This week marks the official start of what I refer to as my annual Season of Insanity. Just about every year, for the past several years, I have gifted myself with three experiences of creative immersion, three “islands of time” that have become almost sacred events on my calendar. Very few things are important enough…
Category Archives: Weekly Review
How May I Be of Service?
If you’ve been following me for awhile, you may have noticed the big changes happening here on the Living A Creative Life site. I do tend to dive right in the deep end, and now I realize it’s high time for an explanation. So let me back up and fill you in. I started my…
Fear, Resistance, Stuckness and the Irresistible Draw of the Non-Urgent | Weekly Review #60
Here’s how it works: 1) You flail around for a time, not knowing what you’re doing, wondering if you’ll ever figure it out. 2) The haze lifts, it all miraculously starts to become clear, and you begin to lock in on a direction. 3) Now that you have a clear direction, not only do ideas…
Happiness Comes from Doing, So What Keeps You from Doing It?
Let me ask you a question: What makes you happy? Have you spent time really looking into that question? Do you know what gives you joy, what makes your soul dance and your heart sing? And here’s the bigger question: are you doing it? Because here’s a secret: Happiness comes from doing I figured out…
Insomnia, Action Studio, and Popcorn Epiphanies | Weekly Review #58
So how’m I doing in my quest to re-invent my life, follow my evolving Blisses and create the life I really, really want? I just spent a week in a time machine. At least that’s how it felt. The past seven days have gone by in a flash, but on the other hand it feels…
Creative Abundance Requires Courage | Weekly Review #57
So how’m I doing in my quest to re-invent my life, follow my evolving Blisses and create the life I really, really want? Scene: A dark restaurant. New Orleans. Heart of the French Quarter. The food was outstanding (accompanied by the lazy ritual of watching filtered water drip through a sugar cube to opalesce a…
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Artist | Weekly Review #56
So how’m I doing in my quest to re-invent my life, follow my evolving Blisses and create the life I really, really want? In all the hustle and bustle, I forgot I was a musician. This is what happens when you’ve got multiple Blisses. Or at least it’s what happens to me. I learned years…
Going AWOL, Life & Business Triage, and Leveling UP | Weekly Review #55
So how’m I doing in my quest to re-invent my life, follow my evolving Blisses and create the life I really, really want? – You may have noticed that the Weekly Review went AWOL. If you were wondering why, here’s the story. (And no, the Weekly Review did not get drunk and stumble back to…
Turning Envy into Strength with a Role Model Constellation (plus soup) | Weekly Review #54
So how’m I doing in my quest to re-invent my life, follow my evolving Blisses and create the life I really, really want? Talk about creative abundance: on Monday I interviewed artist and shaman Laura Hollick, of Soul Art Studio, for the Thriving Artists Project, and added yet another shining star to my growing constellation…
Building My Empire – EBK 1 Year Later | Weekly Review #53
So how’m I doing in my quest to re-invent my life, follow my evolving Blisses and create the life I really, really want? – The email started like this: Hi Melissa, One year ago, we began a journey together. You signed up for the Empire Building Kit and joined the longest email follow-up sequence in…
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When Melissa offered coaching, I jumped at the chance. I gained such HUGE insights! Each time I came up with a reason that I couldn't, she came up with a way that I could. In the end, she gave me an assignment, a realistic and doable one.I'm happy to say that not only was my creativity jumpstarted, but that the love and the joy of creativity is back.
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In my time with Melissa, I was re-energized, admitted to the things I need to stop doing, found the things I want to be doing and was given easy actionable steps to get me back in the creative swing of things. Simply amazing! She is full of energy and wonderful ideas.
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