Today I'm talking about how giving uncomfortable feelings SPACE to EXPRESS in your journal honours your feelings, your self and your dreams.
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Today is my monthly meeting with money, in my journal.
As you'll see, I don't sit down with a pile of cash or with cash flow projections - money journaling is a soul to soul meeting, to nurture my inner relationship with money.
Even when it feels like nothing is happening, you ARE developing your inner relationship with money by spending time with it like this, and this WILL open up new possibilities for what you and money can create together.
The Creative with Money Kit that I mentioned comes as a bonus when you join Dream Book.
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But, of course, this is an opportunity to share how to cure crankies using your journal, AKA art journaling for healing, so here it is:
Once you get into the flow with it, it's beautiful and soothing and gentle and effective.
Be gentle with yourself as you experiment with it, it can take some to get used to giving space to how you're actually feeling, and explore more about what you actually need.
Journal Challenge Day 9: How To Cure Crankies (Or Anything Else!) Using Your Journal Read More »
Today I sat down with my journal and promptly stumbled into a really common pitfall when it comes to using an art journal as a tool for manifesting dreams into reality... so I immediately stopped to record this video.
One thing I forgot to add to this is that I didn't mean to say to NEVER write about what's happening right now in your journal... stream of consciousness journaling practices like Julia Cameron's morning pages can be super helpful!
What I did mean is that it is helpful to have a separate journal as your creative dream journal, where you can keep your attention focused on holding the vision.
Having a journal where this is ALL you do can really help build up that energy. If you'd like a supportive + encouraging space to play along, filled with all the best tools for accessing + activating your magic join me in the Creative Dream Circle!
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Living your dreams is about living your truth. So learning how to HEAR your inner voice and learning to navigate by your internal compass is a huge part of bringing a dream to life. That's what I'm talking about today!
It may feel frustrating or like nothing is happening, but usually you have to get into the practice of listening before you start to hear anything.
Your intuitive voice is there - I promise. It's just that if you haven't spent a lot of time listening to it, it takes some time to start to be able to hear it.
Unfortunately the free video about making Creative Genius cards has been lost over the years. I do have a full class on this which you get with the bonuses in Dream Book.
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Creative people get a LOT of ideas! And it's too easy to jump on the inspiration train and invest (your heart, your time, your energy, your attention, your money) in an idea BEFORE you even know for sure if it's going to bring you closer to where you want to be.
Processing your ideas, getting to know them, being clear on where they came from, what qualities and experiences they can bring into your life and if they're going to help you get to where you want to be is a valuable process.
Finding clarity about all of this is PURE MAGIC. It saves time and energy and potential heartbreak. It helps you shift through too many ideas to find those absolute gems - the best ideas for you to pursue right now.
That's what I was doing in my journal today.
Journal Challenge Day 6: What To Do With ALL of Those Creative Ideas Read More »
Today I'm talking about the importance of pausing, resting + integrating and how that is NOT the same as "taking a break".
This is part of what makes journaling CREATIVE (ala CREATING your WORLD).
Your art journal practice is going to bring you insights and ideas and when it does you need to give yourself time and space to process, ground and integrate or else nothing is going to change.
Here is the link to the how to draw mandalas post.
Journal Challenge Day 5: The Magic of Grounding + Integration Read More »
As a HSP (highly sensitive person) overwhelm is something that I am very familiar with, so of course I have come up with a way to handle it in my art journal.
There's lot in today's video:
Journal Day 4: Clearing Overwhelm+ Finding Clarity Read More »
When I started this 30 day challenge, I knew at some point in this I would want to talk about how it's important that your journal be a space that welcomes all feelings - that there's nothing wrong with you if you feel sad or hopeless or whatever.
We all feel this way sometimes. And your journal can be a REALLY powerful place for working through these feelings.
So I knew it would come up, but I was hoping this would come up later than day 31
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I wanted to keep the videos under 5 minutes, but today's lesson is SO important I had to share the whole thing (10 minutes).
But putting on a happy face while trying to sweep something like disappointment under the rug actually sweeps your dreams + desires under the rug.
