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The Five Phases of the Creative Process
If you want be unstoppable, you have to understand the creative process. By knowing where you are in the cycle, you reduce unrealistic expectations and the possibility of getting blocked.
Continue reading20 Quotes to Inspire Your Creative Mojo
I love quotes. I keep a growing collection of good quotes in my bullet journal.
Continue readingThe Inner Tyrant: Don’t Fight. Retreat.
If you’ve been paying attention you may have noticed the blog was quiet this past month. (The Mary Oliver poem was just a flare I sent up to let you know I was still around.) I needed a retreat.
Continue readingLessons from a Chickadee: Nova Scotia Life
A chickadee flew into my life between snowstorms and brought with it two important reminders for me.
Continue readingShowing my Creative Heart Some Love
Mother Nature wasn’t showing much love yesterday. She hammered us with a huge blizzard here in the Maritimes.
Continue readingHow to make creative space even when you have no space
When it comes to pursuing our creative passions, there seem to be three problems that come up over and over: lack of time, space and funds. I shared some time solutions in an earlier post so let’s talk about finding space.
Continue readingWhy You Need to Stop Hiding Your Creativity
For way too long, creativity took second place to my ‘real’ life. Like most of you reading this, there was a family to raise, relationships to nurture and a living to make. A year ago I was devouring Brene Brown’s book “Daring Greatly” and decided to embrace her concept of “Wholeheartedness” as a way to live. I […]
Continue readingFire Up Your Imagination: 5 Creativity Fuels
Some days, especially in the dead of winter, my imagination gets hungry. Just like my physical self, it needs to refuel. Here are five ways I feed my imagination creative ideas and inspiration.
Continue readingAre you a Renaissance Soul, too?
I spent a lot of years wondering why I couldn’t choose just one thing and stick with it. (I’m sure my husband, who tends to be laser-focused often wondered the same thing). If you peeked inside my studio you could be forgiven for not know exactly what my passion was. Painting? Writing? Quilting? Knitting? Turns out I […]
Continue reading3 Secrets to Help You Achieve Your Dreams
Short bursts of concentrated action have become my ‘secret weapon’ to reaching my goals.
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