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  • Welcome!
  • Start here
  • Blog
    • Reclaim Your Energy
    • Reconnect with Yourself
    • Make Space to Create
    • The Creative Practice
  • Mini Series
    • Confessions of a Serial Hobbyist
    • Adventures in Writing
    • The Busy Season Survival Guide
    • Making Space
    • The Busy Creative’s Guide to Bullet Journaling
    • The Rapid Log
  • About the Writer
  • Let’s Connect
  • Newsletter
  • Resources
  • Reconnect With Yourself

    The Key to Cultivating Authenticity (and a Significant Omission from the Three Pillars Approach!)

    July 30, 2024

    We’re a little over half-way through the year, and as I've been working with the intention word "authenticity", I’ve realized I missed a key component to cultivating it!

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    The Creative Cubicle: Haven for Inspiration or Sign of a Cluttered Mind?

    April 5, 2024

    Cluttered desk, cluttered mind. Or is it empty desk, empty mind?  Tour a cubicle-filled office and you’ll probably see a moderate amount of stuff on the desks, a few resources on the wall, maybe some personal effects, but occasionally you’ll run into two extremes: Let me tell you, I have…

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    The Reciprocal Relationship Between Creativity and Career

    February 1, 2024

    Many of us struggle with trying to enjoy a prolific creative life while holding down a 9-to-5, and so we just... Don't! We resolve that we'll pick up our hobbies again upon retirement, and until then we go on trudging through our day jobs. That can't be right, can it?…

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    Where Authenticity Gets Tricky: Exploring the Grey Areas

    January 12, 2024

    Is it just me who thinks that sometimes authenticity is a bit… Tricky? Maybe it’s my accountant’s mind, but I keep looking for the “rules of authenticity”, and I can’t find them. There may not be a rulebook, but we cover three guiding pillars in: How To Embrace Authenticity In…

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    Reclaim Your Energy - Reconnect With Yourself

    How To Embrace Authenticity In Your Daily Life

    January 11, 2024

    My intention word for the year: "Authenticity." In this post we explore how to cultivate authenticity and we delve into the challenges of maintaining authenticity in various areas of life including our comfort zones, creativity, and workplaces.

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