Creative Visioning is one of the things I do the most in my journals.
It's simple, fun and effective - I know I do better work when I do this process BEFORE doing the "real work".
Journal Challenge Day 13: More Creative Visioning Read More »
AKA Planning from the sweet spot where all things are possible: where the outer work of dream-building is informed, inspired + activated by the magic of your inner world.
This is the stuff that dreams are built on.
Journal Challenge Day 12: Creative Genius Planning Sessions Read More »
Today I'm talking about how giving uncomfortable feelings SPACE to EXPRESS in your journal honours your feelings, your self and your dreams.
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Journal Challenge Day 11: Giving Sadness Space in your Journal Read More »
Today is my monthly meeting with money, in my journal.
As you'll see, I don't sit down with a pile of cash or with cash flow projections - money journaling is a soul to soul meeting, to nurture my inner relationship with money.
Even when it feels like nothing is happening, you ARE developing your inner relationship with money by spending time with it like this, and this WILL open up new possibilities for what you and money can create together.
The Creative with Money Kit that I mentioned comes as a bonus when you join Dream Book.
Journal Challenge Day 10: Money Journaling Read More »
But, of course, this is an opportunity to share how to cure crankies using your journal, AKA art journaling for healing, so here it is:
Once you get into the flow with it, it's beautiful and soothing and gentle and effective.
Be gentle with yourself as you experiment with it, it can take some to get used to giving space to how you're actually feeling, and explore more about what you actually need.
Journal Challenge Day 9: How To Cure Crankies (Or Anything Else!) Using Your Journal Read More »
Today I sat down with my journal and promptly stumbled into a really common pitfall when it comes to using an art journal as a tool for manifesting dreams into reality... so I immediately stopped to record this video.
One thing I forgot to add to this is that I didn't mean to say to NEVER write about what's happening right now in your journal... stream of consciousness journaling practices like Julia Cameron's morning pages can be super helpful!
What I did mean is that it is helpful to have a separate journal as your creative dream journal, where you can keep your attention focused on holding the vision.
Having a journal where this is ALL you do can really help build up that energy. If you'd like a supportive + encouraging space to play along, filled with all the best tools for accessing + activating your magic join me in the Creative Dream Circle!
Journal Challenge Day 8: How To Use Your Journal As a Dream-Growing MACHINE Read More »
Living your dreams is about living your truth. So learning how to HEAR your inner voice and learning to navigate by your internal compass is a huge part of bringing a dream to life. That's what I'm talking about today!
It may feel frustrating or like nothing is happening, but usually you have to get into the practice of listening before you start to hear anything.
Your intuitive voice is there - I promise. It's just that if you haven't spent a lot of time listening to it, it takes some time to start to be able to hear it.
Unfortunately the free video about making Creative Genius cards has been lost over the years. I do have a full class on this which you get with the bonuses in Dream Book.
Journal Challenge Day 7: Intuitive Journaling Read More »
Creative people get a LOT of ideas! And it's too easy to jump on the inspiration train and invest (your heart, your time, your energy, your attention, your money) in an idea BEFORE you even know for sure if it's going to bring you closer to where you want to be.
Processing your ideas, getting to know them, being clear on where they came from, what qualities and experiences they can bring into your life and if they're going to help you get to where you want to be is a valuable process.
Finding clarity about all of this is PURE MAGIC. It saves time and energy and potential heartbreak. It helps you shift through too many ideas to find those absolute gems - the best ideas for you to pursue right now.
That's what I was doing in my journal today.
Journal Challenge Day 6: What To Do With ALL of Those Creative Ideas Read More »
Today I'm talking about the importance of pausing, resting + integrating and how that is NOT the same as "taking a break".
This is part of what makes journaling CREATIVE (ala CREATING your WORLD).
Your art journal practice is going to bring you insights and ideas and when it does you need to give yourself time and space to process, ground and integrate or else nothing is going to change.
Here is the link to the how to draw mandalas post.
Journal Challenge Day 5: The Magic of Grounding + Integration Read More »
As a HSPÂ (highly sensitive person) overwhelm is something that I am very familiar with, so of course I have come up with a way to handle it in my art journal.
There's lot in today's video:
Journal Day 4: Clearing Overwhelm+ Finding Clarity Read More »
When I started this 30 day challenge, I knew at some point in this I would want to talk about how it's important that your journal be a space that welcomes all feelings - that there's nothing wrong with you if you feel sad or hopeless or whatever.
We all feel this way sometimes. And your journal can be a REALLY powerful place for working through these feelings.
So I knew it would come up, but  I was hoping this would come up later than day 31
Journal Challenge Day 3: What to do when you feel too sad & hopeless to journal Read More »
I wanted to keep the videos under 5 minutes, but today's lesson is SO important I had to share the whole thing (10 minutes).
