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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
  • The Busy Creative's Guide to Bullet Journaling (Start Here!)
    Make Space to Create

    The Busy Creative’s Guide to Bullet Journaling (Start Here!)

    February 25, 2025

    Curious about what this whole bullet journaling thing is, and whether it’s really worth your time? Then you’ve come to the right place!  This is a growing collection of everything you need to know about this mindfulness-meets-productivity system. Bullet journaling is perfect for busy people who want to make space…

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  • Make Space to Create - Reconnect With Yourself

    The Intention Word: An Impactful New Year’s Tradition (and My Pick for 2025)

    December 30, 2024

    Another brand new year is upon us! I love picking an intention word as part of my process for reflection and direction while looking toward the year ahead. In this post I’ll share: What is an Intention Word? I’m pretty sure I picked up this idea from a Mel Robbins…

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    Reconnect With Yourself - The Creative Practice

    Time to Start A New Venture? Don’t Let Fear Get The Majority Vote On Your Creative Journey

    November 24, 2024

    There are three major voices that weigh in on our creative journeys: Fear, Logic, and the Inner Creative. We get stuck when Fear gets the majority vote. In this post we explore how these voices work together (and how to get them to cooperate!)

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    Make Space to Create - Reconnect With Yourself

    Are You Lost? (Offering You Some Heartfelt Encouragement)

    November 17, 2024

    Hi. Are you lost? Are you feeling trapped in an endless cycle? Do you feel as though your daily life revolves around your work? And when you come home from work, you have just enough energy to fulfill the rest of your non-work responsibilities? On the days that you don’t…

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  • Confessions of a Serial Hobbyist: What Keeps Me Writing
    The Creative Practice

    Confessions of a Serial Hobbyist: What Keeps Me Writing

    October 14, 2024

    My last post was largely about the struggle to write concisely, specifically in blogging. As I wrote that, I was examining my motivation and realized that while the skill of brevity and the end goal of “being useful” to a reader is important, what I was really interested in was…

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  • Reconnect With Yourself

    What Are We Searching For? 

    September 2, 2024

    If we never give ourselves the opportunity to cultivate self-awareness, we can easily find ourselves walking through life unaware of where our authentic wants and needs are misaligned, and so we start to feel conflicted, lost, and yes - generally inauthentic. So we begin searching - but what exactly is it…

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  • Reflection & Direction: Charting the Course for a Creative New Year
    Reconnect With Yourself

    Reflection and Direction: Charting the Course for a Creative New Year

    December 28, 2023

    As the new year approaches, take a moment to reflect on the past year and envision the future! In this post we talk about appreciating where we've been and charting the course for a creative New Year with goals, intentions, vision boards, and the trusty calendar.

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