Do you believe you are creative?
What if you don’t feel like you have an ounce of creativity?
Creativity is the freest form of self-expression. There is nothing more satisfying and fulfilling than to be able to express ourselves openly and without judgment.
Children don’t care if they make a mess. All they want to do is experiment with different materials and textures and create their “sandcastles” and play freely.
The ability to be creative, to create something from personal feelings and experiences, can reflect and nurture our emotional health. The first years of our life can significantly enhance the development of creativity and have an impact on everything that we do in life. At this stage in life, children are at their best to receive from parents, society and their inner imagination, messages that will enable them to express creativity freely without judgment and preconceived ideas.
I’m inviting you to listen to the presentation below to explore further how you can unleash your own creativity. I truly believe that we are all creators in a body and it’s within us to become aware of this gift and release it into the world.
Presentation Takeaways:
What causes Creativity?
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CONFIDENCE: The ability to question without fear. To be sure of yourself and your abilities.
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OBSERVATION: Seeing problems and ideas. The ability to notice things.
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HUMILITY: Knowing that you don’t know everything. Do you ask for help when you need it?
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MINDFULNESS: Thinking on how to think. Learning to embrace the present. Do you allow a hectic day to negatively affect your health, wellbeing and relationships?
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CURIOSITY: Exploring and experimenting. Do you ask a lot of questions? “What if “, “Why?” and “How come?”
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RESOURCEFULNESS: The ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties. Something to tinker with.
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ENERGY: To explore and tinker.
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ACTION: NOT just thinking. but DOING. Do you get things done?
Daily habits to boost your creative power?
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Unplug from distractions.
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Find your happy space.
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Meditate – Art expression guided meditation. Listen to the meditation at 25:03 minutes on the video and don’t forget to grab your blank piece of paper to jot down what has come up. Check out my other blog post where I show you that meditation doesn’t need to be hardcore.
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Get active – Exercise, movement, and activity are proven to expand creative thinking, brain processing, and memory.
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Take a step back away from the problem. Solutions come from a place of detachment from the actual problem. If you are too much involved with the “problem”, it’s hard to see the wood from the trees and this will have a huge impact on the decisions and ideas to solve the issue.
IT’S A WRAP
On this presentation, I ask you to write a love letter to yourself. You can find this at 34:03 minutes of this video talk. To help you journal about your thoughts and what has come up in your meditation, follow these simple 5 steps:
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Write it in the present tense. I am… I have… I am living my life on my own terms. I’m painting my canvas the way I want.
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Use inspiring and empowering words. They can change the course of your desires… Words are Powerful!
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Feel it passionately. Feel it with your heart and not your head. Let your emotions run free and take over the writing.
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Quite your mind so that you can listen to what your heart is feeling. What is it saying to you?
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Be prepared to make mistakes and move on.
Let me know in the comments what you’re going to do to unleash your creative power?
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