order to run my writing business and stay competitive, but on a personal level, I feel better being “unplugged”. I see technology as a tool, not necessarily a passion, and I am totally OK with that perspective – although I do have my favorite apps. At heart, I am a writer who uses pen...
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Rituals Make You a Better Person
As the cold weather creeps into Colorado, the smell of damp leaves and chill in the air gives me a feeling of going back to school. It happens every year, without fail. Since I have stopped taking the yellow school bus and ditched the boring math classes, I still find the need to settle into a routine to carry me through the chillier months. It helps me get grounded, focused and feel directed,...
October 2010
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Where is the Color in Your Life?
Where is the Color in Your Life?
When people wake up in the morning, often their first thoughts are about tasks or worrying about “what-ifs.” “How am I going to get through the day today? Is the commute going to suck? Are the kids going to get to school on time? Is my boss going to hassle me again? Am I going to find work today?… among several other arbitrary “what-ifs”.
These are...
September 2010
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Exploring Your Path, One Step At A Time
Is there a secret to life?
I can’t say that I know for sure what will bring you or anyone else endless happiness, but I do know this; its OK to change your mind and its more than OK to be lost at times. That is how we find our true path, by taking chances and detours that teach us, nurture us and put is through the fire. With each foot in front of the other one at a time you are only...
July 2010
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Expanding Creative Boundaries by Channeling my...
Tie Dye: An art form usually associated with unwashed hair, joints and general hippie-dom is much more than a throw back, its a great lesson in creative flow and inspiration. At least that is what I learned this holiday weekend. Yes, I was a tie dye virgin. I often admired the colorful, bleeding shapes on T-shrits and tanks, but never actually attempted this mystical, infamous 60s art form. So,...
June 2010
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What Gets you Out of Bed in the Morning?
Is it the duties of life, your pet’s butt in your face, screaming kids or your passions — the things you love more than anything else in the world? Your passion could be for watching murder mystery shows, speaking Klingon or simply sitting and meditating with a cup of tea. Whatever it is, that fire, that PASSION is what sustains you throughout life, so are you living yours? No one...
“The pen is the tongue of the mind.”
– Miguel de Cervantes
Release the Old to Inspire Creativity
As we move along in our hurried lives we collect. We collect ideas, habits, people and thought patterns. Then the realization hits us; we are bogged down feeling heavy, stuck or even trapped. The sudden desire to change something in our lives, anything, comes bubbling up in ways we never expected. We search for any way to find just a little breathing room, and that where the tough part comes...
May 2010
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“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to...”
– Scott Adams, cartoonist
Creative Kickstand: Time to Rev Up or Take a...
People often think creativity as an act of doing, when really it starts as a act of being. Being in the moment, being aware, being open to and delving into feelings; that is where you dive into the creative meat, the real deal. Seeds of inspiration come from observing so many things; yourself, your surroundings, your past, but they don’t always show up when you want them to. So, when you...
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The Fort Collins Taste Blends Community, Creative...
“The Taste” hosted at the Fort Collins Hilton last week was about more than fancy food samples; it was about bringing together caring members of the community to raise money for the Food Bank of Larimer County and Neighbor to Neighbor.
Over 30 local, non-chain restaurants from Fort Collins, Wellington, Windsor and Loveland participated and prepared food for an expected crowd of over 700...
April 2010
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Welcome!
My name is Creative Katrina, your muse, your creative fire starter, your guide to kicking your creative juices into overdrive and letting all of that good juju form itself into amazing projects, new ideas and inspirations. I will offer insights to help people to move through creative blocks, and share new ways to look at old patterns and transform your experience with them.
If you are tired of...