Every moment, we are creating, whether it’s a conversation, a painting, our day, our relationships, work, an email, a new thought, or a sandwich. It’s almost impossible to not create. Even when we meditate and move into a place of stillness, our creative minds are opening, and even more so during these times. So, why [...]
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What to do when you hit a creative wall
Whatever you work at, you are almost guaranteed to hit some sort of mental block at some point. You know the ones – suddenly, defrosting the freezer or reorganising your bathroom cabinet becomes the top priority on your to-do list. However, there’s no need to panic. Just because you’ve hit a block doesn’t mean that [...]
The creative process
I am an artist so I must know all about being creative – right! Except of course when I come to write this blog post about creativity and the creative process my mind goes blank and I can’t think of anything to write. So what to do…. Well here’s what I do when I get [...]
25 Ways to Stop Writer’s Block and Get Creative (Even When You’re Not “Feeling It”)
As part of Meg’s “30 Day Challenge” for March, I was asked to look at creativity—or a lack thereof—from a writer’s perspective. A task which forced me to get creative as most of my preventative measures against “writer’s block” have been set to “autopilot” over the years! But, after sitting down and really thinking about [...]
11 Ways You’re Already Creating Every Day
For many of us, art, craft, playing and experimenting – that little thing called creativity – was lost somewhere along the way when life got busy. As a teenager, I recall being mortified at the thought of someone finding out I pressed flowers. So I stopped. When I danced, the very essence of self-expression in [...]
Mindfulness, not Mindlessness, Meditation Made Easy
I recently had a client tell me that yoga and meditation don’t work for him. And, that he’s terrible at both. He gets in the poses, and his mind still jabbers in stressful conversation. He’s not the first person to express feelings of frustration and failure around such mindfulness activities. I, too, used to feel [...]
Meditation On The Go
Meditation has been part of my life for the last ten years and I can only vouch for the many benefits that it brought to my life. It helped me in facing my inner demons, keep me in focus, calmed me down and enriched my spiritual life. However, I’m not one of those meditation gurus/students [...]
How to change your life in just ten minutes a day
How to change your life in just ten minutes a day … Sounds like a claim from someone who wants to take a truckload of your hard earned cash, doesn’t it? The reality is that establishing a regular meditation practice of just ten minutes a day will transform your life on every level. Chronic stress [...]
The Space Between…Your Thoughts
Feeling anxious? Meditation can help with that. Feel down or depressed? You guessed it. Meditation. Want to feel more balanced and centered? Meditate. Want to loose weight? Meditate. Want to get off that pesky medication for high blood pressure? MED-I-TATE. Just want to do something good for yourself? Do I really have to say it [...]
4 Steps to Mindfulness
In today’s fast-paced world, we hardly have a spare minute to do the things for ourselves that help us stay energized and focused. By focusing for a few minutes a couple of times a day to intentionally breathe can completely change our disposition. A study out of the University of Pennsylvania shows that carving out a [...]
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