Start Before You're Ready
More than time, talent, or luck, these three factors can bring a creative vision to life: persistence, openness to learning through failure, and starting before you're ready.
Creativity
Creativity is our birthright; like air and water, I think we need it to live well. Creativity is expansive and fluid, and we can let it come into our lives in many ways -- through traditional art-making activities, through hobbies, through work, and problem-solving. I hope you pursue creative flow activities often.
Start Before You’re Ready: Creative Courage and the Power of Experimentation (Part 8)🎧Episode 71
My mom's 8th lesson: Start before you are ready, and nurture your creativity through courageous experimentation.
Take Notice of Little, Beautiful Things — Lessons My Mama Taught Me (Part 3)🎧Episode 66
Take Notice of Little, Beautiful Things 🎧Episode 66
An Easeful Season of Life
As I enter my 60s, I'm feeling the onset of an easeful season of life, where the painful overthinking, anxiety, and "should-haves" lessen and are sometimes replaced by mindful acceptance.
Return to You: Creativity, Identity, and the Art of Being Yourself🎧Episode 63
Living authentically may be easier said than done, but we stand the best chance of success when we reach for these tools: mindfulness, creative expression, and our own brand of madness.