Maps are created by someone who has already done the journey. Your journey ahead is uncharted territory.

An honest look at what really gets in the way of us creating the life we really want.

Cultivating self belief is an ongoing job well worth having as a permanent fixture on the ‘to do list’.

Ready made creative beings we are, but we require so much more than just “time” in order to create something meaningful.

My confidence grew, I began to believe in myself again and my mission became clear again and most importantly the joy and excitement to be here on my mission burst back into life. I began to laugh again and to get great pleasure out of everything. I had remembered myself.

The creative process demands that you travel the width and depth of the spiral.

For me, and I suspect for others too, doing the same thing day in day out feels monotonous. I want to be alive to the variety of each day. ⠀

In the process of doing this exercise, we start to see more clearly whether the ingredients on the list we have made feature in the life we are living.

When we find something hard to grasp, we tend to pay too much attention to what we are learning. Instead, we should focus on how we are learning it. This is where a creative approach comes in.

Having lots of ideas is great but turning them into something real can feel like a maze of continual traps and hurdles. In this post we explore 3 three of the most common traps that keep us stuck and look at practical ways to help us get unstuck.

This is not a post about solving your money worries overnight or doubling your income by following a magic formula. You’re clever enough to sniff out that nonsense when you see it. This is a post about getting to know where you stand with money. When you build your money picture up step by step, based on honesty and patience, you can in time start to use your creativity to redesign the canvas.

Play is absolutely fundamental to the creative process. When we play we are free to experiment and try things without judgement. Play is how we make discoveries (aka mistakes). We’re more daring, risk taking and expansive when we play.

The trouble is, when you’re doing your own thing, you are the money department AND the ideas department. And the trick is, finding a way to really separate those two departments. Mentally, emotionally and practically.