Part of the joy of coaching my clients is being a witness to the creative sparks that ignite as they become more centered and connected with themselves.
I mean, my clients are writers, and artists, and singers… they just don’t know it walking in. The magic that emerges from them as they become more and more empowered, it is, well, breathtaking.
Often women stifle their creativity due to fears of failure, rejection or judgment. After all, creativity can feel very personal and expressing it can feel like a big risk!
Yet, there is no right or wrong way to be creative.
The next chance you get, observe a toddler at play. You’ll likely see them…
- Sprawled out on the floor with toys
- Scribbling on paper with crayons
- Running around making funny faces and silly noises
- Pretending they are a super hero
- Singing and dancing to whatever tune happens to be playing
Toddlers naturally engage life with curiosity, awe, and excitement. They’re not worried about how they look, what they are saying or what other’s make of their behavior. That’s what releasing your creativity is all about!
Creativity isn’t only about creating a work of art, writing a book, or recording an original song. It’s also about the process of eliminating expectations and unlocking the handcuffs of how things “should” be done. Creativity is about possibility and imagining things so far out of the box that your heart skips a beat.
Today…
- Remember how your imagination ran rampant as a child and set yourself free from the rational barriers of your adult mind.
- Allow yourself to create magical places, pretend you have mystical powers, and give yourself 100% permission to do so.
- Risk your fears and allow yourself, and others, to experience your Younique Self.
Comment on this question:
What are some of your creative endeavors?
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Reading this made me smile. Thank you!
Great post Susan and I think so important to add creativity to our daily life in these hectic times.
I love to be creative and play with my personas (masks). Sometimes it is difficult to discover a persona of mine especially when it is not a happy persona, say like my judge. So adding creativity and play to a part of me that I’m having a hard time embracing has made it easier to discover the pears of this persona as well as have fun and not take myself so seriously.
So for my Judge I have a plastic gavel that when I find myself in Judge Judy persona I bring out the gavel and for a minute walk around my house and judge everything that comes into my sight – realizing that by bringing awareness and love to it, the judgment transforms.
Lots of fun.
Appreciating your valuable insights and blog posts.
Daniela
Good for you Susan. It is fun watching Toddlers. The world is there’s and they really don’t care what any one thinks or says. I love watch a toddler in a story having a fit. They are unhappy and they are going to let the world know this. Mom has been shopping to long and they want to go home.
We need to remember that all the things we use daily are because some one got creative.
Thanks for the reminder Susan
Debbie
I love this post Susan! These days creativity certainly seems to be the consummate buzz word
I love how you talk about unlocking the cuffs of expectation. (One of my friends recently said, we really ought not “should” all over ourselves…cute, eh?!)
Awhile back I posted a story on my recently revived blog about Crayolas…and made a similar observation about how children are so “in the moment.”
And, just the other day I was talking with my father about how I kept myself (and other kids in my neighborhood) entertained. (NOTE: this involved several after-school role playing scenarios where everyone was given an assigned part to play by me! haha)
I was given the gift (and challenge) of being an only child, and grew up in the 70′s with a single mother. As you probably can already see where this is going…suffice it to say that creativity became my strong suit early on, because just living every day life *was* the process of being creative.
BUT, I did lose it as I grew older and picked up my “masks” to don through the course of the last several years. However, I am now happy to say that I’ve come full circle, the masks have been tossed to the wayside, and I’m back in the mode of “living creatively every day,” and it feels GOOD!
I have stumbled most recently onto a community that sprung into being based upon the works of Edward de Bono. And I must say, I’m more than intrigued by the creative processes they speak of and teach.
It prompted me to think about the creative process and as a result I posted a quick blurb on my “blog” there.
http://bit.ly/cexvvk
.-= Cecelia´s last blog .. =-.
I agree, Susan…we do take life too seriously. So true though; to embrace our creativity and seek the middle ground to allow our wiser, and higher selves lead the way!
And, NO…not too deep at all! Perfectly said. (at least that’s my opinion)
This is the time for all the philosophizers to rise to the top…the GOOD stuff!
.-= Cecelia´s last blog .. =-.
Hi Susan
reading these articles was a real eye opener. I always think of being creative as being a person making things or doing something but never thought of it as a way of thinking.
thank you
Thanks Susan! I enjoyed reading and learning a totally different “side”/meaning to the word Creativity! I, like many others always assumed and pictured being creative having to do with a craft, picture or something hands-on; yet it being a “special talent”. After thinking taking extra time to “think out of the box”, I realize and share with you a “new” tidbit of creativity I have thought and learned about myself just now; that being I am always looking/doing/thinking of things that are not just what others think as “typical/common”, but wanting to always to add that extra special “touch” when thinking of gifts, thoughts, gestures, or simply helping others.
Surprisingly and yet pleasingly, my heart did just skip a beat after typing this.
I do know that I need work more on your “great” quote…Risk your fears and allow yourself, and others, to experience your Younique Self!
Thanks for sharing the “creative” side of you too, Susan!
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