But putting on a happy face while trying to sweep something like disappointment under the rug actually sweeps your dreams + desires under the rug.
You know that you actually need to deal with disappointment. Finding ways to be with your disappointment (be with is different from wallow in!) transforms it and shows you the gifts in it.
This is how an art journal can help you deal with disappointment, by giving you a space to express and be with how you're feeling without making it, or you, wrong.
This morning I woke up nervous and unsure about this project - will it be interesting and inspiring? Will I run out of things to say? Will I just discover that this was a dumb idea?
But right now I am SO HAPPY I am doing this.
It started as a challenge to myself: to make a daily video to share my journaling practice more openly.
I did this in 2013 and now here we are in 2020 and people are still using those videos to journal along with me!
People keep telling me how helpful and inspiring it is to not be all alone in their journaling - some people have done this several times and learn new things about themselves each time.
You already know that journaling is magic.
Journaling helps you feel more centred, peaceful and sure of yourself. It helps you hear your inner voice more clearly.
Journaling helps you connect with your dreams!
But.. sometimes it's hard to journal CONSISTENTLY or to know what to write about!
Develop a habit of journaling every day (or close to it) so that you can get MORE of the amazing benefits of journaling.
Stick with your journaling practice when you want to give up. We ALL want to give up sometimes - but those times, when it feels really hard to journal, are actually the times when there are the most insights to be had.
(I show you EXACTLY how this works during the 30 day journal challenge)
HAVE MORE FUN in your journal.
HAVE MORE IDEAS for HOW to journal.
30 Day Creative Journal Challenge Read More »
Jealousy fucking sucks.
And it becomes so easy to start thinking...
it's so easy for her
everything is just handed to them
it's not fair
It becomes easy to start comparing. To start freaking out.
To start wondering if you really are good enough to make this happen.
Ouch.
Jealousy can let loose a massive tidal wave of energy and "stuff".
And when you're in it, it's anything but pleasant.
But it's also pretty unavoidable.
Hello! There are billions of us on this planet. Others are bound to have what you want.
Just like you are bound to have things that other people want.
Jealousy, like any other feeling, has a lot to teach you, if we are willing to work with it. If you are open to learn from it.
Sometimes jealousy can be a great big surprise - sometimes you didn't even know you wanted something until you saw someone else get it.
Sometimes you kinda knew, but were keeping it a buried just beneath the surface. Until so-and-so got it.
And now it's not so beneath the surface anymore
It's right up in your face that you want this thing that someone else just got.
This is good because the odds of you getting what you want raise dramatically when you are willing to admit you want it.
But looking deeper than that... jealousy can steer you towards where your own stuff is getting in the way of your success.
When you start really exploring it, your jealousy shines a light on your limiting beliefs. The places where you hold yourself back.
To start really exploring it, ask yourself:
Who are you jealous of? Why?
How does it feel?
What does it say about you?
And by ask yourself I mean really ask yourself. Spend some time with them and the answers and the feelings they spark.
Who are you jealous of? Why? Of course this shows you more about what you really want.
How does it feel? What does that say about you? Now this is where it starts to get interesting.
I'm jealous of so-and-so because she just got such-and-such and it makes me feel like I am never going to get it for myself.
I'm jealous of so-and-so because she just got such-and-such and now there is less for me.
I'm jealous of so-and-so because she just got such-and-such and now if I get it people will think I am copying her.
I'm jealous of so-and-so because she just got such-and-such and it makes me feel like I must be stupid and hopeless because I haven't figured out how to get it yet.
I'm jealous of so-and-so because she just got such-and-such so she must be better at it than I am.
If you think someone else getting what you want makes it less likely that you will ever get it - this is showing you that you hold a belief in lack. There isn't enough to go around. Working on shifting this belief will help you be less stuck with your dreams.
If you think someone else getting what you want is a sign that you are stupid or hopeless or anything - this is showing you the places in you where you don't really believe that you are good enough. Working on shifting this belief will help you be less stuck with your dreams.
You may or may not be aware of these beliefs, they may be sub-conscious or not - doesn't really matter. Jealousy is bringing them to light. You see them now. One you see them, they are ready to be healed and shifted into beliefs that are going to nurture and support you.
Whatever it is, it is holding you back.
And it only pops up above the surface when it gets stirred up by something like jealousy.
So having it be up here on the surface where you can see it is actually a huge gift.
Because you can learn about it and change it and heal it and when you do, you open up more space inside you for your creative genius.
I did a free healing circle and inner work workshop where I lead you through the process of working with your fear.
Try it today:
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