Dancing with the creative shadow is mysterious and alluring, like dabbling in magic without knowing the backstage insider tricks. Yet, it’s really just another aspect of you offering the ultimate invitation -- to dive in and enjoy the ride of creative self-discovery. The question is, are you curious enough (or frustrated enough) to jump in and see what the shadow has to offer? The creative shadow is the inner evolution of how you connect to your full authentic self, both the light and dark. … [Read more...]
Connecting all of your Creative Selves Deepens Perspective Ten-Fold
August 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Connecting all your creative selves sounds like a fancy art film title, right? Abstract and intriguing. Bold and courageous. Unpredictable and gorgeous. Kind of like you. Except most people don’t even think they’re creative at all, let alone have various creative aspects within themselves to play with at any given time. In fact, it’s these diverse aspects that help make up the “creative you”, allowing you to experience life as something more than one-dimensional. The question is, are you ready … [Read more...]
Is there a Creative Success Formula?
August 8, 2013 By 2 Comments
Is there a creative success formula? A series of steps that when done, to the letter, will create abundance, acknowledgement and happiness? It’s a big question with a simple answer -- yes and no. The bigger question is what is creative success to you, and what are you willing to do, or not do, to move towards it? The Fantasy of “Making It” Let’s get real; we each have our own fantasy of what “making it” looks and feels like if money were no object. This type of prompt helps you break free from … [Read more...]
How Personal Values Can Block Creativity
August 1, 2013 By 2 Comments
Ever take a moment to think about your personal values? Where they came from and how they influence you? How your unique guidance system came into being and if it’s really serving you? Despite knowing what your values feel like to you, it can be extremely eye-opening to clearly define them and discover how they can sometimes quietly block your creativity under the radar. By definition, personal values are the core beliefs, concepts and philosophies you hold about life, its purpose and your … [Read more...]
The Power of Calling in the Explorer’s Mind Perspective
July 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Intensely rich moments leave very clear memories in their wake. While living through the actual experience, you suddenly feel hyper aware of everything. Exhilarated and slightly afraid at the same time, these pivotal moments are firey, intense and life-changing to the core, as you dive down into new territory with an open “explorer’s mind”. At times, you really have no other choice. Most of the time, however, life is led by a more passive pace, guided by the same perceptions, habitual … [Read more...]
Tune into Your Inner Voice for Truth, the Rest is Just Static
July 18, 2013 By 2 Comments
Self-motivated change is one of the benefits of being human. You can decide at any point to change your life completely. Pick up and move. Quit a job or kickstart a new career. Begin a relationship or finally put an old one out of it’s misery. And while making these big choices (as well as all the small ones that follow) your powerful inner voice is by your side. Your rock. The trusty friend that takes all our phone calls and is available at all hours. But in times of big change you can get … [Read more...]
Kick a Rut in the Butt Using Space Not Force
July 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
I flew back into Denver from from Portland, Oregon, late last night and I’m still processing all of my adventures, as I put off unpacking and phone calls and open up to a new creative flow. My brain is lighter. Heart, more open. Body, stronger, and energy more in balance. Before I left I would not have identified myself as being in a rut, until I was miles away from the familiar and cozy. Then I saw the rut looking back at me. Clear. Unfolding. Unraveling in my expanded head and heart space, no … [Read more...]
What Average has to do with Being Creative
July 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
As I write this blog post I’m sitting outside of Deschutes Brewery in Portland, Oregon enjoying a delicious meal at this "must-see" spot recommended by former Portland gal and Feasting Fort Collins blogger, Kristin Mastre. I'm waiting at a small outside table sampling their phenomenal 25th Anniversary Imperial Porter, Black Butte XXV (sorry Fort Collins, mecca of beer!), waiting for my main meal, and I start thinking about how lucky I am to be having this experience, right now. This isn’t … [Read more...]
Change your Venue, Change your Creative View
June 27, 2013 By 1 Comment
Ever feel like life is just OK? Not good, not bad but just...OK? No spark? Routine-driven? Bland? It’s part of the human journey of course, (life can’t glide at a roller-coaster pace every day), but it’s important to realize when the routine takes over, creativity is diminished by assumed expectations and a slew of mediocre results that rarely change. So you don’t either. And then you become attached to the dependable results because, they’re, well...dependable. Life as usual is good for the … [Read more...]
Top Ten Inspirational Books for your Summer Reading List
June 20, 2013 By 1 Comment
Summer starts this week in the northern hemisphere, and for many folks, it’s a time to settle in for some good summer reading. Coincidentally, I’ve recently have been thinking about how much I love my friends “aka books” -- and how often I turn back to them again and again for renewed guidance, hope and inspiration. My books have worn, folded pages, countless sticky notes and pencil underlines (I NEVER use pen in my books). I also rarely read books all the way through in one go, yet when I pick … [Read more...]