You know that you actually need to deal with disappointment. Finding ways to be with your disappointment (be with is different from wallow in!) transforms it and shows you the gifts in it.
This is how an art journal can help you deal with disappointment, by giving you a space to express and be with how you're feeling without making it, or you, wrong.
This morning I woke up nervous and unsure about this project - will it be interesting and inspiring? Will I run out of things to say? Will I just discover that this was a dumb idea?
But right now I am SO HAPPY I am doing this.
It started as a challenge to myself: to make a daily video to share my journaling practice more openly.
I did this in 2013 and now here we are in 2020 and people are still using those videos to journal along with me!
People keep telling me how helpful and inspiring it is to not be all alone in their journaling - some people have done this several times and learn new things about themselves each time.
You already know that journaling is magic.
Journaling helps you feel more centred, peaceful and sure of yourself. It helps you hear your inner voice more clearly.
Journaling helps you connect with your dreams!
But.. sometimes it's hard to journal CONSISTENTLY or to know what to write about!
Develop a habit of journaling every day (or close to it) so that you can get MORE of the amazing benefits of journaling.
Stick with your journaling practice when you want to give up. We ALL want to give up sometimes - but those times, when it feels really hard to journal, are actually the times when there are the most insights to be had.
(I show you EXACTLY how this works during the 30 day journal challenge)
HAVE MORE FUN in your journal.
HAVE MORE IDEAS for HOW to journal.
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The Rainbow~licious Creative Healing Circle starts Friday.
This morning, I started the day with my journal and markers, exploring what it is I want to get out of this experience.? Of course with any healing journey you tend to get what you need more than what you want, but still, I like to go in with a plan.
As I explored, I found that what it is I want to let go of is more important than what I want to bring in.
It’s easier and more fun to think about what you want to invite in, but if you don’t clear some space and make things nice and comfy for your guests, they’re not going to stay.
What I have found is that there is a ceiling on the amount and type of support some people are willing/able to give.? And there tends to be more support for “the underdog” than there is for “the empowered creative genius”.? Which is STUPID.
And it hurts.
And that hurt is messing with my vibe.? And causing me to doubt myself and (sub-consciously) look for ways to sabotage success and stay small so I don’t encounter more of it.
Which is bullshit.
So I have been sorting through and shining light and bringing clarity, wisdom and healing into these patterns and beliefs… creating space inside me so I can invite in more of what I want.
With meditation and journaling and CREATIVE PLAY.? Because this stuff is really hard and play makes it easier.
Creative journaling creates a space that allows for the magic of transformation to happen in really bautiful ways. (And if you didn’t guess from my photo above, you don’t exactly have to be a master artist to do it)
If you want to join me, the Rainbow~licious Creative Healing Circle is a gorgeous safe space for exploring what it is you need to get rid of, to make space for more of what you want in your life.? I would love to see you there!
PS If you’re curious about what happens the Rainbow~licious Creative Healing Circle you can read through the posts I wrote when I first did this Circle 2 years ago:
Of course, this is a healing journey so each journey is unique… you will have your own unique discoveries, revelations and transformations.
Healing the hurt of not feeling supported in my dreams. Read More »
Registration is now open for the Rainbow~licious Creative Healing Circle.
Ease.? Love.? Peace.? Knowing.? Inspiration.? Freedom.? Vitality.? Pleasure. Power.? Connection.
A whole summer of:
>>> Click here to register today.
I need this deeper commitment to my healing creative practice and all of the magic that that brings.? Bring! It! On!
This Circle is a container that holds and supports that commitment, and quite frankly – makes it easier to stick to.? (I am picturing a deep commitment to regular creative journal parties on the beach on this summer. Yum!)
This morning, as I was getting ready to open up registration, I journaled about what I want to get out of this Circle this summer and did a quick mind-map of what the Rainbow means to me:
>>> Click here to register today.
I look forward to playing with you, we’re going to have THE BEST TIME this summer.
I’ve got a wall in the dream loft that is 20 feet high by 20 feet wide that is EMPTY.? It’s a very big empty wall to have.
