This last month I led the Creative Heroine facebook community towards one new creative endeavor. A creative endeavor that was going to support them in more fully expressing themselves in all areas of their lives.
Ah, connecting to our juicy, creative nature! It's like going back home…
Scratch that, it IS going back home.
During the month of January, we called the creative endeavor our "soul food”. It consisted of one thing that equally excited and unnerved us, that was the challenge.
The "soul food" we chose was to bleed us to our edges and, in doing so, speak to the soulful core of who we are (all passion and possibility!). It would also, as an added bonus, of course, feed all other parts of our lives and all of our titles too (mom, friend, business owner, nurturer, boss, manager, wife, etc.).
It's true, when we re-engage with our creativity, our life force, everyone wins…
What's ONE thing that equally excites and unnerves you — AND is it time to take it on so that you make happiness and expression your business?
I chose singing lessons as my "soul food" (honest report: I have no natural talent but getting a little better every Friday) while other ladies chose meditation, playing an instrument, running, writing their first song, you name it!
It was a fun time of going within (and watching others do the same) and tuning into just what creativity and being a Creative heroine is all about:
creativity = your soul's voice. The unlimited resource deep inside that helps you move from problem to solution, more quickly each time, in hopes of expressing more of who you really are.
Creative Heroine = you. A soulful woman filled with depth and daring. You could call her "beauty rising up from the chaos" (don't we all have "chaos" that we've re-branded as "experience" or "wisdom"?). It's this light you have on inside (see photo below) that lights the way, moving you from problem to solution, in hopes of expressing more of who you really are.
"Expansion" by sculptor Paige Bradley
Listen to the clip below not to judge yourself but to simply take note and usher in a mindfulness that will eventually lead you beautifully to a solution in life or business: https://soundcloud.com/michelle-ghilotti-mandel/creative-blocks-creative-heroine-talk-at-ignite-in-england-2014
IGNITE 2014, Birmingham England
See if any of the blocks I mention in this short clip ring true for you. And if none do, ask yourself what is normally blocking your creativity, flow or ability to move from problem to solution quickly in life or business?
Lastly and most importantly, what are you in the practice of to move through those blocks? Could it be that moving on your version of "soul food" will help you do this with more ease? (My singing lessons this last month have helped me in a big way find creative solutions to so many things in my life)
I'll be sharing another clip on Three Ways to Nurture Your Creativity soon so stay tuned.
That said, this year we will be serving up a lot more free trainings, helpful worksheets as well as bringing groups like the Creative Heroine community together that will all be focused on dancing with all things expression and with creating the brand of woman we know ourselves to be.
Ultimately, working on ourselves is what creates successful relationships in both business and life.
The 10-minute "Creative Heroine" clip is just the first of many topics and soundbites to be shared with you, with love.
I hope 2015, a powerful "8" year in numerology, is off to a passionate start, Creative Heroine.
Life is good,
p.s. Toasting to your light with my green tea this morning.