Connecting The Dots - Because despite appearances, the dots are not placed at random‪.‬ Cassie Hubert

Have you ever been told that in order to survive and get on in this world, you need to develop a thick skin?Maybe you've been led to believe that softness is weakness (and not in a good way), and that to be soft is to be less-than.Well I don't think so!What if, in order to grow into our creativity and our relationships with more freedom, softness was the way forward?Join me today as I explore why I don't think that the process of softening isn't stupidity.In today's episode I reference Bravin...

How often do you find that you have big plans or ideas, but then fail to be able to execute them because of... well... Life? Perhaps you long to fulfill a big project, but it's slow going due to ongoing health needs, or family commitments or because you simply cannot maintain the pace?You are not alone.This is where embracing the 'Stop/Start' way of pursuing what matters will get you further than nowhere. Because even showing up in small ways, as and when you can, is better than not showing u...

Making art requires connection to our emotions and physical sensations... the more connected we are, the better able we are to create work that resonates.However, we can mistake this need to be in touch with our feelings with a sense that we should reside in that feeling space, when by nature, a bubble of Feeeeelings is just that, a fixed bubble of stasis.So how can we treasure those feelings without needing to be stuck within them in order to feel truly alive?Support the Show.If you would li...

When you can't see what's happening below the surface, it can cause us to worry whether anything is actually happening at all - whether we are discussing personal growth or creative development. Yet what if the deepest work, that gets us to the point where we see progress on the surface, actually benefits from happening out of sight?Learning to trust our instincts, particularly when we feel wobbly about our progress, is a really valuable practice to cultivate.Support the Show.If you would lik...

When making creative work (and also being in healthy relationships) a lot of value is placed on being able to be present. You can't actually make something that is in the past - it has already passed us by. Neither can we create something in the future, if we don't begin the process now.Yet how many of us spend much of our thought and feeling life time-travelling between past and future? I know I do!So what helps us to stay present - getting more connected to our bodies.Join me as I explore t...

We all have moments of self doubt, and when we are pursuing a path that is more off the beaten track, it can feel really hard, and sometimes lonely, when we doubt our choices. Yet if we see our creative and personal lives as being part of a quest, an ongoing journey in pursuit of something meaningful, rather than something we will live out to the letter, it has the capacity to free us up to trust the journey, and hopefully connect with the experiences and scenery along the way.Support the Sho...