It’s so easy to let a whole day go by without saying even one nice thing to yourself. In fact, I bet it’s not even something that crosses your mind during the day...yet, if someone else gives you a compliment, you cherish it. In fact, you probably live on the creative high the whole day! Why is this distinction important? The inspiration to create comes when you feel safe and confident in who you are and believe in what you are creating. So, if you aren’t providing … [Read more...]
Weekly Creativity Kick-Start: Say 3 Nice Things to Yourself Every Day
February 17, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Follow the Chaos to Creative Inspiration
February 13, 2014 By 2 Comments
Chaos may seem like the enemy, but to the creative part of your soul, it’s the catalyst for real, heart-driven, soul-tingling inspiration. There are gifts in the chaos that greet us, gifts that empower us to embrace change and heal what blocks our creative flow, leading us straight to “THE” idea. So when chaos shows up in your life and space, how you do work with it? Hide, delve into distractions or meet it straight on? There is no right way, only your way to work with chaos, but … [Read more...]
Weekly Creativity Kick-start: Release with Peace
February 10, 2014 By Leave a Comment
In a “doing” culture that constantly focuses on growth and moving forward, it’s easy to overlook the beauty of sweet release and how it can expand your creativity. There’s only so much head and heart space available and when it’s cluttered with old fears, disappointments or other people’s problems, creative inspiration can get crowded out of the picture altogether. So do you have a release plan, or in other words, a way to bless and finally let go of what has served you but is now free to … [Read more...]
How your Values Impact your Creative Drive
February 6, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Creativity starts with a spark of inspiration, but a spark is just a spark unless your creative drive kicks in to put energy and motivation behind an idea to take it further. What fuels the creative drive? A sense of intrinsic value and purpose, something that you may not even realize is operating behind the scenes and impacting your creative view. So when is the last time you even thought about what you value or how you came to value it? It might be time to tune-up those filters and … [Read more...]
Weekly Creativity Kick-Start: Pick a Power Theme
February 3, 2014 By 2 Comments
Nothing gets creativity moving like a power theme, helping you focus on a key strength as creative fuel. A power theme acts as a thread that strings together all of your ideas and goals through a common focus. That way, when the mind and attention wander, you have a tool to help reground and focus your attention and efforts in an organized way. A power theme can be as simple as one word or as long as a clear statement. It helps to sit in quiet meditation, go for a walk or do some activity on … [Read more...]
Edging Past your Creative Safety Zone
January 30, 2014 By Leave a Comment
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...]
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...]