CREATIVE SELF CARE- THANKS KATE!

I feel so fortunate... having a  Kaizen Muse Creativity Coach ( Kate Robertson of Safe Harbor Creativity Coaching ).  She is a great coach.  Working with her today brought some keen insights.  With Kaizen - questions are asked.  Today Kate asked me to list HOW CAN I BETTER CARE FOR MYSELF.  I came up with several ideas.  The one the really spoke to me and I have already done... make an appointment with myself.  So, I now have 3 "dates" with myself.  During this time I will be able to focus on me and how I can take better care of ME.  WOW.. this was a great session Kate.  Thank you!  

There is an Indian proverb or axiom that says that everyone is a house with four rooms, a physical, a mental, an emotional, and a spiritual. 

Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time but, 

unless we go into every room every day, even if only to keep it aired, 

we are not a complete person.
— Rumer Godden in A House with Four Rooms

Ten ways to love your creativity!

1. Get out and do something wildly fun, inspirational, and "just because" your muse is wanting it. Think museums, art stores, theatre, a dance
club, a garden store, or jazz club.

2. Show gratitude. Say thank you to your creativity for all the ideas, new energy, brilliant inspirations, and insights you get each and every day. Acknowledge you ARE creative daily.

3. Tempt it with something new that intrigues you. What is that *something* you have been thinking about creating but not giving into? Give in. Take a baby step toward it.

4. Use your creativity for someone else you love. Sharing the gift of your creativity with others is a gift you give yourself. Write a poem. Make a handmade valentine. Sing a love song.

5. Commit to your creative practice daily. Get back to the daily work and remember to love how it makes you feel.

6. Love your inner gremlin and don't listen to it!

7. Aim to create something meaningful for yourself to put in your studio, home, or office. Surround yourself with your creative work.

8. Channel more creative inspiration in bed (ummm...via your dreams!). Ask your creative spirit to send you a dream to help you find solutions to challenges. Then get ready...

9. Find kindred spirits who will support, inspire, motivate, and kick you in the butt a bit if that is what you need. Spend time with them.

10. Say I LOVE BEING CREATIVE to yourself daily. And mean it.

ASK WHY

What can we learn from our kids...

- It's more fun to colour outside the lines.
- If you're going to draw on the wall, do it behind the couch.
- Even Popeye didn't eat his spinach until he absolutely had to.
- If your dog doesn't like someone you probably shouldn't either.
- Sometimes you have to take the test before you've finished studying.
- If you want a kitten, start out asking for a horse.
- There is no good reason why clothes have to match.
- If the horse you're drawing looks more like a dog, make it a dog.
- Save a place in lines for your friends.
- Just keep banging until someone opens the door.
- Making your bed is a waste of time.
- Make up the rules as you go along.
- It doesn't matter who started it.
- Ask for sprinkles.
- Hang on tight.
- Ask "why" until you understand.
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WHITE SNOW

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.

--Rachel Carson

This is a picture of our backyard- taken this morning.  Our yard was gifted with a beautiful blanket of white snow.  It was incredible to wake up and see such beauty.  The world was covered (at least my world)  with such wonderful white.  I took several pictures this morning.  I waited each moment for the sun to shine and cast such brilliance on my subject.  The chairs.... there is nothing better than to sit by the creek at night (with a campfire) or by day with the light shimmering on the water.  I am grateful for this gift.  Today... the world is WHITE!  My yard is a gift....  THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH!

BRING IT INTO BEING

cre·a·tiv·i·ty

: the ability to make new things or think of new ideas 

 

 “Creativity is…seeing something that doesn’t exist already. You need to find out how you can bring it into being, and that way be a playmate with God.” - Michele Shea 

Perhaps only magic can explain creativity, that sudden “aha!” moment when it all comes together. Some have said that it’s something mysterious and puzzling, perhaps impossible to figure out. Some have said it must be divine inspiration. Creativity is simply thinking the impossible, and then doing what no one else has done before, sometimes developing completely new worlds. If you’ve taken a new approach to a problem and it works, then you’re using your creativity.

I DID IT

I did it!  I am officially a Certified Kaizen Muse Creativity Coach.  I am so looking forward to helping folks break through the blocks they may have in their life.  I find Coaching to be an asset in my life.  I have enjoyed this program as well as the coaching I have been receiving.  If you are interested in learning more about this coaching program and the packages I offer, please contact me at Pathwaysski@comcast.net  You will be amazed!

Why Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coaching Works

The Unique Power in KMCC 

The power of Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coaching™ (KMCC) comes from its refreshingly non-linear approach and understanding of human nature as cyclical and imperfect.

Small steps and the replacement of resistance with child-like eagerness move individuals past procrastination, overwhelm, self-sabotage, fear, and into the experience of creativity as an exalted routine.

The transcending ability of KMCC to embrace both the science and art of human creativity lies at the heart of its uniqueness. This partnership — Kaizen, rooted 2,000 year old wisdom that employs a one-small-step-at-a-time tactical approach to resolving the neurological and psychological realities of the mind with Muse ‘Technology’, a playful but practical way of unclogging creative and mental pores and awakening slumbering talents — is the brainchild of creativity expert, Jill Badonsky, M.Ed., author of The Nine Modern Day Muses and a Bodyguard: 10 Guides to Creative Inspiration for Artists, Poets. Lovers, and Other Mortals Wanting to Live a Dazzling Existence with applied tools from Dr. Robert Maurer of UCLA, author of One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way.

“Kaizen” small steps, steps much smaller than formerly considered small including 30 second periods of time, are used to reshape habits, thinking, and action over a realistic period of time.

The steps do not stay small they simply make engaging in tasks and the development of creative habits easier, thus at some point actually making the process quicker. Much of this design is based on scientific studies that resulted in clarity about how the mind can be trained to make long lasting changes in the way we use our thinking-namely incorporating our creative passions into our schedules despite fears, self-sabotage, overwhelm, perfectionism, negative self-talk, low self confidence, perceived lack of time, difficulty focusing and well established habits that do not serve us