Archives for March 2013

Why You Avoid Creative Change and Stay Stuck

Electric creative change. It’s everywhere. In and between people. Around big, community shifting issues. Among business connections and collaborations. And as fresh creative ways of thinking and being are coming to the surface right now, it’s time to decide; same old comfy shoes this round or time for a fresh, sparkly pair of new kicks?   Sometimes fear chooses for us. “Same old shoes for me, thank you. I have enough crap I’m dealing with already.” Other times we pull out the dusty … [Read more...]

What to Keep or Toss When Spring Cleaning the Heart

  While spring sometimes inspires people to sift through the closets and tuck into that mess of a garage, the kind of spring cleaning I’m talking about is inner spring cleaning. As the external environment transforms around you, lifting your spirits or getting you in the mood to do some physical spic and spanning, you may not always give attention to the emotional baggage that really needs the heave-ho. Many people choose to cleanse the “inside” using detox programs, juicing or … [Read more...]

Creative Purpose and the Power of Crafting Inner Questions

There are big picture types of questions people often ask themselves when they are searching within for deeper, more heart-centered truths, the kinds of truths that make them who they are and give them a reason to open their eyes and move with creative purpose. And like with anything in life, the question you ask and how you ask it will provide the insight you need to move forward with confidence to make choices that balance head and heart. However, there is one question people often see as a … [Read more...]

Thoughts or Assumptions: What Rules Your Inner Guidance?

To assume is to make an ass out of “u” and “me” -- at least that is what my ninth grade math teacher used to say. And to be clear, math was not my favorite subject (except for geometry). I often went into class with assumptions in tow -- “this is going to be hard and confusing, math is boring, I wonder if I will be called out to look like an idiot in class” -- and they morphed into new assumptions when my initial thoughts did or did not come true. Since the teacher made a habit of walking down … [Read more...]