wholeselfcreative3 minOwning Who You AreYou know those effortlessly confident people? They walk into any room and seem to feel at home. They look entirely comfortable doing the...
wholeselfcreative5 minClient Spotlight: Terri M. Allow me to introduce my client Terri, whose work is imaginative, thought-provoking, and revealing of her rich inner world. The varied...
wholeselfcreative2 minBook Review: Sweet Bean PasteThis year marked my 20th cherry blossom season in Japan, and it was a true stunner. The blossoms burst forth in all their usual places,...
wholeselfcreative1 minJournal Prompts for Creative Blossoming Journal practices often flourish through prompts, so here are a few for you! As the world turns toward spring in the northern hemisphere,...
wholeselfcreative2 minTools for Creative Blossoming Spring is upon us, and what an inspiration it can be! As we watch the outside world come into its own and burst into color, our own...
wholeselfcreative2 minYour Creative Voice When you think about creative voice, what comes to mind? Do you think about how your favorite filmmaker has a style you get plunged into...
wholeselfcreative4 minBook Review: Find Your Artistic Voice by Lisa CongdonWhat is your creative voice, exactly? We hear it talked about it so often in creative spaces, but so rarely defined. When you think of...
wholeselfcreative2 minBook Review: Fierce Self-Compassion by Kristin NeffWhat does compassion for ourselves have to do with creativity? Well, more or less everything. To keep our creativity flowing, we need...
wholeselfcreative2 minInner Critic Says What?In our driven, ambitious, goal-oriented world, many of us are taught that the only way to get things done is to push. That might mean...
wholeselfcreative2 minWhy's Creativity So Inconsistent? Ever notice that sometimes your creativity flows from you effortlessly and abundantly, whereas other times it feels like pulling teeth?...
wholeselfcreative1 minStart with Self-Trust A strong creative practice is built on a foundation of self-trust. Which really just means that you know you can rely on yourself to be...
wholeselfcreative2 minMarkers of Creative Confidence What does it mean to feel creatively confident? How do you know when that elusive feeling you've been after has finally taken hold?...
wholeselfcreative2 min14 Ways to Loosen Up Creative surrender isn't always easy. We have ideas about how we want things to turn out, and the image we have in our mind rarely...
wholeselfcreative2 minDoes Discipline Have to Suck? Creative? Chances are pretty good that you're rebellious too. You might not rebel in all the stereotypical ways, but you very likely buck...
wholeselfcreative5 minClient Spotlight: Jordana M. Meet my client Jordana, who's a teacher and visual artist. She's currently writing and illustrating a children's book, and loves to talk...
wholeselfcreative2 minFour Ways to Find FlowWhat do you do when you just can't find flow? When you're in a place of confusion, or don't know where to get started, or just feel like...
wholeselfcreative3 minWhen nothing you're trying worksEver find that you want quick, easy answers for what's stopping us from creating? You start to think if you could just clean that one...
wholeselfcreative2 minStuck? Try This. Sometimes stuck-ness starts with not knowing where to begin. It feels like too much--like you've been away from your project too long, or...
wholeselfcreative2 minPressing Pause How do you know when it's time to pause? Is it that sense of droopiness? A lack of motivation? The sheer inability to do what it is you...
wholeselfcreative2 minFeeling blocked? Soften up. When you imagine a creative dream, does some concrete goal come to mind? Very often, creative dreams mean we want to complete a certain...