Music is one powerful emotional influencer. It inspires and uplifts. Helps us deal with tough times, break-ups and that pesky old baggage we need to heal and release. It brings us closer to understanding our life and emotions as we see ourselves through an artist’s eyes, and can also help alleviate feelings of loneliness and disconnection. When we listen to music, we are no longer limited to a set of headphones hooked into a stationary stereo or record player. It’s on our … [Read more...]
Observe Everything With an Open Mind and Stay Curious to Fine-Tune Intuition and Creative Awareness
May 16, 2016 By 2 Comments
When it comes to shaping your creative eye and intuitive gifts, you already have one of the most powerful free tools available - the ability to observe. The act of observation is a treasure chest filled with great toys to play with at any time. How you choose to use them is the key to amping up or diminishing their impact on your personal development path or life. In many ways, our life purpose is nothing more than to make sense of our world and how we relate … [Read more...]
Actively Play With Your Inner Journey Process to Kick-Start Creative and Intuitive Insights
May 9, 2016 By Leave a Comment
The inner journey process is a very unique, sacred and personal process. While we may be inspired by what other creatives, spiritually awakened or successful people do to make the most of their creativity and intuitive gifts, it’s still only a seed of external insight until we put it into practice. Beyond what we learn from models and mentors, each of us need to shape a way to “go within” that works for how we think, the ways we tend to get stuck and the desires that move … [Read more...]
Inspirational Power of Smell: Part 2 of Ways to Tap into Intuition and Spark Creativity
April 25, 2016 By Leave a Comment
The power smell has over us, our intuition and creativity is quite remarkable. It can evoke good and bad memories, feelings of fear or comfort, spark initial gut insights about someone or transport us to another time and place. What we “smell” can also lead us towards something or away from it, and draw our attention down a new and interesting path of creative exploration. While we often experience smells, we don’t always stop and think about all of the ways … [Read more...]
Redirecting the Mind’s Relentless Review of What We Create
March 28, 2016 By 1 Comment
The mind is only one aspect of who we are, but it tends to run the show a lot of the time. Take the power of the mind and combine it with our “inner software” - fears, challenges, old patterns and varying levels of confidence and it runs off, rethinking, reworking and trapping us in a relentless review of what we create. Sometimes it can seem like the mind just loves to dig back into spots we thought were a clean slate, dragging us into a previous version of ourselves or … [Read more...]
Trust the Inner Muse to Lead the Way
March 21, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Have you ever taken the time to meet your inner muse? How does it speak to you? In zaps of energy, flashes of insight or through a craving you can’t explain? None or all of the above? The inner muse can be a slow, soft nudge or a bright beacon of instant clarity - it’s range is as diverse as the number of people on earth. The essence of what it wants to share goes beyond specifics, reaching into the deeper realms of the creative void we cannot yet see but feel called to explore. Rumblings of … [Read more...]
Creative Cycles are a Window to the True You
March 14, 2016 By 2 Comments
The waxing and waning of our creative cycles is a very powerful personal transformation tool that offers a window into the true self. Our inner creative force is tuned into what’s needed and what’s not being nourished. It illustrates what we are drawn to create, build or recharge within our own heart to feel whole and happy. This same creative energy flow is also tied to the cosmos, and guides us to express ourselves as an extension of the divine in countless ways. The … [Read more...]
Discovering the Core Needs of Your Creative Soul
March 7, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Creativity is the act of envisioning something new, taking tactical steps to build the vision you see, and listening to the intuitive guidance of your creative soul - all as one combined effort. The action aspect of creativity is often where people focus because it’s more results-oriented and tangible. We can see the fruits of our labor and receive feedback from the external world to validate or influence how we see our own creations and in some ways, measure our … [Read more...]
Release, Surrender and Opening Up to Creative Renewal
February 29, 2016 By 1 Comment
As we cycle through the seasons, a natural rhythm evolves in the external world related to the earth, as well as in our inner world through creative renewal. In spring it’s about planting seeds and taking care of them. When summer rolls around, we are surrounded by what’s grown ripe. In fall, harvest is in full swing, as we collect the bounty of what we’ve planted. In winter, the dormant earth reminds us to turn inward in order to release what’s not growing to begin again, guided by … [Read more...]
Third Eye Chakra: Inner Wisdom, Emotional Intelligence and Creative Intuition
February 15, 2016 By 3 Comments
The third eye chakra acts as our direct connection to higher consciousness, ushering in amazing, soul-fulfilling jolts of creative inspiration. Think of it as the space where self-awareness, imagination and intuitive guidance meet, enabling us to focus and create something in alignment with the truth of who we are at our core. As the “virtual” eye between our two physical ones, the third eye chakra reaches beyond physical seeing and invites us to step into inner knowing; … [Read more...]