I’ve recently experienced a long period of silence. I was deep in the feeling of writer’s block. As a writer at heart, it feels so cold and stagnant when you let your writing become a distant memory. This wasn’t due to a lack of passion or interest, but rather a reflection of the many roles I’ve been juggling in my life.I got so caught up in being a mom, a wife, and my new job that I forgot about the things that make me happy.

Amidst the chaos of life, I found myself drawn back to a long-held passion of mine – writing.

For many years, I’ve been writing in secret. It was my way of connecting with my soul, expressing myself freely, and navigating the complexities of life. However, I allowed my writing to remain unnoticed and hidden. I was afraid of sharing my work with the world, fearing rejection and heartbreak. I held a belief that it was better to keep my writing hidden than to expose my heart to potential pain.

But writing has always been my way of expressing my inner creativity. It’s the reason I started this blog and it’s the reason I built my coaching practice. When I write, I feel. myself connected to an ancient force, a divine light, the greater humanity. Writing is healing. When I write, I allow my tears to flow, I allow myself to think and explore topics that I might not usually explore.

Writing is my safe space to allow my creativity to flow.

What is Creativity?

Over the years I have been so grateful for my creativity because it allowed me to move through my “mud” and reach my blossoming lotus flower. Practices like journaling, writing in my blog, or sharing my voice in my podcast have given me space to process my feelings.

The word “creativity” actually comes from the Latin creō, meaning “to create” or “to make”. The word creō was first used in reference to God, the creator, and thus the word creō, and later creativity was born.  The word creativity. Whenever I think of the word creativity with its roots in the creator, I realize the true divine magic that occurs when we flow into our creative space.  When we allow our creativity to breathe, grow, and bloom, we are actually directly in touch with the creator, the universe, and the cosmic force that drives us all.

I recently read a Shamanic saying: “In many shamanic secrets, if you come to a medicine person complaining or being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four questions:

• When did you stop dancing?
• When did you stop singing?
• When did you stop being enchanted by stories?
• When did you stop finding comfort in the sweet territory of silence?

Don’t Lose Your Magic

When we become adults, we make a conscious effort to lose our magic.  We are told how to dress (cover your feet, don’t walk barefoot), told how to speak (don’t talk so loudly), told what to do (get up, go to work, pay your bills), told how to love (get married, settle down, have kids), but the truth is, we don’t have to follow these rules at all.  In fact, on any spiritual journey, you will find people walking barefoot, screaming on mountain tops, escaping from the daily nine to five, and finally taking time to love themselves.  We ARE the music makers.  Why do we let the music die?

If you have been feeling a bit stuck with your creative energy, here are some things you can do to get it moving again.

1. Don’t Judge Yourself- give yourself grace to express yourself in any way that feels good to you right now. It could be taking a dance class, coloring in a child’s coloring book, or writing one single page in your journal
2. Be Creative, Even When You Don’t Feel Creative – sometimes I will say to myself “but I don’t feel creative” but then I take a shower or take a walk and come back and find myself ready to do something small yet creative. Push through the stagnancy.
3. Start a Daily Writing Practice – I truly love the book “The Artist’s Way” as a springboard to coming back to my writing practice. You can start by just doing your daily pages and see how much healing comes from that.
4. Write a Creative List – Write down a list of all the things that make you feel creative. Post it up on your fridge or your desk and look at it every day. Things could include cooking, dancing, painting, walking, yoga, writing, singing.
5. Stay Still, Then Move – It’s okay to not feel like doing anything. It’s okay to veg out on the couch and watch TV. But then start moving! Do something. Meet up with friends. Shake your body. Write. So much comes when we make the first move.

Keep writing!

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