You Were Born to Create!
I know you have a burning desire to create. A hunger to express yourself.
Maybe you want to write poetry, or fiction. Or paint. Or compose music. Or make jewelry. Or…
But if you’re anything like me, lots of stuff gets in the way:
- “Perfectionist Paralysis”
- Fear and self-doubt
- Busy-ness (there’s never enough time!)
And so much more…
For years those things kept me from doing the things that gave me the most joy.
That all changed when I finally let myself play again.
When I started thinking like a 4-year-old, and envisioning my time and space for creating as a Creative Sandbox, blocks dissolved, and I finally began to live the full-color creative life I’d only dreamed of before.
In Creative Sandbox 101, I share the “rules” I developed for myself, to get me — and keep me — playing and creating. Ten maxims that apply to any creative pursuit.
You are changing the world, Melissa. I’m so grateful to you.
– Charyll Newman
How It Works
Every day for one week (5 days of “lessons” plus an intro day and a bonus day=7 days total), you’ll learn some of my most powerful tips and tools for freeing up your creative spirit. We’ll cover:
- remembering how to play
- returning to joy
- the key to being prolific
- how to get unstuck
- what to do when you don’t know where to start
And every day you’ll get an invitation prompt to try out — a chance to play!
It won’t require a big investment of time, either. I know how busy you are! Even with just a few minutes a day, though, you’ll find your toe back in the creative stream, your creative taps switched to “on.”
What You Get
Every day you’ll get an email linking you to that day’s lesson on a special password-protected page inside my Creative Ignition Club website. Each lesson is made up of a theme based on one of my “rules for the Creative Sandbox,” a playful invitation prompt (which you can do in 15 minutes or less), and a question for reflection.
Plus, make new friends, share and connect with a community of fellow creative sandboxers, in a private online forum (on Facebook).
You’ll also get two videos, plus a bonus video on dealing with self-doubt, and the additional bonuses below…
Bonuses!
At the end of the course, you’ll also get the following bonuses:
- Audio Interview with me and Sue Ann Gleason exploring myths and truths about creativity, and delving further into my Creative Sandbox rules
- Webinar! We’ll dive deeper into the Creative Sandbox in this 90-minute recorded webinar, in which I share more tools for developing and maintaining a consistent, sustainable creative practice.
- Plus more surprise goodies, unveiled on Day 6…
I honestly didn’t know what to expect when I signed up for Melissa’s course but the idea of a “Creative Sandbox” just grabbed me. From the first day I just started having a ton of fun and immediately realized that I had a lovely playful self inside of me… The BIGGEST surprise, though, was how this process helped me reconnect with Playful Erin.
I cried on the last day when I realized how long I have kept her stuffed away. The joyful part is that I’m now letting her out and I am NOT going to shove her back in the box ever again.
Thank you Melissa!
-Erin Callaway
Your Teacher & Guide
That’s me, Melissa Dinwiddie, artist, happiness catalyst, creativity instigator, creativity evangelist! (Yeah, I’m pretty passionate about this stuff.)
I’m a survivor of long-term creative neglect myself, and I have re-discovered, through micro-doses in the Creative Sandbox, that engaging with my creative passions leaves me happier, more resilient, more productive, and more able to care for myself and others.
Years ago I disdained the arts as frivolous and unworthy of my attention. Now, I have come to know in my bones that we are put on the planet to express the creativity inside us. That is our greatest gift to the world, and I’m on a mission to empower people to follow their own creative callings so that gift doesn’t stay locked in a closet.
Fuel your fire, change your world. That’s how it works, baby. And my goal is to get you shining bright and bold!
When?
The next session runs July 14-20. Just one week + just a few minutes a day = your creative taps in full flow.
How Much?
This transformative, life-changing experience, is just $37.
OR, you can get it for just $10 when you visit the secret link I share inside episodes 001 through 007 of my new podcast, Live Creative Now!
Click the button below to subscribe to Live Creative Now Podcast and get the secret $10 link:
Subscribe to the Podcast and Listen to Get the Secret $10 Link
Or click here to register for Creative Sandbox 101 for $37
FAQs
Creative Sandbox 101 is a non-refundable investment, and here’s why:
By its very nature, this program will bring stuff up. It’s designed to. Creative Sandbox 101 is a container to work on that stuff. It would be irresponsible of me as a teacher and changemaker to offer you an easy out anytime you get the tiniest bit uncomfortable.
In other words, please do not click that buy now button unless you’re sure you want this!
How long will I have access to the content?
The course starts the day you sign up, and runs for seven days straight. However, you’ll have access to the content through the end of the year.
Here’s What More Creative Sandbox 101 Grads Have to Say…
What changed for me after Creative Sandbox 101 is that I not only go into the studio 6 days per week, but I’m excited to go there. Creative Sandbox 101 helped move me back into a place of creating for myself, and myself alone. That means that studio time is not only fun again, but it’s also relaxing and nurturing; just what my studio time should be!
– T.B.
Creative Sandbox 101 is exactly the heartfelt, down-to-earth, practical, simple yet profound nudge I needed to allow the real me to step into creating. I cannot thank you enough, Melissa, for so generously sharing your magic. You’re awesome.
– Lisa Fisher
Thanks, Melissa. This was just the jumpstart I needed to get me back into my studio and moving again. I’m waking up with my head full of ideas for projects I want to create. I can hardly wait to get started!
I can’t thank you enough!
Big Hugs to you!!! xox
– Thia Thurley
Thank you for what you gave here. It felt like being taken by the hand and being led past the shadowy places that sabotaged the joy of creating. My views have changed and helpful habits are now in place. You are an inspiration. Thank you!
– Antoinette
Creative Sandbox 101 really opened me up to realizing that creativity is NOT about being perfect or even the end result-it is about the BEING and DOING of expression, playfulness, fun and experimentation!
-Laurie Richardson
I read Melissa’s 10 Rules for the Creative Sandbox on her blog and heard about them in an interview. I thought they were great ideas and even shared the links with friends, but this course invited me to EXPERIENCE them. I have a new excitement about and commitment to my creative life. Thanks, Melissa!
– Kate Wolfe-Jenson
This mini-course gave bite sized suggestions for leaping in and doing. A fun process that provided insight into my own way of playing.– Paige Mortensen
Thank you so much for Creative Sandbox 101! I believe I have learned some lifelong habits and tools to help me be more productive. It was inspiring to see the posts responding to each lesson as well. I hope to do more in 2014. Thanks again… you ROCK!
– Susan
Since I started your program I have started to dream again, and those old feelings that anything is possible are stirring. I’m so grateful to you for that! It’s giving me hope during a time in my life when things have been very hard.
– Cara Randall
You are changing the world, Melissa. I’m so grateful to you. And the people I touch that you will never even know exist owe you thanks too.
– Charyll Newman
Click the button below to subscribe to Live Creative Now Podcast and get the secret $10 link:
Subscribe to the Podcast and Listen to Get the Secret $10 Link
Or click here to register for Creative Sandbox 101 for $37
Hope to see you inside!
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