Each and every one of us has a creative “no no” zone, or in other words, clear boundaries that define where your creative safety zone begins and ends. Stepping on your tippy toes and stretching your arms up and out, beyond what you know as truth, is more than an exercise of being willing to dare. It’s a bold step forward into the black, dark void of creative possibility, but that’s where all the fun starts. Sounds ominous right? Well, darkness does get a bad rap sometimes. That’s why it can … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2014
Weekly Creativity Kick-Start: Create a Brag Book
January 27, 2014 By Leave a Comment
This week’s creativity kick-start is all about supporting your own creative mojo with a little self-made brag book. When feeling stuck or blocked, it can be hard to remember your successes or all the little ways others remind you of your talents and gifts. A brag book is a very effective inspirational tool to call on when you feel your spark is missing. It helps reopen your eyes to see the creative truth of your abilities way beyond the blank canvas. Putting Together your Brag Book to … [Read more...]
Are you Too Attached to a Specific Creative Picture?
January 23, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The way you see your creative self is guided, in part, by a combination of past experiences and future expectations. You know what works and what doesn’t, what was painful and what was best left as an “experiment”. This view influences your perspective on all sorts of things, including the specifications you use to rate creative projects, client interactions or new ideas as potential successes or failures. This approach is perfectly understandable -- until you go back to the first sentence of … [Read more...]
Creativity Kick-Start:Creative Fuel
January 20, 2014 By Leave a Comment
A creative life calls for fuel that supports your mind, body and spirit, preparing you to take action on your “hits” of inspiration. The ability to act on creative impulses in the moment requires a sense of being in touch with what moves you -- and that’s hard to decipher if you are frequently sluggish, distracted by “monkey mind” or barely move out of your office chair. To get clear on the balance of mind, body and spirit that is ideal for you throughout the day, it’s important to know what … [Read more...]
Creativity or Guilt, Which One is Winning?
January 16, 2014 By Leave a Comment
It’s easy to say you want to spend time on your creativity and expand into a more playful, creative life. When it comes to actually doing it, there are a host of reasons that easily turn into excuses and then obstacles -- especially once the mind digs in. The most common distraction? Guilt. One thing the mind is great at creating all day long are ways to make you feel guilty. Do any of these statements sound familiar? So much to do...who has time for creativity? No space to do my … [Read more...]
Weekly Creativity Kick-Start: Find Your Space
January 13, 2014 By Leave a Comment
For this week's creativity kick-start tip I wanted to talk about the location of "your space". Where you decide to decompress or tune in to your inner creative guidance is just as important as what you do once you settle in for this special personal time. So where is yours? I have a few go-to spots, some indoors and some outside. I like to switch them up depending on the time of day and where I'm at in my mental space. If I'm too cued up and in my head, I go for a walk or sit out in the grass … [Read more...]
Opening Awareness to your Creative Flow in Daily Life
January 9, 2014 By 4 Comments
It’s easy to say you want to be more connected to your creative flow in daily life. Yet, if I ask most people what being in the creative flow looks or feels like, it’s not easy to explain. So, is it necessary to always “know” if you are in creative mode instead of just riding the wave of inspiration? Not at all. However, if you are feeling more and more disconnected from yourself, or if flickers of creativity seem to be missing from your life altogether, it can be a sign that your … [Read more...]
Weekly Creativity Kick-Start
January 6, 2014 By Leave a Comment
When I was brainstorming new ways to support my readers in 2014, I started out by thinking about where people get stuck most when attempting to connect with their inner creative spark. The simple answer? The biggest challenge is being able to tap into, utilize and share our natural creative talents as part of every day life. Creativity is not a "special sauce" you take out of the cupboard once and a while when you need to kick-ass on a project or impress someone. It's a natural part of every … [Read more...]
Creative Power Lies in Your Personal Practice
January 2, 2014 By 1 Comment
At the start of the new year it can feel like you want to change everything at once to kick-start your creative power. The inspiration to change something, anything, is in the air and it can be very intoxicating. So when you feel the urge to switch things up and fuel your creative power, where do you start -- with habits visible to the outside world or by crafting and committing to a new personal practice? While there isn’t a specific magical balance of these two internal/external forces … [Read more...]