Archives for August 2015

Nurturing the Creative Spirit in the Face of Criticism and Self-Judgment

The essence of your creative spirit is eternal. It’s a natural flow that moves through you; an effortless presence that doesn’t require work...until you add in criticism and self-judgment.   These emotional and/or mental blocks take away the power of the creative spirit and all it offers, leaving you with doubt and fear of what’s ahead and all the ways it may change you or your life. It starts as a seed that quickly spreads to your view of everything, leaving you feeling anxious or … [Read more...]

Tuning into the Energy of your Creative Path Each Day

  The creative path is an alluring distraction, passion-igniter, personal development tool, friend and more, all wrapped into one.   When you need a break from the pace of life your creative path is there, imagination sparked and ready. As a healthy distraction, it serves to replenish and balance your mind, body and spirit as you work hard and give to others. It also acts as an invitation to dream and embrace what’s possible by stepping away from what you’ve come to know as … [Read more...]

To Fulfill your True Purpose, Freely Share the Power of your Creative Light

  The creative light within every person has a purpose. It’s a way to experience personal joy and fulfillment by fully expressing your unique traits in the world. The other essential aspect of your creative light is how it enables you to connect with others and share freely, so you may each directly experience gifts you don’t have personally.   When you look at the big picture, often what divides us is what we think we do or do not have. Yet, if every single person had the … [Read more...]

The Active Balance of Striving for and Celebrating Creative Milestones

  How you set and work towards creative milestones can be an interesting little window into how you think and treat yourself. It’s also a way to get some insight on the cause of a recurring creative block in your life.   Are you often making big grand plans that feel right, then focus on how fast they are (or aren’t) happening rather than the creative joy you are experiencing or the lessons you are learning? I’ve been there, done that.   Is it hard for you to be … [Read more...]

Creative Simplicity Starts When you Break Free from the Known

  The idea of breaking free from the familiar can seem complicated and messy, but it’s how you move beyond the rules you create for yourself to connect with creative simplicity.   Creative simplicity is a term I’ve come up with to describe what I strive for in my own life. It’s that sweet spot of being in the creative flow while freeing the mind, emotions and releasing judgments so I can be with what is.   I see creative simplicity as practice not a goal, and it’s … [Read more...]