It’s very human to set a goal without playing it through in our mind and anticipating some of the challenges. I make this mistake all the time. And I’d probably be out of a job if it wasn’t an almost universal trait. Hiring a coach is a good way to go, but starting with these steps will go a long way.

Have you ever been working away at your creative project and felt the inspiration and motivation just drain out of you? Maybe it came on slowly like a leak in a tire, or maybe it knocked the wind out of you like the rug was pulled out from under your feet. Either way,
Welcome to your rest cycle! Here’s how to navigate it.

The inner critic has a really important job to do. It has been training for years. The more you push it away the more it will pop up because it is a clever mechanism for keeping you alive.
The critic uses any means to prevent us from being rejected. It berates us to keep us from being berated by others. Bigger, scarier others that used to stand between us and resources back when we were too small to get them for ourselves.

The (almost) universally prescribed cure for creative flourishing is a creative practice. Whether it’s illustrated journalling, morning pages, a dance or music practice. I recommend this a lot, but I’m here to say that it’s not the only answer. I promise you can unlock your creativity and improve at your craft without rigorous creative practice, productivity habits or even being consistent at all.

I frame my work around creativity in the context of the abundance of nature. If the natural world is so abundant and diverse then it means that you, as part of the natural world are adding to its diversity and subject to its abundance the same as any other creature.

Ok, cool you might say. But what if I don’t live near nature? Do I have to move to the (so-called)Canadian woods or the jungles of Bali to feel this connection?

No. You don’t. And I’ll tell you why.