Had any good ideas lately? Sometimes it's hard, right? The inspiration well feels completely dry and you could use some new ideas. In this video, I share the three step process of coming up with and developing ideas for creative projects. Whether it's a big or small project, you can use this process to find new ideas as well as develop them.

In April, I started something I called my 6 month business leap. I took leave from my day job to grow my creative business, with the hope to keep going full-time after. Now it’s the end of September and the end of my leap. In the video, I take you behind the scenes and share what my leap has been like, how it went - and what’s next.

Working towards creative dreams is a scary but wonderful pursuit. This is one chapter of my creative journey that I will never forget.

Don’t we all feel lost sometimes? So many of the creatives I work with as a creative coach come to me feeling lost. Unsure of where to go next, what steps to take first, what they truly want and overwhelmed by all the possibilities. So I thought it was about time we talked about this feeling - why do we feel lost? Where does it come from, and what can we do to find our paths again?

In this video, I share three common reasons for feeling lost in your creative life, and what we can do to deal with them. I also share when I’ve felt lost in my creative path and how being lost is something I’ve become comfortable with and actually quite enjoy.

It’s that time again! A new season is arriving and for us who plan seasonally, it’s time to sit down and choose what we’re going to focus on. I love to plan my creative work and my projects in harmony with the seasons. It creates a clear focus instead of being overwhelmed by all the ideas and to dos, and it feels wonderful to embrace the seasons in my creativity as well.

In this video, I talk about seasonal planning, how autumn tends to affect our creativity, how my summer went, what my plans for autumn are, and give you tips for choosing your creative focus for autumn.

We all want to find our own distinct voice and style in our creative work. Regardless of whether you are an artist, writer, photographer, blogger or musician, you want to stand out somehow, and stand out as you. But how do you discover what makes you unique, and how do you start developing a style that is truly yours?

In this video, I share five exercises you can do to hone your creative voice and find your creative style. As a creative coach, it’s part of my job to help creatives uncover their style. It always takes some digging and experimenting, but the keys to your creative style is there, inside of you.

To write a book is a BIG project, and starting that process can be incredibly overwhelming. I often work with creative coaching clients who have book ideas, to get clearer on the book they want to write, and to actually start writing it. It’s not easy to know how to write a book if you’re a beginner at it!

So in this video, I take you through five steps to get started with a book project. Writing a book is wonderful and challenging, and getting started is the most important step. So let’s do it!

The world can be a stressful place, but our creative lives don’t have to be. You don’t have to hustle for your creative dreams, you don’t have to stress through your creative process or overwork yourself for creative goals. Instead, you can build a slower creative life.

A couple of years ago, I discovered slow living and since then, I’ve used it to bring in more calm into my creative process. In this video I share three ways you can use slow living in your creative life.

The reality of any creative project is that there will be hard parts. There will be times when you feel you can’t do it, when things get messy and you get stuck. It happens for everyone! Which is why getting through these parts is so important for all creatives.

In this Mindset Monday video I guide you through five steps to navigate a messy part of the creative process. A lot of it comes down to your mindset and whether you decide to accept the challenge you’re standing before. Will you?