It’s hard to share photos of the dream loft because the angles are weird in some places and there’s a wall to wall south window on both floors that lets in so much light the shadows get weird.? But here goes, the first photo is the top – you can see the wall of the loft on the right, and the pom poms hanging up there, the second photo is on the main floor, which is beside my office space.
And I have finally decided what to do with it:? I am going to create a rainbow of healing chakra art for this wall!
With reds at the bottom, up to purples at the top.? Can’t you see it now?
As soon as I had this idea I got out my Rainbow~licious Creative Healing Circle kit, so I could use the meditations and prompts in the kit to help me make sure my art is crazy inspiring (I want to feel all filled up every time I look at this wall!).
Then I decided to share the magic (normally that kit is available only if you have the Creative Dream Incubator).
?So for this summer only you’re invited to play along! I’m opening up my Rainbow~licious Creative Healing Circle, from May 31 to Aug 20, 2013.
“The Rainbow” combines a Chakra Healing Session with a Healing Meditation Circle and a Creative Journaling Workshop – Healing, Transformation, Play and Fun all rolled into one.
I’ll be playing in the Circle all summer, and making a ton of art that is inspiring, healing and meaningful – hopefully enough art to fill this whole giant wall.
You can fill your walls with rainbow art, or keep your explorations in your journal – totally up to you.? You don’t even have to do art if you’re not into that part – you can focus on the healing and meditative aspects of the Circle.
The online classroom has space for you to share your photos and stories, and oodles of permission to participate only in the ways that feel fun and nurturing for you.
You can read all about it here.? We’re starting May 30, registration opens May 23.
You’re invited! A summer of rainbow~licious healing + art-making. Read More »
I started today with a meditation so intense I had to lie down and rest for 20 minutes after.
I have been reading The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks which is amazing.? It’s about the Upper Limit Problem, how we all have an upper limit to what we think is possible for us, and when we try to go beyond it, we sabotage ourselves.
I’m at the end of it, where he talks about how you have to transform your relationship with time in order to live a life of infinite possibilities.? This is not news to me.
Changing your relationship with time is a really basic aspect of Creative Dreaming.
If you don’t make time to do the things that light you up, if you don’t make time for your calling – well you’ll just continue to live a life that is not true to who you are.? And meanwhile you are making time for all this bullshit stuff that you say you don’t care about.? “I don’t have time” makes no sense at all.
“I don’t have time” is actually just code for “I’m not ready”.? When you’re ready you make time.? But what Gay Hendricks talks about in The Big Leap goes beyond that.
When I meditate on not being the source of time it feels cold, isolating, dis-empowering and like there is no way out.
But at first, when I meditated on being the source of time it just didn’t make any sense.
But that cold isolating powerless feeling is the opposite of how I want to feel about my life and my place in the universe.? And I know that beliefs foster feelings which foster actions.? And I know that it doesn’t matter if the beliefs are “true” or not, I have the power to choose beliefs that support me in feeling how I want to feel and living how I want to live – you can be happy or right and I choose happy.
So I knew I wanted to adopt the belief that I am the source of time, I just couldn’t see how I could believe it.
So I meditated on space.? Time and space are related.? Could I be the source of space?? And suddenly I grew as large as the universe and contained the entire, expanding universe within me.? Yes, I can be the source of space.
But time still felt outside of me.
And I thought about love and creativity because I know, like KNOW, that the source of love and creativity are inside of me.
Time appears different because we have all agreed on a way to measure it.? We don’t agree on a way to measure love or creativity, but other than that they are very similar to time.
And actually since we agree on how to measure time we tend to confuse our measuring system with the actual thing.
Time is not hours or seconds or years.? That is like saying your body is a measuring tape or a scale because that’s how you measure it.
No, time is very different from that.
And the source of time is inside me.
And the source of time is inside you.
Obviously I had a beautiful epiphany in my meditation this morning and now it’s time to ground myself in this belief.
It’s fascinating to discover that my view of time as being outside of me was cold, isolating and dis-empowering because as I shift into this new belief of time being inside of me it’s like my whole life moves into a new world of brightness and possibility. Exciting.
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