The Monastic Mamas Unblock & Unlock Your Best Creative Life Podcast Jaime Handley

Lucy AitkenRead is a writer, facilitator, and certified coach. She's also mum to two children, Ramona, 11, and Juno, 9, and they have all been unschooling for a decade. Three years ago, Lucy poured this experience into a bowl and stirred it together with her work in social policy and activism to bake the DISCO – unschooling course. After facilitating the first two courses, she began to feel like this work was so deep that she needed to be very certain she knew what she was doing as a subterranean guide, so she spent 2020 doing “transformational depths”  training in order to be able to provide the hybrid of intuitive coaching and consulting she is now known for. 
I reached out to Lucy because I have been in a swirl of thought lately about creative unblocking and how excavating our creativity is tied up with our school experiences. In my work helping women unblock their creativity through "The Artist's Way," my "Memoir-In-Progress" Course, and creative spiritual direction/creative companioning, I have heard story after story of how school experiences have hindered creativity. 
Cue Lucy! I asked about her experience of the "school wound of creativity" and how it affects us long-term. But we don’t stop there! Listen in for tangible ways to move through these long-standing wounds to move towards freedom.
And if you want to connect with Lucy's work, head on over to discolearning.com or follow her on Instagram at lucy_aitkenread. 

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Kristy Gordon, the founder of JoyDance LLC, invites others to experience God’s love through movement.  Her story begins in the garage of her childhood home.  She shares, “I spent hours in the garage playing my little boom box and dancing till I was a sweaty mess.  I danced without rules, without expectations.  It was there that I learned dancing connected me to something bigger than myself, healed my soul, and brought me pure joy.”   As an adult, Kristy began pursuing worldly success and external validation.  Even after earning a Ph.D. in sociology and working in academia, she felt a dark emptiness within.  “I couldn’t find that little girl from the garage inside.  God mourned my withered spirit with me.  Fortunately, my story did not end there.  God picked me up and set me on a path to return to that feeling of freedom and joy.  It was during this journey back to wholeness that JoyDance was born.”  Kristy is excited to say YES to God’s call and continue sharing JoyDance with others.
Come listen in to Kristy's journey. Her story back to first loves and wholeness through movement is an invitation for us all to listen to the voice of God in our own story and revisit the spaces that bring us deep connection and joy!

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Let’s talk about the correlation between over-consuming content when you don’t feel well and moving out of illness with your creative health intact.

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I’m at it again with the random thoughts about this creative spiritual journey. Fear is a really crummy motivator and when it becomes a driving force, at least for me, the creative well begins to run dry. So here’s what I’m doing about it. Take a listen.

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Can we have an honest chat? Sometimes creative work as hard. Sometimes I want to give up and I know sometimes you do too. But let’s keep throwing spaghetti at the wall, shall we? Let’s keep believing that no creative act is ever wasted.

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Barbara Baer is an actress, dancer, director, creative & movement teacher. In her work, she seeks to address the human condition with a glimpse of hope. She lives in France & Switzerland with her family. It was through a personal crisis that Barbara realized how important it is to give oneself time to be, to breathe & to take care of our body, mind & soul. That’s when she created the Creative Dreambox: A space for creative selfcare; a creative playground. Her favorite way of creative selfcare is movement & collage-making. Barbara hosts regular creative time-outs in the South of France and in Switzerland. She loves to sing, go for walks with her dog Pinot - a lagotto romagnolo, and create collages in all sizes.
I know you are going to love listening to her share about her journey, her work and the joys of creating space for others to take a (creative) break. 
Here are some of the resources Barbara references in the episode, along with links to connect with her on Instagram and through her website. 
Links:
www.thecreativedreamboxcollective.com
Instagram:
@thecreativedreambox
@barbararahelbaer
www.barbarabaer.fr
Books:
Les exportés“ by Sonia Devillers at Flammarion (in French)
Falling upwards‘ by Richard Rohr
Petit guide de médecine chinoise‘ by Misha Ruth Cohen at Editions chariot d’or
Podcast:
Turning to the mystics by James Finley by the Center of Action & Contemplation
https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/turning-to-the-mystics-with-james-finley/id1494041647

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