Category: Articles

  • What Is Blocking Your Creative Pipeline?

    What Is Blocking Your Creative Pipeline?

    I do these amazing Creative Catalyst sessions, and I’m endlessly fascinated by how deeply creative people are and also by how deeply creative they don’t think they are! And for most people, the ideas are already there. The problem is that we have all sorts of things that are blocking the creative pipe. Everybody has…

  • Who Exactly is in Charge of Your Life?

    Who Exactly is in Charge of Your Life?

    WARNING! I swear in this post…read on at your peril! Last week on Facebook, I had a little rant about those annoying posts that end with “99% won’t post this” – these things annoy me immensely. I hate being told what to do, I hate guilt-trips, I absolutely despise emotional blackmail…and adding this (or “if…

  • What Do You Have To Do To Gain Your Own Approval?

    What Do You Have To Do To Gain Your Own Approval?

    April’s been a funny month so far. I had a week off, then I had a week updating my website…which I hoped would take 1 day, feared would take 2 weeks…and actually took the best part of a week. Then this week I was going to get ‘back to normal’, but just had so much…

  • Just Because You Didn’t Do Something Yesterday, That Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Do It Today

    Just Because You Didn’t Do Something Yesterday, That Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Do It Today

    I was talking to a client this week about doing something they have wanted to do for years…and haven’t done anything with yet. When we started to discuss what was in the way, this lovely obstacle raised its head “I haven’t done it up til now”. I love this obstacle, it’s just so sweet! You…

  • The 7 Phases of the Creative Process

    The 7 Phases of the Creative Process

    Last year when I was writing my book, for the first time I noticed that there were definite phases and peaks and troughs in the creative process. (I’ve written a full length book before – back in 2008, but you never seem to notice anything the first time around do you? Or you think it’s…

  • Finishing Isn’t Glamorous or Fun…It’s Just Necessary

    Finishing Isn’t Glamorous or Fun…It’s Just Necessary

    So, it’s now March. And I am STILL in the completion phase of the workshop I ‘finished’ in December. When I put it like that, I wonder what in God’s name I’ve been doing for the last 2 months…but I know there’s been a lot of little bitty things, plus the sales page, bonus material,…

  • Are You Confusing Baby Steps With a Giant’s Long Jump?

    Are You Confusing Baby Steps With a Giant’s Long Jump?

    This week I had a very funny conversation with a client about baby steps. I’ve had this conversation with clients a few times over the years. We are talking about the next baby steps they are taking…and they come out with something that is more like a Giant’s long jump! Something like: create the website,…

  • Enjoy The Peace That Comes From Embracing Completion

    My journey with my word for the year this year has been interesting. Honestly, normally I choose a word…and then I forget about it mostly – occasionally noticing that I’m experiencing less joy or more abundance or deepening creativity, but largely not taking much notice of what the word is unravelling in my life. This…

  • OnTheBeach – You Know What To Do…Why Aren’t You Doing It?

    Last week I went for my regular Acupuncture session, and we were discussing my health since I’d last seen my acupuncturist. I mentioned that I hadn’t been sleeping well for a couple of weeks, and started to explore why. About 10 minutes later, it occurred to me that I had got out of the habit…

  • OnTheBeach: 10 Lessons From a Shambolic Launch

    OnTheBeach: 10 Lessons From a Shambolic Launch

    At the end of 2013, I had this amazing idea…to write a book about Falling In Love With Life. It was something that had been hovering in the back of my mind for a while – I had scribbled down a few ideas for it a few years ago, but never really got going with…