Reflective Practice Via Creative Connection
As the days get colder and the days are darker, a different kind of light needs to shine through. This time of year finds me doing a lot more reflecting: writing, art journaling, and inner visioning. It’s a process that I engage in every year to set a tone for the year ahead. In previous […]
Tapping into Creativity
When I was much younger, less cares, or so it seems in retrospect (but its all relative really) I use to just naturally gravitate toward activities which I enjoyed. I never carved out time for self-care, I just did it. Yes, I scheduled in massage appointments (even more than I do now) and went to […]
The Journey of Art
December is here and my Doodle Journey e-course has finished. As I worked through the course myself, my inner critic tried to interfere with my doodle journey discouraging my loose and somewhat “messy” style. It was a practice in letting go of judgement, though even as I write this post and prepare to upload some of […]
Making Room for Creative Expression
One of the main things that I hear over and over that gets in the way of maintaining a creative practice is not having the space. First there is the literal and practical question of a physical environment for art making. And then there is the question of motivation, or perhaps more accurately put, what may be […]
Deeper Self-Care
Self-care is something we all know about but don’t necessarily take the time to do. Wether it is relaxing with a favourite book ( non work related), taking time to prepare a nutritious meal, getting some fresh air out in nature or taking some creative “me” time. As much as I know self-care is important […]
Digging Deep Via Creativity
Digging deep into the unknown crevices of your emotional life can sometimes be daunting, even uncomfortable. Its easier to pretend like it does not exist rather than to explore it through our creativity. Why is it that inner reflection so important? The stuff we ignore can stifle us, and block us from moving forward. […]
Tapping into Creative Flow
My Spectrum online workshop Windows to Your Soul will go live on August 22nd! I had originally thought that the workshop would be smaller, but as I was going through the process of organizing it and pulling from my outline of ideas, it began to expand and grow in ways I had not imagined. […]
Create Each Day
What if you had the power to create your day the way you wanted to? Things would run in ways that felt right to you. You would feel connected to your purpose for life. Though it may seem like a far away fantasy, I believe that there is a way to do this: by […]
Create Self-Love
Want love? Create it! Sometimes we forget to give ourselves the much-needed messages of encouragement and love that we so easily give to our friends and loved ones. Sometimes it is a matter of rewriting the scripts to undo old habits of negative self-talk that do not serve us. Today make your Self a promise […]
Part of the Process
One thing that I always come back to when stuck is the notion that there really is no stuck. This “stuck” or “creative block” is in a sense a figment of our imagination. We feel stuck, think stuck, but is it really stuck? Feeling stuck is so common for creatives, and frustrating too. It is easy […]