How journaling can change your life
I’ve been journaling regularly now for almost a year and in that time a lot has changed in my life. I don’t think it is a coincidence that these positive changes have happened since I’ve been...
View ArticleWeekly inspiration
Each week we share the links we have found most inspiring. Feel free to share anything that has inspired you this week in the comments below. Samie is finding that magic Having trouble paying...
View ArticleHow to deal with creative overwhelm
If you’re anything like me, you love creativity. You seek out new sources of inspiration. You devour blog posts, courses, books, stationery and art supplies – anything and everything that fuels that...
View ArticleOvercoming fear in the creative process
4 ways that fear can hinder the creative process and what to do about it I’ve always considered myself to be outgoing and outspoken. I never would have thought to describe myself as ‘fearful’. But,...
View ArticleJournal prompt: What’s stopping you?
This week’s prompt is inspired by something I casually wrote into my journal, without giving it much thought. And then, I began to wonder… what is stopping me? Because it certainly wasn’t nothing. On...
View ArticleLesson 2: Nobody expects me to be perfect but me
I think this should be the mantra of every perfectionist. How did I get it into my head that I have to be perfect? Because when I stop to think about it, this lesson is so very true – no one else...
View ArticleLesson 13: It’s ok not to have all the answers (or, why my twenties were a...
I’m about to turn 30. This weekend, actually (whee!). Like most people (I think!), I spent most of my twenties trying to get it all ‘figured out’. At 21 I left university, ready to start my ‘real’ life...
View ArticleLesson 15: Don’t ignore the things that light you up
We all get bogged down by the necessities of daily life – working to pay the bills and put food on the table, sitting in traffic, arguing with others, catching up on sleep, and trying to find time to...
View ArticleLesson 19: Vulnerability is a strength
I’ve already touched on this in lesson 14 but I think it’s worth mentioning again. Since embarking on my creative journey, I’ve been very interested in fear and courage. I had never really given...
View ArticleThe problem with creative shoulds
Completing the 30 Life Lessons last month was full-on. It took a lot out of me, and while I didn’t plan on taking the following month off from blogging, I found myself delighted to have some time free...
View ArticleGive yourself creative permission
A while ago I took the Layers of Life Visual Journal workshop and one of the first things we were told to do in our journal was to give ourselves permission. I love this and I think it’s something we...
View ArticleJournal spotlight: Art journal
This post is part of an ongoing weekly series where we explore all the different types of journals you can keep and how to keep each one. If you keep a certain type of journal and would like to see it...
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One hundred days of scaring away fear
I’m starting something new. I have signed up to do something called the 100 Days Project. Basically all I have to do is choose one action then do it for the next 100 days. Sounds easy enough, right?...
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Don’t have time to journal? Think again
Sometimes we don’t have the time and space we need to be alone and journal. We may have the best of intentions but the universe puts obstacles in our way. I like to think that these are little tests...
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Perfectionism: be gentle with yourself
Well, it finally happened: I missed a day of blogging in my 100 days. Not even for a good reason – mostly just poor organisation. I was tempted to beat myself up about this ‘failure’, but then I...
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On sickness and blogging
I am sick at the moment. Sore throat. Runny nose. Headache. Just general crapness. I have attempted to write an amazing blog post three times now. It’s not happening. Time to face the fact: today’s...
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How to journal when you don’t know what to say
Sometimes I just feel like journaling. I just want to pick up my journal and my pen (and my washi tape and other bits and pieces) and play in my journal. Although I do love to use paints, stickers...
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The risk to blossom
Anais Nin famously said: And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. I love this quote, so much. It is only recently that I have come to...
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Why journal? It might just save your life
I am someone who is prone to getting a bit down in the dumps if I don’t take care of myself. At the start of 2014 I was not feeling so great. After taking the year before off from work to travel and...
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Before you journal: setting intentions for the journey ahead
I like to set intentions at the start of each new journal. Intentions are the things I want (or intend) to bring about from journaling. It sort of clarifies for you (and the universe, or God –...
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